The Heroine's Journey: Mapping the Mystic Quest in Romance

The Heroine's Journey is a timeless mythic quest that has its origins in the monomyth, shaped by centuries of storytelling. In this webinar, we’ll walk through Heroine's Journey step by step using complete examples from contemporary film to reveal a powerful narrative framework romance writers can adapt to their novels as a practical creative roadmap.

As a mythopoeic scholar, Nadia Salem researches mythic structures in narrative throughout literature and film. By understanding mythology’s influence in creating classics, bestsellers, and blockbusters, she studies cross-cultural, genre-bending, marginalized stories for popular impact. Nadia has a doctorate in Creative Writing and has taught mythic structure at Georgetown and Northwestern Universities. She currently teaches at DePaul University and is also a produced playwright. She can be found on IG @monomythix and www.monomythix.com.

9:30 - 10:15 a.m. Business Meeting

10:30 - 11:30 a.m. Presentation

11:30 - 12:00 p.m. Social Time