Read the Science Fiction Thriller
From the founder of Storymind
Man Made follows a mysterious force as it sweeps around the globe erasing anything man made - from buildings, vehicles, and technology to medicines, clothing, and dental work.
Governments stagger under the panic, religions are at a loss for an explanation, scientists strive for any means to stop or divert the phenomenon, and the world’s population from families to individuals struggle to prepare for The Event, which will drive humanity back beyond the stone age.
The Event is coming.
Are you prepared?
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Introduction
Archetypes are not inventions, but representations of elemental human qualities. In fact each embodies a family of qualities not unlike families of elements in the periodic table. It is as if we put all the Rare Earth elements into one character and all the Noble Gasses into another.
This means that while each archetype has many component pieces, they all work in harmony to create a character of singular identity that we recognize as a facet of ourselves, made tangible, so that we might understand that aspect of our inner narrative.
Historically, students of story have identified a multitude of characters based on personality types that they have labeled as archetypes. As useful as these are for creating characters based on relationships, or subject matter, true archetypes have no personality. Rather, they are the fundamental processes of our own hearts and minds made manifest, incarnate as functions within a narrative just as they are functions within us.
As an example, there is a Reason archetype to illustrate how our intellect approaches the problem at the core of a story. And in opposition, there is an Emotion archetype to exemplify how our passion comes to bear on the issue at hand. In totality, there are eight archetypes, each composed of eight individual elements, working in concert to illustrate the broad stroke primary colors of our psyches.
This book is a collection of essays that outline a cadre of archetypes, based on their underlying psychological foundations.
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Archetypes
Characters, Narrative & Mind
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