12 Stages Of The Hero's Journey - Christopher Vogler

The Sword that Divides is a hero’s journey for the ages.

Beautiful

absolutely fascinating, such a good storyteller as well 🏆

Disney now drowning in the Panderverse.

I can't imagine storytelling without Vogler's Writer's Journey.

Jesus Christ is the only HERO. Don’t be distracted by the enemy’s fairytales and false light.
John 14:6👑

I feel like I just experienced an emotionally satisfying story, and there wasn’t even an story lol.

“Very evidently created before 2023, it is no longer the past, people don’t need to learn from mistakes to grow as a person, women are strong, independent, never wrong, boss azz W.A.P, and don’t need no man! Yahurr?” ~Snow Polychromatic, She-Hulk, Carbi B, some hussy~

A ten minute version lasts over 20 minutes:-)

Anyone else immediately start visualising scenes in big movies? I could relate this to lord of the rings, Indiana Jones, back to the future, the matrix, rocky, never ending story, labyrinth and so on.

wow tq soo much sir . but small requst , as hero journy s any movie sujjest us

This was very helpful for me, I’ve been working on my own story for a couple years now, and this has helped me see where some blank spaces are, and what I could do to add more to my characters. Of course, this method doesn’t have to be followed perfectly, but there are a few things explained in this video that I think are really going to improve my story.

Thank you. This has built on what I have learned in the past. Thank you.

Wow! Very very good.. Thank you Christopher and Film Courage..

12 house's of astrology.

Amazing interview, well explained! Does he cover everything in his book or a lot important elements are missing? I already bought the book, but I'm asking because the 9 videos all together sum up over 4 hours

The refusal is a crucial step. All heroes must be reluctant.

This formula is for blockbusters. The masses want this formula. Formulas apply to pop art, pop writing, pop music. If you want to make a good living, write pop. And even then there's no guarantee you're going to be successful. If you want to write outside the formulas, make sure you love your own journey while accepting an oath of financial poverty. In any case, always keep your dayjob. Better, make sure your day job doesn't suck. Best case, you have a job or career that can fund your art as much as it deserves.

Just an amazing interview, masterful description. I’m developing a screenplay and this has given been a massive help. Thanks very much for sharing! ❤

Wow. Great summary.

I need my Princess back!!!! ❤️❤️💯💯

Absolutely fantastic, been waiting so long for this interview, thank u ❤

I think this is only applicable in quest and adventure plots. For example, its not applicable in escape plot!

An excellent breakdown of the heroes journey. I especially love the defining of what a hero is at the end. Too many writers, particularly in modern Hollywood, don't understand heroism at all.

I lived this as a survivor of assault and the real kidnapping of my children to exploit all of my assets. After S.C. lawyers tried to put me six feet under, I became even stronger.
I'm writing the book now.

Gold!🌟

This is a great video for fledgling writers, I love it.

Wonderful commentary. Uncle Joe Campbell was a genius.

What a great lecture, thank you so much!

My webseries flips stage 1 & 2 hmmm?

Scorpio male ♏ a donar,could be body or da ass you time love ,but elsewhere!

Mr. Vogler's gift to aspiring screen writers is immeasurable...
To this day ; I remember our brief conversation at the Maui Writer's Conference years ago .
Mahalo.

Before this formula we had actual heroes.

Nowadays they have to suck for 80 minutes until a magical epiphany makes them OP. Sometimes so OP it's boring

I highly recommend Christopher Vogler's "The Writer's Journey". It's not only a great distillation of The Hero's Journey, but it's also beautifully illustrated. It's one of my prized possessions, as a writer.

Midsommar...Dani is on the hero's journey

A shame that male characters are mostly denied this currently in mainstream movies. They are kept perpetually halted in the process.

Brilliant and well explained presentation of story structure.

Love the plane analogy

Status quo
Call to Adventure - cue horns
Hero refuses the Call - senses danger - others discourage
Introduce Mentor - reassurance and resources
Get up and go - launch, turning point
In the New World - figure out rules - allies and enemies
The Approach - teambuilding, romance
The Ordeal - near death and rebirth - blood on the floor - hero faces greatest fear
The Reward - reflect on new identity - focus on finishing - increase in energy
The Final Exam - on a knife edge
Elixir - for the Good of the Community

Very nice, useful outline! I'd just like to add that at some point along the way, the mentor has to go. Gandalf, Obi-Wan, Uncle Ben, Ramirez. Sometimes the mentor sacrifices himself to save the hero, or wants to give him a final push or teach him one final lesson. Sometimes the mentor is destroyed by the hero's nemesis (who may also be the mentor's arch enemy from the past). Sometimes the hero can barely escape with his life. And now he has to learn to keep course all by himself, or with new companions who are not necessarily much wiser than himself. But with the mentor's guidance & training, and with the moral support of his new friends, the hero will soon have the ability to destroy the villain. Yet he will not do it to seek revenge, but because he wants to protect others. Sometimes, after a spectacular, dramatic final confrontation, he is able to defeat the villain, but decides to spare his life so he can help him become a better person. This is his final moral test, and passing it turns him into a truly great hero.

PS. The hero & his friends can have more adventures, protecting others, while following a strict moral code.
And later, after many years, the hero can become someone else's mentor. Then the cycle is complete.

The Never Ending story. The perfect Hero's journey with the most perfect story arch.

The reluctant hero dislikes danger and adventure some people are just forced to overcome obstacles because that's their circumstance I don't like how some fairytales portray the situations as "fun" when realistically they would be anything but. It's like the war games people like to play they may not like the real thing if they get shot though.

Many movies followed this structure formulaically and caused more drowsiness than melatonin. Not the fault of the heroes journey. For a while everyone was writing in this structure and when everyone is doing something in art most are doing it wrong.
I’ve read his book. Loved it. Still love it.

Beautifully explained and summarized 🙏🏻

I like this guy!

💯❤!!

This is what I needed.
I'm writing.

I just realized that the majority of my favorite stories follow this.