Finished my last day of boot camp yesterday and hadn't realized it - miscounted the archetypes.
I'm glad to be done; I was starting to get into a rut with it. Every plot was coming up romantically related, even the ones that weren't dictated that way by Plots Unlimited ... which by the way, has some dorky turns. One I didn't end up with, but noticed as I was browsing the book, goes something like, "(Character), blinded and deafened by a storm, is proposed to, and accepts, thinking it is (Romantic Interest). Later, she find out it is (Antagonist)."
Come on ... seriously?
Here's the best of the last four:
ARCHETYPE: The Maiden (Hero, Female)
PLOT POINT: (X) engages in a secret venture that endangers him/her. He/she asks for aid from a stranger, (Y), but (Y) warily refuses.
ELEMENTS: This Animal Can Talk, Contest
About Me
- Lindsey Duncan
- I'm a professional harp performer, chef / pastry chef, and speculative fiction writer from Cincinnati, Ohio. My contemporary fantasy novel Flow is available from Double Dragon Publishing, and my science fiction novel Scylla and Charybdis is now out from Grimbold Books. I've also sold a number of short stories and a few pieces of speculative poetry. I write predominantly fantasy, usually epic and/or humorous, with some soft science fiction. I play the traditional lever harp with a specialty in Celtic music - but I also perform modern and Renaissance tunes. And yes, you read that right - I have a diploma in Baking and Pastry and an Associates in Culinary Arts and am currently working in the catering field at Kate's Catering and Personal Chef Services (Dayton, KY). I am a CPC (Certified Pastry Culinarian) and CSW (Certified Specialist of Wine).
2 comments:
I love books where the animals can talk! And I love the Madien/Hero archtype. She's in every single one of my books...hmmm...maybe I should think about that some more...:)
The deity they use to represent the Maiden is Persephone. I tend to gravitate towards the Mystic - Hestia - myself.
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