The 12 Archetypes Every Writer Needs to Know │ Abstract Youth

Whether you’re writing a screenplay, a novel, or even a short comic strip, it’s important to have your characters possess specific and identifiable traits. Neglecting to do so can result in some unrelatable and bland characters. This is why archetypes are important to understand. Archetypes are universal symbols, emotions, or events that are recurrent across a character’s experience. They can help create a sense of familiarity for the audience because they often can reflect our own experiences and traits.

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References
Celikel, Mehmet; Taniyan, Baysar. (2015). “English Studies: New Perspectives.” Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 13. ISBN 978-1443877275.
Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott. (1843). “A Greek-English Lexicon.” Perseus.

[blerdyveetv]

I think the hero, and the artist should be switched. I see an artist as more so of a creator wanting to leave a mark or the world through innovation, and the hero as someone who wants to uphold order and structure through their strength, and courageous acts. That’s just the way I see it though. Overall this video was really helpful. Thanks for sharing this. Videos like this really help me improve my skills as a writer so I really appreciate it. ❤

[dominicmdesouza]

Really liked all the character examples with each archetype! The intro at the beginning was very helpful.

[angrytheclown]

And here I thought I was just making a character that was a heroic blood knight. Someone gleefully wandering in search of new battles and helped others because she saw hurting non combatants as a weakness of spirit, all while laughing and living life up.

[corruptangel]

I've never heard of these terminologies. The innocent, for example, I knew as the Fool archetype.

[aaronross]

Great video super helpful!
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[mattsmith]

Dude, thank you so much for making such an informative and insightful video! I really appreciate the concepts that you researched and relayed to us! Well done!

[jamescarvey]

Thank you for posting ... a very informative and useful video. Appreciate your amazing explanation and content🙏🙏

[justice]

I was wondering… Does the 16 personalities can fit through any character archetype??

[omerlaba]

hi, you explained that the the soul types want to find and build their authentic identity and the ego types want to reveal the center of their unconcous identity. how are they different? and its not fit to what i understood the will of the self types with some of the charachters that relate to that division. ill be happy if you can explain me those differences. thx

[Yuvieend]

Bro I got the destroyer architect what's that mean why there is no information about it

[hayze]

Jack Sparrow was not a rebel he was an explorer that why he loved being free on a ship.

[abstractyouth]

Do you think characters need archetypes?

[TonyGAndTheWhitefish]

This video never gets to the point ughh!