188 Stage Hero's Journey (Monomyth) - Abridged Tips and Excerpts 3

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The 188 stage Hero's Journey (Monomyth) is the template upon which the vast majority of successful stories and Hollywood blockbusters are based upon. In fact, ALL of the hundreds of Hollywood movies we have deconstructed (see URL below) are based on this 188+ stage template.

Understanding this template is a priority for story or screenwriters. This is the template you must master if you are to succeed in the craft.

[The terminology is most often metaphoric and applies to all successful stories and screenplays, from The Godfather (1972) to Brokeback Mountain (2006) to Annie Hall (1977) to Lord of the Rings (2003) to Drugstore Cowboy (1989) to Thelma and Louise (1991) to Apocaplyse Now (1979)].

THERE IS ONLY ONE STORY

THE 188 STAGE 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 catharses, of which there are usually four).

d) Tells you what to write. For example, at a certain stage of the story, the focus should be on the Call to Adventure and the micro elements within.

ABRIDGED TIPS, EXCERPTS AND EXAMPLES (188+ stages of the Hero's Journey (Monomyth) you need to know about):

*****Good People of the Township*****

The Greater Antagonism or Antagonist has natural enemies - the Good People of the Township. It is the Township that is affected by the Antagonism's actions. In Armageddon (1998), the meteor will destroy the Earth. In Lord of the Rings, it is Middle Earth and Men that Sauron wishes to destroy and Frodo's SHire that will cease to exit..

It is the Good People of the Township who often send out the Herald in search for a Hero. Armageddon (1998), Nasa send out a team to recall Bruce Willis.

*****Foreshadow of the Mentor*****

Often the Hero is aware of the Mentor before the actual meeting. In Bonnie and Clyde (1967), Bonnie sees Clyde beforehand. In The King of Comedy (1983), Pupkin knows all about Jerry.

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