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Chris Vogler & Story: Part 2: Shamans, Neurobiology, the Writer's Contract, Branding,
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Writer's journey
Shamans
We need shamans
They go inward to the spirit world. The world of their imaginations.
Vision quest
Ecstatic dancing, drumming, chanting, dreaming, starving selves, consult with healing plants around them.
They made an inner journey to the spirit worldbecoming a bird, climbing a ladder, going down to an underworld.
There they humbly approach their spirit guides with the current human problem.
If the spirits are in a good mood the spirits give a gift in the form of a vision, like
Creatives are part of the heritage of shamans.
Story writers, writers, novelists are modern day shamans
Architects are shamas
Modern day shamansscientific experts
Translating the visionviewers and readers do the translation.
Go inward. Seek your wellsprings of inspiration and then come back and turn your visions into creative works that can be shared. If we do that we'll be making a better world.
Audience contract: entertainment, sensations, places, stars, novelty,
Fulfill deep wishes, including wish granting fairy godmothers, wizards, genies
Capturing the zeitgeist
We have lived by our contracts. Essential documents of our civilization are contracts
Brands connection to hero's journey.
Stories and evolution
Rumpelstiltskin wishes as underlying principle of storytelling.
Throughline or desire line
Disney built its empire on When you wish upon a star, sleeping beauty, Cinderella, Aladin
Angle for pitching is to ask: "Did you ever wish""
Jung quote he put on his door: "summoned or not the god will come."
Trust the path
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