S18:E11: How to Write Mythic Fiction: 7 Practices to Reconnect With the Lost Art of Mythmaking

When we talk about mythic fiction, it's easy to assume mythic stories are created through familiar ingredients: archetypes, symbolism, old myths, epic structure.

But I don't think that's where mythic storytelling begins.

In this post/podcast, I explore seven practices and mindsets that help writers reconnect with what the lost art of mythmaking--not just  borrowing of old symbolic forms, but accessing the deeper creative process from which meaningful stories emerge in the first place.

We talk about:

• Why mythic stories often feel like they come *through* us rather than *from* us

• How dreamzoning and flow states support deeper storytelling

• Why "shoulds" can block archetypal imagination

• How asking questions opens access to mythic resonance

• The deeper shape beneath story structure

• Why confronting the shadows matters for writers

• How mythic storytelling functions as transformation and initiation

Mythic fiction isn't just a genre or an aesthetic. At its deepest level, it is a way of relating to story itself.