Hi Claire! I just started the zero draft (I think that's what we're going to call this... prosey outlineish thing), and bingewatched the first three videos, but figured it would be easiest to respond here. IDK if my story will completely follow the hero's journey, but I've identified similar points up until this video a least. My MC (Beatrice) is a queen bee fairy that has a right to be the next queen of her hive. Her "ordinary world" is very princess-in-a-tower vibes, sheltered and very pampered, but I think she has a friend in one of her attendants. She longs for adventure, and doesn't want to be stuck in the hive forever and ever, and never see the outline world again. The only highlight she sees in her life is meeting a bunch of ambassadors at a sky-party at some point in the summer, and the only chance she thinks she'll get to have this adventure. The "call to adventure" is when this black disease (which she sees in a fairy that flies by her window in the first chapter) starts taking over her hive. The old queen ends up getting infected, so all the queenlings (princesses) have to go out early to try to make alliances; and the one who returns with the best one will be queen of this hive. I think her "refusal of the call" (if there is one) Is actually kinda backwards. She's getting what she wants! An adventure! She's super exited to go out... and decides to ditch the party in favor of exploring the forest around her hive, and she comes across a meadow - but she gets tired really easily and it's hard, so she decides to try to just go back to her pampered little hole of security. Difficulties rise from there, and I'm working through specifically what else happens here, but her story goal is finding out where this black zombie disease is coming from, and to destroy it so the remainder of her hive (who was abandoned by the queen that made the best alliance because too young, too old, or too sick) can still survive, and she becomes a good queen... while still getting her adventure. :P Yay summarizing this is helping me stick the story together in my head. XD Thanks for doing this series, and I look forward to watching along with it
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Hi Claire! I just started the zero draft (I think that's what we're going to call this... prosey outlineish thing), and bingewatched the first three videos, but figured it would be easiest to respond here. IDK if my story will completely follow the hero's journey, but I've identified similar points up until this video a least.
My MC (Beatrice) is a queen bee fairy that has a right to be the next queen of her hive. Her "ordinary world" is very princess-in-a-tower vibes, sheltered and very pampered, but I think she has a friend in one of her attendants. She longs for adventure, and doesn't want to be stuck in the hive forever and ever, and never see the outline world again. The only highlight she sees in her life is meeting a bunch of ambassadors at a sky-party at some point in the summer, and the only chance she thinks she'll get to have this adventure.
The "call to adventure" is when this black disease (which she sees in a fairy that flies by her window in the first chapter) starts taking over her hive. The old queen ends up getting infected, so all the queenlings (princesses) have to go out early to try to make alliances; and the one who returns with the best one will be queen of this hive.
I think her "refusal of the call" (if there is one) Is actually kinda backwards. She's getting what she wants! An adventure! She's super exited to go out... and decides to ditch the party in favor of exploring the forest around her hive, and she comes across a meadow - but she gets tired really easily and it's hard, so she decides to try to just go back to her pampered little hole of security.
Difficulties rise from there, and I'm working through specifically what else happens here, but her story goal is finding out where this black zombie disease is coming from, and to destroy it so the remainder of her hive (who was abandoned by the queen that made the best alliance because too young, too old, or too sick) can still survive, and she becomes a good queen... while still getting her adventure. :P
Yay summarizing this is helping me stick the story together in my head. XD Thanks for doing this series, and I look forward to watching along with it
Your story sounds so interesting!
Oooh what a cool story idea! I hope it's going well!!
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@@WritewithClaireFraise Thank you! It is. A couple of the details I had then have already changed XD But the basic concept is still the same. :)
You are so good at this
This was so helpful! Thank you! Also thank you for all the teen author videos I’m 13 and their very helpful! Also are names are almost the same!
Omg our names ARE almost the same! That's so funny! I'm so glad the teen author videos are helpful, and I hope your writing project is going well :)
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My refusal of the call is the protagonist's mother putting him down and him running away. What do you think?
If your protagonist's mother puts him down after he tried to answer the call to adventure and couldn't go through with it, I think this sounds great!
@@WritewithClaireFraise Thank you, Claire! Good to hear from you!
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