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Allanah Mooney at NetSquared Vancouver 2013-08-14
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THE HERO’S JOURNEY
Narrative Strategy for Great Stories
The Hero’s Journey
• A narrative structure used in films like The Wizard of Oz and
Star Wars
• Universal themes and archetypes
• Transformational stories
Five stages of the Journey1. The New Reality
2. The Mentor
3. The Threshold
4. The Dragon Devoured
5.The Return
1. The New Reality
• A change in worldview
• Reluctant hero
• Beginning of the evolution
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2.The Mentor• Every hero has a mentor
• Mentors can be a person or a transformational event
• The Mentor gives training, equipment, or advice
3.The Threshold• “We’re not in Kansas
anymore”
• The adventure begins
• Stepping forward into the unknown
4.The Dragon Devoured• The Hero slays the dragon
• Dragons may be inner or outer demons
• Transformation through the Dark Night of the Soul
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5. The Return•The final stage of
learning is teaching
•The Hero returns home
•The transformation is complete
“ And the end of all our exploringWill be to arrive where we startedAnd know the place for the first time.” ― T.S. Eliot
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