Hero's Journey (Monomyth) and Story Structure
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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) Gives you a tangible process for building and releasing dissonance (establishing and achieving catharsis).
d) Gives you a universal structural template upon which you can superimpose your situational story.
and more...
NO GOING BACK
It is often made explicit, or is implicit, that the Hero has no choice but to go forward:
In Dances with Wolves (1990), once John Dunbar reaches Fort Hayes, the "foulest man he has ever met" leaves with the horse and cart. There is no way back.
In The Matrix (1999), Neo has a choice between the red and blue pills. Once the choice is made, he cannot return (later, it is made explicit that there is "no way back").
In Gladiator (2000), once Commodus has murdered Maximus' family, there is no path but forward.
WRITE THAT SCREENPLAY!
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