How to Write "Mythically" but Avoid Cliche

Writing mythically with cliché is relatively easy: watch a couple of films, read a couple of books then regurgitate the obvious stuff: quasi-religious story world, the quest, the mentor, initiation, testing, the final battle, rebirth etc. Writing mythically without cliché, by contrast, is not easy at all… In the 3rd installment (after “Writing Characters That Fascinate” and “How to Create Intrigue”) in our ULTIMATE Screenwriting E-Book series, we interrogate the essence and fabric of mythic writing, along with its sometime

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