45 master characters
Subtitle: mythic models for creating original characters
By: Victoria Lynn Schmidt
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Writer's Digest Books
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Cincinnati, Ohio
Language: eng
Number of pages: 277
ISBN-13: 9781599635347
Copyright date: 2001
Subjects: Technique; Characters and characteristics in literature; Mythology in literature; Fiction
Other titles: Forty-five master characters
Notes: Includes index.

Previously published by Writer's Digest Books in 2007 and FW Books in 2011.
Table of contents: title: What are archetypes and why should writers use them?; title: How to use archetypes; title: Aphrodite: the seductive muse and the femme fatale; title: Artemis: the amazon and the gorgon; title: Athena: the father's daughter and the backstabber; title: Demeter: the nurturer and the overcontrolling mother; title: Hera: the matriarch and the scorned woman; title: Hestia: the mystic and the betrayer; title: Isis: the female messiah and the destroyer; title: Persephone: the maiden and the troubled teen; title: Apollo: the businessman and the traitor; title: Ares: the protector and the gladiator; title: Hades: the recluse and the warlock; title: Hermes: the fool and the derelict; title: Dionysus: the woman's man and the seducer; title: Osiris: the male messiah and the punisher; title: Poseidon: the artist and the abuser; title: Zeus: the king and the dictator; title: Introduction to supporting characters; title: Friends; title: Rivals; title: Symbols; title: Introduction to archetypal journeys; title: Plotting the feminine journey; title: Plotting the masculine journey; title: The feminine journey worksheet; title: The masculine journey worksheet; title: Journey differences; title: Societal/gender differences.