You might not think you have much in common with Luke Skywalker, Harry Potter, or Katniss Everdeen. But imagining yourself as the main character of a heroic adventure could help you achieve a more ...

The hero is a type of stock character: a selfless protagonist who finds themselves on a literal or metaphorical quest. They’re protagonists with admirable qualities. Heroes share the commonalities of ...

The opening of the Chilean filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky’s proposed adaptation of Frank Herbert’s 1965 novel, Dune, would have been the most ambitious single shot in cinema. It was to begin outside a ...

Editor’s Note: “How to Build a Life” is a biweekly column by Arthur Brooks, tackling questions of meaning and happiness. There is a script to life that most of us have internalized, whether ...