This week’s road trip movie that I am breaking down per the Hero’s Journey is Take Me Home, an independent film written, directed, and produced by Sam Jaeger from the TV show Parenthood. I first saw it at the Albuquerque Film Festival in 2011, where, to my giddy surprise, Sam Jaeger himself was present for a Q&A. … More Road Trip Movies: Take Me Home

The first time I saw Little Miss Sunshine I was home from work with a killer TMJ headache. I figured it is worth a re-watch, and what better time than in prep for NaNoWriMo and the Road Trip Movie Hero’s Journey breakdown series. I wanted to laugh at the funny moments without the subsequent rolling over and clutching my … More Road Trip Movies: Little Miss Sunshine 

Welcome to the second installment of the Road Trip Movies Hero’s Journey breakdown series. This week I’m looking at the Britney Spears girl gang movie from 2002, Crossroads, the screenplay for which was written by none other than #TGIT’s Shonda Rhimes. From the Netflix synopsis: “When childhood friends Lucy, Mimi and Kit take a road trip, they get … More Road Trip Movies: Crossroads

NaNoWriMo is less than a month away, and this year I’m writing a friends to lovers road trip romance. In preparation, I am going to be watching all the road trip movies I can stand, and breaking them down per my favorite plotting structure: Joseph Campbell’s hero’s journey. This week it’s the 1995 road trip … More Road Trip Movies: Boys on the Side