If you've hung around enough writing chat rooms, aisles inside Barnes and Noble, or on Twitter, you know that at some point during the day, someone is going to talk about the hero's journey. That someone is Joseph Campbell. Just kidding. It's become this ubiquitous guide that people use to talk about what needs to happen to make their character arc in the story. We've seen it in Star Wars and Marvel and Batman...but have we really seen it ourselves? It feels like everyone talks about this thing, but sometimes seeing people do the hero's journey and actually doing it yourself looks very different. Today, I want to go over the fundamental beats of the hero's journey and talk about how you can make sure you hit those notes in your script while giving yourself room to be inventive. Check out this video from Campfire Technology and let's talk after the jump. Breaking Down The Hero's Journey in Screenwriting I'll be honest, there are days when I get sick of hearing about the hero's journey. It can feel limiting and drives me up a wall. But there are other days when I'm stuck in Act II, and I desperately want it to come back to the formula so I can write my way out. So what does the hero's journey represent? Basically, it takes the ordinary world of a character and turns it on their head. It takes us through some story beats that help the character change. Joseph...
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