Books

Coming in fall 2026

Most writing frameworks give you a map with a path already charted. The Writer’s Guide to Archetypes: Elemental Dynamics of Character and Drama provides a compass and a field guide. The core idea is that a character’s fundamental orientation shapes every aspect of their story. It influences how they see themselves and their world, how they relate to other characters, how they handle conflict, how they approach problems, and how they grow. This unified framework is structured enough to point your creativity in the right direction and flexible enough that it never limits your options.

For those new to Jungian archetypes, this provides an accessible point of entry, establishing the psychological foundations, presenting concepts clearly, and illustrating them with narrative examples drawn from a range of genres. Readers already familiar with archetypes will find new clarity in their thinking and discover subtle insights and interconnections. And those who have studied archetypes in depth will find a catalog of more than fifty character archetypes organized in a coherent taxonomic structure.

Because the archetypal framework is built on character orientations, it applies to literary fiction and genre fiction, to novels, screenplays, and narrative video games, and to conventional plot structures as well as stories that subvert conventions.

The first volume of The Writer’s Guide to Archetypes is expected to be published in the fall of 2026. Join the mailing list to stay up to date and receive previews and promotions.