GeekGirlCon 2014: Heroine’s Journey Panel Recap
A recap of the standing room only Heroine’s Journey panel at GeekGirlCon 2014.
Read moreA recap of the standing room only Heroine’s Journey panel at GeekGirlCon 2014.
Read moreTricia Barr explores the process of creating a heroine’s journey for Vespa in her award-winning space opera WYNDE.
Read moreFANgirl will be returning to GeekGirlCon with contributors Linda, Kay, B.J. and Tricia Barr sitting on panels!
Read moreThe introductory post in Mary’s series on Steampunk and the Heroine’s Journey.
Read moreFANgirl Blog’s 2013 Year in Review.
Read moreA Mary Sue essay on Mako Mori points to more signs of Heroine’s Journeys within film.
Read moreThe Legend of Korra features a strong female heroine who undergoes a Heroine’s Journey, joining other iconic characters like Katniss Everdeen and Buffy Summers.
Read moreWhy isn’t the existing Hero’s Journey model already good enough to use for heroine-centered stories? In this post, we address the three main problems we see in Joseph Campbell’s monomyth and its impact on storytelling, and how we hope to design the Heroine’s Journey model differently to avoid them.
Read moreThis past Saturday, Nickelodeon premiered The Legend of Korra, a new animated series from the creators of the acclaimed Avatar: The Last Airbender.
Read moreWhat sets The Hunger Games apart from the rest of the field, though, is its lead character, Katniss Everdeen, and the skill with which Collins executes a novel trilogy centered around a young female lead. Where so many others have failed, or not even bothered to try, Collins not only creates a Strong Female Heroine, but also makes the story her Heroine’s Journey from impoverished nobody to national symbol. There are far too few stories of this kind in the genre – or anywhere else for that matter – even amid the prolific storytelling boom of recent years. For authors, screenwriters, and others struggling to figure out how to write better female characters and better female-centered stories, The Hunger Games has to be at the very top of the list to read, analyze, and learn from.
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