Brave Words: Discovering Your Own Hero's Journey

Wed, 21 Jan, 2026 at 06:30 pm UTC-05:00

Story Parlor | Asheville

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Brave Words: Discovering Your Own Hero's Journey
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Venture into heart of your writing practice while engaging the Hero’s and Heroine’s Journeys as templates for personal narrative and story. Creative writing workshop facilitated by Alli Marshall.
Wednesdays, 6:30-8:30 p.m., January 21-February 25
Early bird $325 | Register by December 31, 2025 (discount applied at checkout)
Regular Price $360 | Effective January 1, 2026
Hero’s Journeys are everywhere in our lives: Travel, adventure, illness, marriage and divorce, parenthood, big risks, love and loss. These all follow the path of Departure, Initiation, and Return outlined in Joseph Campbell’s Hero’s Journey (aka the monomyth) model.
The monomyth is filled with archetypes, themes, and motifs found in ancient legends and modern films alike. They’re easy to recognize and identify with and, because they’re familiar, we can use them — and the stations of the Hero’s Journey — as a guide to create a new work.
The Heroine’s Journey, as described by Maureen Murdock in her book of the same name, offers us a metaphor and path of inquiry to explore the emotional journey that accompanies the more outward / physical Hero’s Journey.
Over the course of six weeks we’ll dive into the Hero’s Journey through the lens of personal narrative. Participants are invited to write in any genre they wish, and the workshop will include discussions, writing prompts, creative inspirations, and weekly assignments to be completed outside of the classroom.
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Story Parlor, 248 Haywood Rd, Asheville, NC 28806-4550, United States

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