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I am an expert on the Monomyth and or story structure. Any and all questions will be answered however I’d prefer if they were literary in nature. Efforts to invalidate the Monomyth will be humoured but largely ignored.

First Tip: Only hacks call it a Hero’s Journey.

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Thanks for this post. I'll add a book of rhetoric to my stack for sure. I think I will give Aristotle's Poetics a read first since I recently finished his Metaphysics.
No offence but I have a pdf of the Artful Sentences but I really can't focus on a 300 page textbook on sentence construction. Especially since I've been reading and writing in English my whole life, so it essentially feels like someone teaching you how to walk again. I can feel it actively killing all passion I have for literature. That's why I was asking the other anon for fictional works that have inspired him rather than books on writing itself.
I don't know if you saw the thread the other day on Campbell's Monomyth (pic related). I have a theory that getting an understanding of the ins and outs of mythology from various cultures can help one learn to write compelling fiction. I'm thinking of adding a book for that too.
>Jorge Luis Borges
Love him. Currently listening to his Harvard lectures on poetry which I imagine you'd like:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSLV7t9DvN8

I am an expert on the Monomyth. Ask me anything you please and I will elucidate.

First tip: Only hacks call it a Hero’s Journey.

Advice on writing a hero's journey novel?