Cinema Therapy
Stories like these are core to what mythologist Joseph Campbell began to identify in the 1940s as the Hero’s Journey theme in global storytelling, a theme that I was grateful to start understanding in my midtwenties. Hero’s Journey stories convey the transformation of a person—almost always a Quarterlifer—from one level of consciousness to another.
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“the hero’s journey.” (Christopher Vogler, in his landmark interpretation of Joseph Campbell’s work, The Writer’s Journey, refined the stages to twelve. Chris’s book has become a Hollywood standard and a classic screenwriting textbook throughout the world.)
Mark Manson • Will
ACT ONE 1. Heroes are introduced in the ordinary world where … 2. they receive the call to adventure. ACT TWO 3. They are reluctant at first or refuse the call, but … 4. are encouraged by a mentor to … 5. cross the threshold and enter the special world where … ACT THREE 6. they encounter tests, allies and enemies. 7. They approach the inmost cave,
... See moreJohn Yorke • Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them
