Supernatural Aid

Pan's Tinkerbell
Cinderella's Fairy Godmother
Danielle's Leonardo Da Vinci
Dorothy's Glinda
Akelaha's Tutor
Mr. Barrie's Producer Friend
Mrs. Gregg's Holy Spirit

The Supernatural Aid helps your hero to move into their Call to Adventure...and offers guidance and wisdom along the way. Ultimately though...it's your hero who must act alone.

Refusal of the Call

Have you ever had a Call to Adventure and refused it? Do you wish you hadn't?

Have you ever accepted a Call to Adventure and wish you had refused it?

A few of Mrs. Gregg's Call to Adventures:

College Journey
Marriage Journey
Writer's Journey
Motherhood Journey
Descipleship Journey
Adoption Journey
Home Education Journey

Exposition

MOM

Your father is dead. He died in that horrible car crash two years ago and
he's not coming back, Sarah. He loved you so much because you
were his precious baby girl and he would want you to live.
He would want you to live and find peace. He would want you to move
on and find happiness.


vs.


MOM

He's gone, Sarah.
(then)
And what you are doing to yourself would break his heart.

Show...Don't Tell

Sometimes what our characters don't say is as or more important than what they do say.

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INT. KITCHEN, DAY

Mike enters and slams his car keys onto the counter.

MIKE

I said I was sorry!
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INT. KITCHEN, DAY

Mike enters with his shoulders slumped and his head hanging low. He avoids eye contact. After a long while.

MIKE

I said I was sorry.
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INT. KITCHEN, DAY

Mike enters carrying a bouquet of flowers and whistling a happy tune. He's got a skip in his step.

MIKE

I said I was sorry.

The Call to Adventure

The Call to Adventure sets your hero on their journey. Is he/she restless? Is he/she looking for a change? Or, is he/she unsuspecting? Does something new and different fall into their lap? Do circumstances push them into action?

Star Wars: R2D2 holds a message for Luke. There is a princess who needs rescuing.
Akeelah and the Bee: Akeelah pushed into the Spelling Bee.
Miss Potter: " We will publish your book."
The Last of The Mohicans: Damsels in distress need protection in great big wilderness.
I Am Sam: Mother takes off. Sam must raise his daughter alone.
The Wizard of Oz: Dorothy is restless and runs away from home.