I loved this one. I am thinking about the hero narrative as it relates to the book I'm writing--or I guess I am considering, only right now, how I am using it and rejecting it for my female character. So thanks! Also, I make a concerted effort for my kids, esp with my boys, to read books with girl protagonists so that they can find themselves in those different POVs: Dory Fantasmagory, El Deafo--in fact there are tons of great graphic novels with girl protagonists that my oldest son has loved. TV shows--Bluey, Hilda--are great for this too. All of my kids got into Inside Out, Seeing Red. Even so: My oldest had a story he told himself at bedtime with a female heroine but at a certain point he was embarrassed that he was "writing" a girl for his quest. Fascinating.
Thank you, Edan! Glad it was helpful to your writing. I want to learn more about story structures outside of the hero's journey. I've been reading Grimm's fairy tales to my daughter and the story structures are often quite odd and gnarly. In a good way.
I agree that kids books & movies are much more inclusive than when I was a kid. But yeah, very interesting that your son is feeling embarrassed to write a female heroine. Though maybe that is typical for his age...I'm trying to remember if I wrote male protagonists when I was young. I think I did? Though not from first person POV.
I loved this one. I am thinking about the hero narrative as it relates to the book I'm writing--or I guess I am considering, only right now, how I am using it and rejecting it for my female character. So thanks! Also, I make a concerted effort for my kids, esp with my boys, to read books with girl protagonists so that they can find themselves in those different POVs: Dory Fantasmagory, El Deafo--in fact there are tons of great graphic novels with girl protagonists that my oldest son has loved. TV shows--Bluey, Hilda--are great for this too. All of my kids got into Inside Out, Seeing Red. Even so: My oldest had a story he told himself at bedtime with a female heroine but at a certain point he was embarrassed that he was "writing" a girl for his quest. Fascinating.
Thank you, Edan! Glad it was helpful to your writing. I want to learn more about story structures outside of the hero's journey. I've been reading Grimm's fairy tales to my daughter and the story structures are often quite odd and gnarly. In a good way.
I agree that kids books & movies are much more inclusive than when I was a kid. But yeah, very interesting that your son is feeling embarrassed to write a female heroine. Though maybe that is typical for his age...I'm trying to remember if I wrote male protagonists when I was young. I think I did? Though not from first person POV.