Even movies such as Raging Bull, that are distant from the “quest scenario,” follow the Hero’s Journey. In fact, Raging Bull follows the journey almost to the frame. There are more than 188 stages to the Hero’s Journey below is a summary of the Raging Bull structure. Call to adventure: Joey and the mafia try [...]
If you’re like me, if someone doesn’t like something about my screenplay, my very first reaction is always the same. You’re not as smart as me. If you knew what I knew, you would understand what I wrote. And you don’t understand what I wrote, because you don’t know as much as I do. About [...]
So, what are the points of discussion that one can discover? Laughter and how one can take marital relationships and undo them using the skill of laughing and joy is one of the most important features of this essay. And, for those offended, please bear in mind that offense is not the focus or reason [...]
Diversified Poems II1) Hamas ParadseO face where Pale dim Roses stir,As blooms in the Gaza SkiesThe deathland gardens faint that areYour dawn is Hell’s paradise!What stirs your hate—one life is doneWhat god shall deem you fair?Child of a line of demonic sonsIs death within your hair?What love shall wake thy, besieged beast?Controlling out of rage, [...]
The Lord asked, “Why are you crying?” I said, “I do not know.” He took my hand in His, and together we did go. We walked into a meadow, with flowers everywhere, and He asked, “What do you see?” I said, “Such colors, everywhere.” We continued on our way, and stood so very near, a [...]
The apprentice becomes master, not by duplicating systems of income, but by shredding his soul without price. If money is your object in writing, then pursue a more lucrative dominion, for in the end, the pen will flog you for your unfaithfulness. Past masters have decried the waste of their lives when dragging their bleeding [...]
Scorpio – master and slave in one. An irresistible being. I desire, spoke Scorpio parting lips of two bloody leechesScorpio is the mysterious the unspeakable the haunted mind. It is autoerotism in a scarlet sheet of pure silk. Write with the pen of Scorpio and you unhinge your own crypt. Enter death. A dual with [...]
A writer’s worst fear is writer’s block, the time when the mind goes blank whenever the time to write approaches. This can occur whether the writer is a freelancer or for hire writer. With the freelancer, the consequences may not be as grave as for the one whose job is writing and who depends on [...]
With my hands clasped under my chin, my eyes settle on the vast ocean gazing out into a mysterious world. I hear the waves crashing against the rocks, and the smell of sea air permeates my senses. I am happy. I close my eyes and a vision of someone special enters into my thoughts, someone [...]
In a whisper of light, a breeze blows in gently bringing solace to my soul. It gently touches the dark recesses of places unknown until then. Illumination is the ultimate result of the light as it reaches into my darkness, brining hope to my heart and freshness into my world of buried frailty. The Eyes [...]