Helping Writers Become Authors K.M. Weiland

The Hero’s shadow archetypes of Coward and Bully are especially important (and cautionary) due to the pervasiveness of the Hero’s Journey.

Out of fear and egoism, the Maiden's shadow archetypes would prevent her from embracing a new perspective and completing her journey.

Each positive character archetype inherently represents a struggle with related shadow archetypes--one passive and one aggressive.

The powerful and mysterious Mage Arc--the final archetypal character arc--turns its attention to questions of power and surrender.

The Crone Arc begins the final act of the “life arcs” by presenting an inevitable and imperative Underworld Journey.

Although the plot in a King Arc can be absolutely epic, it is a fundamentally spiritual arc--more so than any that have preceded it.