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FRANCESA LIA BLOCK on Finding Rhythm Through Word /323

For The Wild

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How to Survive in the World

In order to survive one needs a structure that helps the reader identify with the character. I feel that these stories give us a template on how to survive in the world. Even if we don't understand why we are drawn to the story we may still feel it resonate and give us some kind of guidance. There is something about going into the underworld about seeking the beloved about piecing someone back together. And that resonates for me as a human in the world so I think just following that desire to understand ourselves and looking to these mentors stories as you kind of created that metaphor at the beginning. It's just, it's just an essential.

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