Story Shapes, Plot.pdf
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Story Shapes, Plot.pdf
a flawed, conflicted hero goes on a journey to become whole,
John Yorke • Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them
Stereotypical stories stay at home, archetypal stories travel.
Robert McKee • Story: Style, Structure, Substance, and the Principles of Screenwriting
Vogler’s book, The Writer’s Journey: Mythic
Helena Bassil-Morozow • Jungian Film Studies: The essential guide (Jung: The Essential Guides)
The Hero’s Journey The most famous narrative structure for storytelling in general is known as the “hero’s journey.” The hero’s journey starts with a hero who goes on an adventure or quest, learns a lesson, uses that knowledge to achieve victory, and then returns home transformed.
April Dunford • Sales Pitch: How to Craft a Story to Stand Out and Win
In an archetypally structured story, the qualities a character displays in pursuit of their goal will be the ones that sabotage their ability to achieve it,
John Yorke • Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them
characters go on a journey to recognize that what they want stands in direct opposition to what they need
John Yorke • Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them
The Hero’s Journey is perfectly legitimate myth with a valid place among many others in the pantheon. However, it is not appropriate today as a primary guide for civilization. The main problem is not that it is male-gendered and needs to be neutered or balanced by a female equivalent. It is that the Hero is a boy archetype, not a man archetyp... See more