Course Highlights
  • Master the essential elements of story for film, television and fiction
  • Unite the outer journey of PLOT with the inner journey of TRANSFORMATION
  • Achieve the single ESSENTIAL goal of all storytelling
  • Guarantee both commercial AND artistic success
  • Maximize the emotional involvement of your audiences and readers
  • Employ the key principles of the Hero's Journey
  • Identify the 5 essential turning points for any screenplay or novel
  • Create 3-dimensional characters using wound, belief, fear, identity and essence
  • Harness the power of the 7 mythical archetypes.
  • Recognize the Hero's Two Journeys in successful films and fiction
  • Define your own HERO'S JOURNEYS
Curriculum

1 Topic
Introduction: Bringing together the Hero's Inner and Outer Journey

8 Topics
Key Elements of Story
Six Stage Plot Structure: Understanding Your Hero's Path #1-3
Six Stage Plot Structure: Understanding Your Hero's Path #4-6
The Hero's Journey: Joseph Campbell Overview Part 1
The Hero's Journey: Joseph Campbell Overview Part 2
The Twelve Stages of the Hero's Journey: Stage #1-2
The Twelve Stages of the Hero's Journey: Stage #3-8
The Twelve Stages of the Hero's Journey: Stage #9-12

8 Topics
Why you need to understand structure first
Key Components of Character Part #1
Key Components of Character Part #2
The Four Primary Characters
The Six Stages of Character
The Visible and Invisible Goal
The Twelve Stages: The Hero's Inner Journey Part #1
The Twelve Stages: The Hero's Inner Journey Part #2

13 Topics
Can you name other films that follow your Six Stage Plot Stucture?
Do dual protagonists change the Six Stage Plot Stucture
I've had problems writing the process stage. Can you help?
What are some examples of elixirs?
How important is structure towards the end of the film?
Can the story begin in the Special World?
How should I better develop inner conflict?
What is more important in a romantic comedy: the inner or outer motivation?
What is theme?
When should the hero's wound be revealed?
How can I write a film about a search for truth?
The Six-Stage Plot Structure - Outline
The Hero's Journey - Outline

4 Topics
Introduction to Erin Brockovich
Erin's Enduring Flaws
Erin's Wound and Identity
Revealing the Longing

2 Topics
Recap on our journey together
BONUS: What DO You Want to Learn Next?

3 Topics
Michael Hauge – Writing a Screenplay That Sells
Chris Vogler – Screenwriting & The Writer’s Journey Blueprint
Bulletproof Screenwriting Video Interview with Chris Vogler

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