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A review by wendylioness
The Virgin's Promise: Writing Stories of Feminine Creative, Spiritual, and Sexual Awakening by Kim Hudson
4.0
I actually read this book a year or two ago but wasn't sure I wanted to document it on Goodreads, but recently I've been thinking about the things the book had taught me about the feminine story structure, and I began searching for this book again because I couldn't remember what it was called.
Note: I don't remember why I had not initially documented the book except that it's written from a secular perspective and said a few strange things. I want to reread the book to see if my perspective on it has changed, and I'm going to be looking for other books on this topic to see if I can find a better one out there, but what I did learn from this book has stayed with me.
I've been seeing the "feminine" story structure in different places now and it is a beautiful kind of story--if the Hero's Journey was about the external journey, the Heroine's Journey is about the internal journey and awakening of personal identity and significance. The Hero's Journey is driven by external conflict, while the Heroine's Journey is driven by discovery and character growth.
Something this book points out is that while the Hero's Journey is called masculine and the Heroine's Journey is called feminine, they're more used in mythological terms rather than literal terms. For instance, there are stories that follow the Hero's Journey but have a female main character who goes on that journey, and vice versa, there are stories that follow the Heroine's Journey story structure that have a male main character going on the internal journey.
I read this book more for the information about the different story structure and gleaned some gems from it.
Note: I don't remember why I had not initially documented the book except that it's written from a secular perspective and said a few strange things. I want to reread the book to see if my perspective on it has changed, and I'm going to be looking for other books on this topic to see if I can find a better one out there, but what I did learn from this book has stayed with me.
I've been seeing the "feminine" story structure in different places now and it is a beautiful kind of story--if the Hero's Journey was about the external journey, the Heroine's Journey is about the internal journey and awakening of personal identity and significance. The Hero's Journey is driven by external conflict, while the Heroine's Journey is driven by discovery and character growth.
Something this book points out is that while the Hero's Journey is called masculine and the Heroine's Journey is called feminine, they're more used in mythological terms rather than literal terms. For instance, there are stories that follow the Hero's Journey but have a female main character who goes on that journey, and vice versa, there are stories that follow the Heroine's Journey story structure that have a male main character going on the internal journey.
I read this book more for the information about the different story structure and gleaned some gems from it.