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mckitterick ([personal profile] mckitterick) wrote2010-03-31 12:33 pm

Kitty Makes the Hero's Journey

This is the most fantastic commercial I have ever seen:



And this is the most awesome analysis of a commercial I have ever read. Thanks to [livejournal.com profile] roya_spirit for the links.

Writers, take heed! If you were enchanted and moved by this advertisement for a stupid brand of cat food, you have experienced the power of Joseph Campbell's Hero's Journey. Now imagine how you can grab hold of a reader by applying this plot structure to your writing.

Chris

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