Comments on: The Quest: “The Tip of the Spear” & The Hero’s Journey Meets Memoir https://authorkristenlamb.com/2020/09/quest-tip-of-the-spear-hero-journey-memoir/ Author, Blogger, Social Media Jedi Thu, 10 Dec 2020 16:23:18 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.8 By: WAHMIam https://authorkristenlamb.com/2020/09/quest-tip-of-the-spear-hero-journey-memoir/#comment-114615 Thu, 10 Dec 2020 16:23:18 +0000 https://authorkristenlamb.com/?p=28550#comment-114615 What Joseph Campbell calls The Hero’s Journey

]]> By: Story Structure: Why Some Stories Fall Apart & Fail to Hook Readers – Written By Kristen Lamb – Writer's Treasure Chest https://authorkristenlamb.com/2020/09/quest-tip-of-the-spear-hero-journey-memoir/#comment-114548 Tue, 03 Nov 2020 11:42:51 +0000 https://authorkristenlamb.com/?p=28550#comment-114548 […] said, if you’ve read my last two posts The Quest: The Hero’s Journey Meets Memoir and Narrative Style: The Heart of Storytelling we didn’t ONLY talk about memoirs. […]

]]> By: Kristen Lamb https://authorkristenlamb.com/2020/09/quest-tip-of-the-spear-hero-journey-memoir/#comment-114545 Sun, 01 Nov 2020 19:40:05 +0000 https://authorkristenlamb.com/?p=28550#comment-114545 In reply to swiveltam.

Considering traditional publishing is all but gone? No. Not weird at all. Wish you the best of fortune!

]]> By: swiveltam https://authorkristenlamb.com/2020/09/quest-tip-of-the-spear-hero-journey-memoir/#comment-114544 Sun, 01 Nov 2020 05:33:27 +0000 https://authorkristenlamb.com/?p=28550#comment-114544 This was affirming and timely. I just finished my memoir of back-packing Europe in 1989 dealing with recent sexual trauma, but tried to include all of the elements you suggest. I’m currently querying, but thinking of self-publishing. Although, I’ve self-published fiction, this feels weird to self-publish. Is that weird???

]]> By: Story Structure: Why Some Stories Fall Apart & Fail to Hook Readers https://authorkristenlamb.com/2020/09/quest-tip-of-the-spear-hero-journey-memoir/#comment-114528 Fri, 30 Oct 2020 19:33:11 +0000 https://authorkristenlamb.com/?p=28550#comment-114528 […] said, if you’ve read my last two posts The Quest: The Hero’s Journey Meets Memoir and Narrative Style: The Heart of Storytelling we didn’t ONLY talk about memoirs. Rather, we […]

]]> By: Narrative Style: The Heart of Storytelling & Why It Also Matters in Memoir – Written By Kristen Lamb – Writer's Treasure Chest https://authorkristenlamb.com/2020/09/quest-tip-of-the-spear-hero-journey-memoir/#comment-114522 Tue, 27 Oct 2020 08:20:32 +0000 https://authorkristenlamb.com/?p=28550#comment-114522 […] post, I opened the discussion about memoirs. Memoirs are not only becoming increasingly popular, but with the implosion of traditional […]

]]> By: Narrative Style: The Heart of Storytelling & Why It Also Matters in Memoir https://authorkristenlamb.com/2020/09/quest-tip-of-the-spear-hero-journey-memoir/#comment-114500 Wed, 21 Oct 2020 12:16:10 +0000 https://authorkristenlamb.com/?p=28550#comment-114500 […] The Quest: “The Tip of the Spear” & The Hero’s Journey Meets Memoir […]

]]> By: Isom Farrell https://authorkristenlamb.com/2020/09/quest-tip-of-the-spear-hero-journey-memoir/#comment-114491 Tue, 22 Sep 2020 11:17:02 +0000 https://authorkristenlamb.com/?p=28550#comment-114491 Thanks for awesome post, When teaching or speaking to an audience I have often spoken about the need to write nonfiction using many of the same storytelling conventions as fiction. That observation is often met with cold silence or hostile argument, sometimes from established and successful writers of memoirs.

]]> By: Gary Fultz https://authorkristenlamb.com/2020/09/quest-tip-of-the-spear-hero-journey-memoir/#comment-114490 Mon, 21 Sep 2020 14:51:29 +0000 https://authorkristenlamb.com/?p=28550#comment-114490 I think I have quest ADHD. I’ve lived my whole life having short term quests, thus I write short stories…Hmmm.
Good point that life is stranger than fiction and people don’t believe the stories…last week I was run over by a steer (true story). A few years back a bear got our food pack on a wilderness trip and I went after it and got it back (another true story) Who believes that stuff but your spouse who knows you have lived a life destined to die young? Now I’m old and can’t die young.
So, I need to probably experience a quest to write about a quest? maybe? Good stuff Kristen. Thanks

]]> By: Top Picks Thursday! For Writers & Readers 09-17-2020 | The Author Chronicles https://authorkristenlamb.com/2020/09/quest-tip-of-the-spear-hero-journey-memoir/#comment-114487 Fri, 18 Sep 2020 11:41:13 +0000 https://authorkristenlamb.com/?p=28550#comment-114487 […] If you are a memoir writer, Kristen Lamb investigates where the hero’s journey meets memoir. […]

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