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    Name:______________________Date_________________Class_________________________

    How to Write a Myth Story …


    Merriam-Webster dictionary defines a myth as “usually traditional story of ostensibly
    historical events that serves to unfold part of the world view of a people or explain a
    practice, belief, or natural phenomenon.” This is the accepted definition of the traditional
    myth story. Myth is also defined by Merriam-Webster as “a person or thing having only an
    imaginary or unverifiable existence.” This definition is closer to the meaning that we are
    looking for when we approach our writing our own myth story. You would be surprised at how
    many popular stories that follow the myth story outline.

    Things you will need:


    1. Setting
    2. Hero
    3. Talisman

    Instructions :

    1. Create a setting. The setting of a myth story is typically a made-up one; think of “Star
    Wars” or “Lord of the Rings.” Will your story be set in another universe or on Earth in
    the distant future? Another option is to set your story in the past, using knights, dragons,
    and wizards.

    2. Imagine a character. The main character can be male or female, but the character will be
    the hero of the myth story. Every myth story has a hero: Luke Skywalker, Oedipus, and
    Bilbo Baggins are some examples. A hero is almost always an orphan who was raised by
    a kindly relative or wizard. The hero is, of course, handsome/beautiful and young. They
    are poised on the edge of life between being a child and becoming an adult or rather
    ‘coming-to’ age’. The journey you set them on in your story will determine which way
    they fall (but they won’t fall because they are the hero!)

    Ms. Jessie Jessica.boehm@sampoernaacademy.sch.id


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    3. Set your hero on a quest. All myth stories revolve around a journey. The hero will leave
    his home world and travel to another time or world or dimension in order to save the
    world. The hero does not usually know he or she is going to save the world in the
    beginning. He simply is called to find something or find a new place to live. In the end of
    the story, the hero will return to his home or home world (if it is still there) to the
    adoration of the townspeople.

    4. Give your hero a talisman. A talisman is simply some sort of token that the hero carries
    with him or her. Sometimes he/she has this talisman, or he/she may find it while on
    his/her journey. Obliviously, the hero doesn’t know of its power until much later. Think
    the ‘force’ in “Star Wars” or the ‘ring’ in “Lord of the Rings.”

    5. Surround your hero with lots of conflict. The driving force of any story is conflict, and
    the myth story especially is dependent on you moving the story forward with one
    problem after another. Your characters will encounter difficulties at every turn. They will
    experience external conflict by battling dragons or aliens and being exposed to deadly
    weather conditions. Throw in internal conflict by having the hero fall in love with
    someone who doesn’t even like him (again think of Luke and Leah in “Star Wars.”

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