Story Shapes, Plot.pdf
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Story Shapes, Plot.pdf
“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
Storytelling Frameworks for Business Applications
Exploration of various storytelling frameworks, including Vogler’s Hero’s Journey and others, highlighting their context and business applications for effective communication in creative and corporate environments.
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this familiar shape: a protagonist has a problem they leave their familiar world they go on a journey they find the thing they’re looking for they take it back the consequences of taking it pursue them they overcome the consequences and solve their
John Yorke • Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them
Thus the ‘journey there; journey back’ structure exists in all archetypal stories. It’s either literally presented (Jack and the Beanstalk), hidden underneath the literal story as part of an internal change (E.T./The Godfather) or embodied as knowledge sought, retrieved and acted upon (Spooks).
John Yorke • Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them
Here is nearly every story you see or hear in a nutshell: A CHARACTER who wants something encounters a PROBLEM before they can get it. At the peak of their despair, a GUIDE steps into their lives, gives them a PLAN, and CALLS THEM TO ACTION. That action helps them avoid FAILURE and ends in a SUCCESS.