In the Hero’s Journey storytelling template, we begin with the main character. He or she exists in what is called the “ordinary world.”

The ordinary world is Luke Skywalker on Tatooine, Dorothy in Kansas, Frodo in the Shire, Michael Corleone before he gets wrapped up in the family business, and a thousand other examples from movies, literature, and comics.

The ordinary world is a place where the hero is comfortable. They are not fulfilled but they feel safe. Then comes a “call to adventure” where some situation suddenly pulls them out of their comfortable existence and calls them on a journey where they will become the hero they are meant to be.

You know about all the opportunities to be an amazing writer. You have skill. You have resources. You have some connections. You have been called to join the adventure.

But will you break out of the ordinary world? Are you going to keep doing the same things over and over and expecting different results? Are you going to embrace your identity as a writer and do the work required to make it happen?

Are you going to break out of your comfortable, ordinary world and join the adventure?