Step 10 - The Road Back
I'm feeling like this has brought me back on track with Voglers model of storytelling. I forgot to add in my last post that Vogler said reconciliation can be a big part of the reward for step 9. Reconciliation with parents was one of his examples. That in no way fits in with where my story was at, in fact I would have said Emily had just dug herself deeper into trouble with nearly everyone around her.
The road back however feels just right for where my vague second-act outline was at. Vogler says the road back is the beginning of act-three and is all about confronting the dark forces experienced in the ordeal. Now if in my story Emily has helped her fairy friends back through the gateway only to have realised that the battle she fought for them was a confused mess of principles, and she's left with a wrecked village and an uncle who has suffered anything from a sprained ankle to a bloody death depending on how that plays out, then I would say she has some pretty dark forces to contend with.
Vogler says step 10 is the point where all the forces the hero hasn't reconciled with come raging after her.
So I guess that leaves Emily to contend with her parents and the villagers, especially Martins parents because I have no idea what has happened to him at this point. Maybe he got dragged into the other world or maybe he also sprained his ankle. I don't know.
I don't even know if there's any gnomes left over at this point. Maybe there's a few pissed off ones left hanging around looking for payback.
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