The hero's journey story structure

Teach the Hero's Journey, or Monomyth, using 12 steps created by Joseph Campbell at StoryboardThat. Lesson includes examples, templates, and free activities.

The Hero's Journey, or monomyth, is a common story structure first documented by Joseph Campbell that many writers use today to write engaging fiction stories.

Trying to understand the definition of 'character arc'? Here's a series with examples.

Since I apparently made today Infographic day here on the blog, I wanted to share this infographic of Joseph Campbell's 17 stages of The Monomyth or "Hero's Journey". I discovered it at Modern Mythology who credits The Royal Society of Account Planning. There's much afoot this year with the 25th anniversary of Campbell's death. But this post is just about the infographic since it makes a helpful tool or reminder for those of us who don't reference this everyday and sometimes need a…

Learn how to use the 12 steps of the Hero's Journey to structure plot, develop characters, and write riveting stories that will keep readers engaged!

The Hero’s Journey plot structure is a common template for writing a compelling story, whether you outline or not.

{via} For the Scribblers' Conference. This is something else I learned in my Novel in a Year class. Basically, you have three acts and three disasters, along with a whole bunch of other awesome stuff. The above picture shows you the Three Act Structure combined with the Hero's Journey and the Character Arc (never heard of that, but it's pretty self-explanatory). You could figure out the Three Act Structure just by that picture, but here are a few other points (that correspond with the Hero's…

Joseph Campbell was a phenomenal writer that explored the philosophy of the human experience. He is known for many of his books, but one more than others, "The Hero with a Thousand Faces" (1949). In this book, Campbell discusses the mythological archetype that many lead

In 45 Master Characters: Mythic Models for Creating Original Characters, Victoria Lynn Schmidt distinguishes the Heroine’s Journey from Joseph Campbell’s Hero’s Journey. Her He…