Hero’s Journey (Monomyth) and Story Structure Successful Writing Tips 302
[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…
Understanding Plots and Transformation
A story is transformation. That point has been debated since eternity, either you agree with it or not. If you don’t, deconstruct hundreds of successful stories yourself, scene by scene, and you will come to that conclusion.
Lets assume you do.
Then what is the process of transformation? Again, the only way to come to some reasonable solution is to deconstruct hundreds of successful stories. How do they do it? Also, to look at transformation from other angles, such as anthropology.
Well, terminology aside, it turns out that the process of the Hero’s Journey - of which we have identified more than 188+ stages - pretty much nails it.
So if you want to write successful stories, follow that pattern.
Plots evolve from this core, as the transformation can take various forms, such as Tragedy, Rags to Riches, New Self etc.
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Kal Bishop, MBA
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