Tag Archives: Joseph Campbell

Zorro: The Seminal Vigilante

Posted on May 8, 2021 7:26 pm GMT+0000 by bidinotto

I missed this article — “Zorro: The Archetypal American Vigilante” — when it was published in (surprisingly) The Washington Post in early January 2021. Writer Michael Sragow’s celebration of the 100th year of Zorro’s cinematic history gets just about everything … Continue reading →

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Methods and Aids I Use to Write Fiction

Posted on August 26, 2013 5:51 am GMT+0000 by bidinotto

  Ever since my debut thriller HUNTER took off, fellow writers have asked me if, when writing, I am an “Outliner” or a “Seat Of The Pants” writer. These labels describe two extremes on a spectrum of methods that fiction … Continue reading →

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Are We “Homo Narrans”?

Posted on August 21, 2012 3:08 am GMT+0000 by bidinotto

                  Are we humans Homo sapiens — or Homo narrans? I’ve written elsewhere about the under-appreciated power of stories or “Narratives” in our lives — especially in political and social persuasion. Now, … Continue reading →

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