/lit/ - Literature

>>23155620
>None of it would matter, not a single word of it. If each of you, every single one of you did not enjoy it. For what it was, an extension of your own psyche. Equally represented were your hopes and dreams.
I vaguely imply this in my posts here >>23155317 >>23155283; the books sold like a hundred billion copies & inspired a bunch of million dollar movies & became a sustained global literary phenomenon because, in my view, they speak to something about the human condition & the nature of human societies approaching universal & essential, & they do so while running almost completely counter to rowlings personal politics; not many years ago, i was very surprised to read a relatively detailed summary of her life & views & learn that she's been a lifelong 2nd wave radical feminist, limousine liberal/champagne socialist type; i never would have suspected such a race realist, natalist, pro-civilization text to have produced by someone with views like hers. its as if the story was too powerful for her to resist, & it merely used her as a conduit in order to manifest itself into the world regardless of her personal biases & opinions

I go through like 10 of these before I get out of bed in the morning and an additional 5 on my way to take the first piss of the day

Is there a way to make a fantasy story without using the Hero's Journey? I want a story about people actually living in their whacky ass fantasy world like its normal and living regular lives.

this better than any help book out there imo

How come no good alternatives exist to the structure of stories?