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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HERO'S JOURNEY TIP OF THE DAY: MEETING EXPECTATIONS

The audience has subconscious expectations as to what a story is and how it
should be told. For example, children know when a story is inadequate or
incomplete.

One of these expectations is to be led to a cathartic resolution. There are
usually three or four catharses in each successful story, each relating to a
Core Challenges (Romantic, Inner, Outer, Greater).

One of your responsibility as a writer is therefore to build dissonance and then
release it (at least three or four times).

How do you do it?

By following the same process of catharses build up and release, Transformation
and Challenge Resolution that every successful story utilises.

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