Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Today's Topic The Everyman, a literary archetype for creating your characters

Back to the study of archetypes that can be stored in your storytelling and worldbuilding toolbox. The Everyman character is unique in the fact that this pattern is not meant to be exceptional. Listen to Michael and I as we talk the everyman character archetype and how you can use it in your fiction.

Please Subscribe, Rate and Review us on iTunes

Podcast Show Flow

• What are character archetypes
  • Part one The prophesiers, doomsayers, and soothsayers
  • From the Medieval Morality play called Everyman … everyman must do good deeds to get salvation
• What is the Everyman
  • Nothing special about the character
    • Place the audience in the narrative
  • Does not gain what is needed to solve the problems
  • An empty character that the audience can fill in the voids
    • Hopes and dreams
  • Variations of Archetype
    • As the Protagonist
      • Are caught up in the narrative of the story. Maybe force through the narrative think of Tyler Durden at least during the day
      • Many protagonists in war dramas
    • As a support character
      • The other half of the Savant character… elementary
      • The average joe in an ensemble
    • Fun flavors
      • Having a really bad story
      • Totally average
      • Just normal

Please Subscribe, Rate and Review us on iTunes

The Worldbuilding Task for the Day

Create an everyman character

The Real-world Task for the Day

Look through your character, share examples of everyman in the Facebook group

Michael's Resources

Use Gardul.com/Amazon when shopping online to help support the show

Please take a moment and comment below on this episode.  I look forward to hearing from you about your Fantasy Worldbuilding adventures

Listen to Worldbuilder's Anvil in iTunes or use Podcast Republic for your Android device.