SCENE 3APPROACHING THE DRAGON: CREATING YOUR HERO'S JOURNEY STORY

In J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit, Bilbo travels on an epic journey to steal some treasure from a dragon. Even before he gets to the dragon's lair, he has had to fight a fair few enemies. Now he has to confront the dragon itself. Being faced with a dragon is not easy. You have to have your wits about you. It will take everything you have because it threatens your very existence. It doesn't want to give you the treasure and is prepared to breathe fire on you to make sure you never get your hands on it.

Up to this point, I have been preparing and equipping you with a solid storytelling toolkit. You have already won some battles – you know your gremlin, you know how to stand tall ...

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