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by CG FEWSTON March 3, 2014

The Art of Fiction (1984) by John Gardner

In The Art of Fiction’s preface, Gardner writes: “About all that is required is that the would-be writer understand clearly what it is that he wants to become and what he must do to become it.”

by CG FEWSTON February 17, 2014

Non-Fiction

The Hero with a Thousand Faces (1949) by Joseph Campbell

The Hero with a Thousand Faces (1949) by Joseph Campbell is the book that awakened in writers and storytellers in publishing and in screenwriting to the larger scope of mythology as metaphor and to the underlining structure of stories.

by CG FEWSTON October 16, 2013

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The Writer’s Journey (1998) by Christopher Vogler

A guide for writers based on the work of Joseph Campbell and the years of research and contribution to storytelling Vogler spent in Hollywood.

by CG FEWSTON July 24, 2013

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The Masks of God, Vol. I: Primitive Mythology (1959) by Joseph Campbell

One of the last sections is “The Functioning of Myth” and Campbell goes into great deal to extrapolate the introductory section. “The ends for which men strive in the world,” writes Campbell, “are three — no more, no less; namely: love and pleasure (kāma), power and success (artha: pronounced ‘art-ha’), and lawful order and moral virtue (dharma).”