EccentricGentleman
Scribe
Lately I came up with a plot for the book I'm working on. But recently I've been reading the Writer's Journey to better learn the Hero's Journey.
I'm familiar with the concept and that it is a flexible paradigm. But I do not know how flexible.
My writing teacher told me that any of the stages of the hero's journey could be omitted, rearranged or even repeated. But I don't know how far that can be extended.
On the one hand I am very creative and don't like having any kind of rules telling me what to do. On the other hand I am always determined to stick strictly to whatever instructions are needed.
He is the hero's journey a set of stages where each one must be strictly included and in order?
Can the stages be rearranged anyway I like and still work?
Do all of these stages necessarily have to happen to the main character or can some of them happen to supporting characters instead?
I'm familiar with the concept and that it is a flexible paradigm. But I do not know how flexible.
My writing teacher told me that any of the stages of the hero's journey could be omitted, rearranged or even repeated. But I don't know how far that can be extended.
On the one hand I am very creative and don't like having any kind of rules telling me what to do. On the other hand I am always determined to stick strictly to whatever instructions are needed.
He is the hero's journey a set of stages where each one must be strictly included and in order?
Can the stages be rearranged anyway I like and still work?
Do all of these stages necessarily have to happen to the main character or can some of them happen to supporting characters instead?