A short YouTube talk by Steven Barnes connecting the Hero’s Journey stages in Star Wars to the writer’s craft and life. Covers steps nine (confronting evil/victory) and ten (the student becomes the teacher/return with the elixir), then closes with Barnes’ author bio, credentials, and invitation to learn more via his website.
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Step nine. You confront evil and win the victory. The moment at which the Death Star explodes. In Star Wars, For a writer, it's the moment which you publish your work successfully, or your movie gets made, or whatever standard of success you've established for yourself. Now, the tenth step is that the student becomes the teacher. This is also known as the return to the village with the elixir and so forth. It's the end of one cycle and the movement to the next cycle. In Star Wars, Luke and Han at the end of the movie are presented with medals signifying that their actions are worthy of note and emulation. The audience rises to their feet and applauds, showing the audience at home how to react to what they've seen. For a writer, you teach what you know. Many, many writers do this. They do workshops, they teach, they share. And most importantly, you begin your next project now. This is just a very quick overview of a way of looking at Star wars and also the process of writing and the process of our lives. There are many other useful ways, but I have found this one goes wide and deep, especially when it's combined with a few other ideas in the life writing system. So I hope that this has been of interest to you. You might want to know a little bit about me. I'm the author of 24 award winning best selling novels, including the New York Times best selling novel the Star the Cestus Deception. In my personal life, martial artist, writing coach, creator of the life writing theory of storytelling, husband, father, and generally someone who is enjoying this little trip called life. If you'd like to learn more about me, you can go to my website, www.diamondhour.com. and if you'd like to connect with me, there are usually ways to do that. You take good care. This is Steve Barnes. I hope this has been as valuable for you as it always is for me.