The Virgin’s Promise

Unlock the secrets of storytelling with "The Virgin's Promise," a comprehensive and insightful guide to understanding story archetypes. Dive into the fascinating world of hero and virgin stories, discovering the patterns and nuances that make them captivating.

This step-by-step manual provides you with a wealth of knowledge, empowering you to enhance your writing skills and create narratives that leave a lasting impact. With its carefully crafted templates and invaluable tips, "The Virgin's Promise" equips you with the tools you need to master the art of storytelling. Whether you're a seasoned writer or just starting your creative journey, this book is your key to unlocking the full potential of your storytelling abilities. Don't miss out on this transformative resource. Get your hands on "The Virgin's Promise" and embark on a captivating writing adventure today.

  • “I have been hoping someone would take on this project with full commitment to work out the details of a comprehensive theory of drama from a feminine perspective, and I believe you are about to read a book that does exactly that. What I found on these pages was an eye-opening retelling of the universal human story from a feminine perspective, with quite different language and thinking than I had ever considered. This book repeatedly pounds me with how much I didn’t know. The author has done a thorough, and I mean thorough, research job on archetypes and psychological theory and you won’t find a more lucid guide to these sometimes challenging concepts. This book brings light to the mysteries of the feminine experience of life’s journey and delivers a boon to screenwriters and storytellers of all kinds.”

    -Chris Vogler, The Writer's Journey

  • “For a work as thought provoking and even profound as this, The Virgin’s Promise is thankfully accessible and not for a moment esoteric during its read. The icing on the cake is Hudson’s style and use of language. At once simple and yet complex.”

    - Deepa Mehta, director/screenwriter of Earth, Fire and Water and Bollywood/Hollwood

  • “A story well told can change the world. Hudson unlocks the secret to writing stories of self-fulfillment in this lovely and inspiring book. A must read for storytellers and screenwriters.”

    -Mireille Soria, producer of Ever After

  • "Kim Hudson, you will never see this, in all likelihood, because this interview is from 8 years ago, but you are a genius. And I love that you uncovered a pattern that was always there, and something that rings true to people’s lives, and has a deep soulful resonance. I just heard about it today and it has blown my mind and my heart. I hope one day you write your sequel to The Virgin’s Promise. I would buy it day one.”

    -Sherwin Sullivan Tjia on Julia Widdop YouTube

  • "A friend of mine and I were recently discussing some writing issues she was having. I kept pointing her back to The Hero’s Journey. She kept pushing back hard. It didn’t feel right or true in her experience. As an ignorant white man, I just didn’t understand what she was saying or why she was resisting what “everyone knew to be true.” Eventually she went to the Internet to find a feminist critique of the HJ that made sense to her. She stumbled on a blog that referenced your book, The Virgin’s Promise. She shared it with me. Wow. Talk about shifting my perspective. I read your book and it was like a thousand watt light bulb turned on. I could go on and on, but I really just wanted to say thank you for your work. It changed my life, the way I see my own journey and the journey of countless others, for the better. I feel like it gave me “permission” to be on the journey I am on. And it helped me to understand and support others who’ve chosen to live their truth irrespective of what our culture might think is “appropriate” or “normal.”

    -Ron Tester, CEC Growth Strategist

  • "I'm writing mainly to let you know something about the effect of your book, The Virgin's Promise. I've been proofreading and providing notes on screenplays for aspiring writers for the past year and a half. At least a dozen times so far, instead of yelling at young male writers for female characters who were painfully embarrassing to read, I've recommended your book. I did so as recently as the day before yesterday. Your book makes it so much easier to see and discuss the flaws in the way many of my male clients write female characters, and give them a path to healing their thinking about female characters."

    -Bill Donavan, Inside Info

  • "I have been reading your book with delight and re-reading some sections over and over again. It feels as if you have been writing about my life. Hmmm..... I had no idea this is what I had been living through. Thank you for shedding some light onto the difficulties too."

    -Virgin’s Promise Reader

  • "Five platinum stars for The Virgin’s Promise, even with the typos the ebook version introduced. One thing that the book does delightfully disappoint on, is that like many books of it's ilk, it is not a book you could read in an hour, or once. Inside, concepts-wise it is at least three books as big as is the norm for books this size. Albeit in fewer pages, and not a tough read. Among the "books," within the book, is her own classification of Jungian archetypes. It is unique and so logically related to life stages — you'd never need to memorize the archetypes list again, or even remember their names. The book offers a detailed preamble, explaining why and how we are missing a perspective we didn't know we were missing. Once you see it, you can't un-see this revolution without a revolt. And then you find it present and absent, and the emotional consequence in many classical or new stories and paradigms. That for me, over eight years would include a smattering of narrative theory esoterica, myth, locating a song's emotional note, and delightfully, a deeper and puzzlingly³ vindicating look at the richness of category romances — letting me see afresh not just the obvious emotional depth albeit even in layers of a fabled Chaucerian tale, and of course, Fairy Tales. That alone should draw the attention of writers, psychologists and real problem-solvers."

    - Sandeep Gupta, LA Theorist