A 10-minute read with storytelling enshittification and pan-galactic quizzifications such as:
- The Monomyth is literature’s cryptid;
- Why it’s not a good model, actually;
- Is there no alternative?
I Am Once Again Complaining About the Monomyth
Tag: the hero’s journey
When the Science in Your Storytelling is Sus
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- Oh, it’s THIS guy again: Hey, I’ve seen this one… or so the Monomyth tells me.
- A Story of Science-telling: Criti-hyping evolutionary psychology (without the criticism) to explain storytelling;
- My God, Pure Paleoideology: What were we doing until 12,000 years ago? Was it all just evolution?
- On balance: Surprisingly, authors know what they’re doing. We should hear what they have to say.