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“I realized that the good stories were affecting the organs of my body in various ways, and the really good ones were stimulating more than one organ. An effective story grabs your gut, tightens your throat, makes your heart race and your lungs pump, brings tears to your eyes or an explosion of laughter to your lips.”
Christopher Vogler, The Writer's Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers
“The young, in their innocence, are often wise and capable of teaching the old.”
Christopher Vogler, The Writer's Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers
“A myth... is a metaphor for a mystery beyond human comprehension. It is a comparison that helps us understand, by analogy, some aspect of our mysterious selves. A myth, in this way of thinking, is not an untruth but a way of reaching a profound truth.”
Christopher Vogler, The Writer's Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers
“It is a very strong rule in drama, and in life, that people remain true to their basic natures. They change, and their change is essential for drama, but typically they only change a little, taking a single step towards integrating a forgotten or rejected quality into their natures.”
Christopher Vogler, The Writer's Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers
“When you "spell" a word correctly, you
are in effect casting a spell, charging these abstract, arbitrary symbols with meaning and power.”
Christopher Vogler, The Writer's Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers
“Writing is often a perilous journey. Low self-esteem or confusion about goals may be the Shadows that chill our work, an editor or one’s own judgemental side may be the Threshold Guardians that block our way. Accidents, computer problems, and difficulties with time and discipline may torment us and taunt like Tricksters. Unrealistic dreams of success or distractions may be the Shapeshifters who tempt, confuse, and dazzle us. Deadlines, editorial decisions, or the struggle to sell our work may be the Tests and Ordeals from which we seem to die but are Resurrected to write again.”
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“Although well played by Billy Zane, Cal in the screenplay is one of the weakest part of the design, and would have been a more effective rival if he were more seductive, a better match for Rose, real competition for Jack, and not such an obvious monster. Then it would have been a real contest, and not a one-sided match between the most attractive young man in the universe and a leering, abusive cad with a bag of money in one hand and a pistol in the other.”
Christopher Vogler, The Writer's Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers
“The Norse runes and the Hebrew alphabet are simple letters for spelling words, but also deep symbols of cosmic significance.
This magical sense is preserved in our word for teaching children how to
manipulate letters to make words: spelling. When you "spell" a word correctly, you are in effect casting a spell, charging these abstract, arbitrary symbols with meaning
and power.”
Christopher Vogler, The Writer's Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers
“The encounter with Campbell was, for me and many other people, a life-changing experience. A few days of exploring the labyrinth of his book The Hero with a Thousand Faces produced an electrifying reorganization of my life and thinking. Here, fully explored, was the pattern I had been sensing. Campbell had broken the secret code of story. His work was like a flare suddenly illuminating a deeply shadowed landscape”
Christopher Vogler, The Writer's Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers
“[В] путешествии героя:

1. Герой предстает перед нами в обыденном мире.
2. Привычный уклад жизни героя нарушает зов к странствиям.
3. Герой пребывает в нерешительности и пытается противостоять зову.
4. Но в этот момент на сцене появляется наставник.
5. Воодушевленный его поддержкой, герой переступает первый порог и входит в особенный мир.
6. Здесь он сталкивается с испытаниями, приобретает союзников и врагов.
7. Герой приближается к сокрытой пещере и преодолевает второй порог.
8. Наступает момент главного испытания.
9. Одержав победу, герой получает награду.
10. На обратном пути в обыденный мир его преследуют враждебные силы.
11. Герой преодолевает третий порог и переживает возрождение. Полученный опыт изменяет его.
12. Герой возвращается в обыденный мир с эликсиром, наградой или сокровищем.”
Christopher Vogler, The Writer's Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers
“Главное испытание — критический момент любой истории. Центральный персонаж словно бы умирает, чтобы родиться заново. Это основной источник магии в героическом мифе. Преодолев вместе с полюбившимся героем все предшествующие преграды, мы, читатели или зрители, сопереживаем ему и воспринимаем все происходящее с ним, будто с нами самими. Мы горюем, когда нам кажется, будто он умер, и радуемся, видя, что он вернулся к жизни. Результат возрождения героя — всеобщее ликование [56].”
Christopher Vogler, The Writer's Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers
“Работая на Fox 2000, я научился, в частности, прислушиваться к реакции собственного тела как к свидетельству силы воздействия истории. Я заметил, что истории по-разному влияют на мой организм, и по-настоящему хорошие сценарии способны стимулировать сразу несколько органов. В животе крутит, горло сжимается, дыхание и сердцебиение учащаются, из глаз текут слезы, а изо рта вырывается смех. Если сценарий не вызывал у меня подобной физиологической реакции, я понимал, что он затронул только мой интеллект и, вероятно, оставит аудиторию равнодушной [10—11].”
Christopher Vogler, The Writer's Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers

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