The Hero's Journey (also known as the Monomyth) is the template upon which the vast majority of successful stories and Hollywood blockbusters are based upon. It is upon this structure that situations are superimposed. This is why stories such as Alien (1979), Gladiator (2000), Godfather (1972), American Beauty (1999), Annie Hall (1977) and many others (all deconstructed at www.clickok.co.uk/index4.html) appear to be different but are all constructed, almost sequence by sequence, in the same way.
For a number of very valid reasons, this means that if you want to write (and sell) successful stories, whether they're Hollywood blockbusters or novels, you need to master the Hero's Journey in a very detailed way...
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CRITICAL CHARACTERS
We have deconstructed hundreds of successful stories and screenplays and one of the many, many things we have noticed is the prevalence of certain character types (archetypes) in nearly every successful story. So why put yourself at a disadvantage by excluding them?
The Hero. It is actually hard to define what a Hero is. See "Who or What is the Hero" at http://www.clickok.co.uk/index1.html
The Romantic Challenge: The boys in chick flicks and the girls in every story about a man in a truck with a gun (she's the one in the bikini).
The Supernatural Aid: Magically appears and disappears, giving spiritual advice, guidance, pushes and pulls along the way.
The Shape Shifter: Often the Hero's rival for everything including the Romantic Challenge; switches from good to bad or bad to good.
Want to learn more?
Go to goto http://www.clickok.co.uk/index4.html
For a number of very valid reasons, this means that if you want to write (and sell) successful stories, whether they're Hollywood blockbusters or novels, you need to master the Hero's Journey in a very detailed way...
***
CRITICAL CHARACTERS
We have deconstructed hundreds of successful stories and screenplays and one of the many, many things we have noticed is the prevalence of certain character types (archetypes) in nearly every successful story. So why put yourself at a disadvantage by excluding them?
The Hero. It is actually hard to define what a Hero is. See "Who or What is the Hero" at http://www.clickok.co.uk/index1.html
The Romantic Challenge: The boys in chick flicks and the girls in every story about a man in a truck with a gun (she's the one in the bikini).
The Supernatural Aid: Magically appears and disappears, giving spiritual advice, guidance, pushes and pulls along the way.
The Shape Shifter: Often the Hero's rival for everything including the Romantic Challenge; switches from good to bad or bad to good.
Want to learn more?
Go to goto http://www.clickok.co.uk/index4.html
