on Helping Writers become Authors:

As the third of the life cycle’s archetypal character arcs, the Queen Arc is that of the mature adult who has completed the youthful arcs of Hero and Maiden and is now challenged to grow into a position of greater responsibility and leadership.

This is the tale of someone who has so far proven herself worthy of love and responsibility in relationship, community, and perhaps parenthood.

But now life calls for a further transformation—into capably accepting a true position of power.

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