Oh those funky music games They seem to be all the rage on all of the major game systems today...

There are many effective techniques to conquer stage fright and fear of public speaking -here’s a technique that works quite well, and has an additional hidden benefit...

Hello and welcome to another edition of your favorite Indy Wrestling article on TWG, Hazed & Confused...

Can someone please tell me what is so special about Guitar Hero I was mingling around in Target over the weekend at two different locations and at both stores, I saw people buying Guitar Hero...

Have you ever thought to yourself after seeing the latest Academy Award winning film that you could write something better than that...

Imagine for a moment that you have just been hired as an acquisitions editor a small publishing company that publishes romance...

Tragedy is a unique and very powerful tool in classic literature As a common standard in tragedy, the protagonist, or "tragic hero" is of high standing who is faced with some opposing force whether internal or external...

“There is the known, and there is the unknown, and in between is the doors” – Jim Morrison “Break on through to the other side...

My kids love to watch super heroes on TV and at the movies Well actually so do I...

When most of us think of a romance novel, we think of the racy covers, the buffed out hero and the half dressed woman on the front, looking like she's just been rescued by a handsome cowboy, a randy pirate or a handsome doctor...

WHY WE LOVE STORIES Tell me a story Just one more story...

“Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway” – John Wayne "Courage is the cliché hallmark attributed to the hero...

If we remember correctly, a person becomes a national hero when he saves, or at least helps save, his country...

Hospital patient undergoing surgery recounts how Hero Soul provided strength, inspiration, and hope during recovery "I used to look in the mirror and only have time to take a quick glance to ensure that I looked acceptable for a full day ahead of me...

Archetypes are images common to all humans because they arise out of common human experience Though we are each unique individuals, our commonalities are more pervasive and fundamental than our differences...

A horror movie has certain rules If you break too many the audience will be disappointed...

During the past thirty years, much has been (rightfully) made of Joseph Campbell’s breakthrough research in cultural anthropology, most famously published in “The Hero With A Thousand Faces...

In today's society like in the past, kids have heroes This is a good thing...

Beyond three and four act story structure, lies the Hero’s Journey The Hero’s Journey is the most usable story structure consisting of at least 106 stages and the template for successful contemporary stories, from Star Wars to Al Pacino Scarface to The Incredibles to War of the Worlds to The Dirty Dozen to Midnight Cowboy...