Hero's Journey (Monomyth) and Screenwriting: the Secret of Writing Success
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188+ stages of the Hero's Journey you need to know about...
[From our deconstruction of hundreds of Hollywood blockbusters and sitcoms (see below for the URL of our Home Page) and our isolation and identification of more than 188 stages of the Hero's Journey that you need to know about...]
The Hero's Journey is the template upon which the vast majority of successful stories and Hollywood blockbusters are based upon. In fact, ALL of the Hollywood movies we have deconstructed are based on this template.
Understanding this template is a priority for story or screenwriters.
The Hero's Journey:
a) Attempts to tap into unconscious expectations the audience has regarding what a story is and how it should be told.
b) Gives the writer more structural elements than simply three or four acts, plot points, mid point and so on.
c) Interpreted metaphorically, laterally and symbolically, allows an infinite number of varied stories to be created.
and more...
All stories are Quests
The Hero's Journey is often termed "Quest Theory" implying that it is fit for only Arthurian legend / dragon's Lair / damsel in distress / treasure hunt type stories. This is very misleading.
Replace the treasure in the dragon's lair or the damsel in the tower with that which your Hero requires and you will see that all stories are actually Quests.
In Thelma and Louise (1991), Thelma desperately wants to change her life. When she pulls a gun on the officer, takes his belt and glasses - that is her treasure, the embodiment of her New Self.
In American Beauty (1999), when Carolyn ecstatically fires her gun in the shooting range - that is her treasure, the embodiment of her New Self.
WRITE THAT SCREENPLAY!
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