Predicting The Future

Steven Barnes
Nov 5 · 4 min read

Boom. Tuesday. Four days to deadline. Feeling solid. What I have to do today is get T to finish the last two pages. Then I can cut five pages and we’re on track!!

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The beauty about the Hero’s Journey is that it tells you what you are going to need IN ADVANCE OF DOING IT. Doesn’t give you resources, but TELLS YOU what resources you’re going to need, as judged by the elders of every tribe in the world, over all of time.

  1. Hero confronted with a challenge. Meaning: shit happens. You are going to be jarred out of your routine and faced with new…

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Steven Barnes is a NY Times bestselling author, ecstatic husband and father, and holder of black belts in three martial arts. www.theancientchild.com

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