EccentricGentleman
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I'm familiar with the concept of the hero's journey, when I took a course in creative writing my tutor laid out each step for me. Told me that every great story ever told or whatever would be told is a hero's journey. But I still don't understand why we need it. What's the point of moulding our story around this pre-existing skeleton? I've been told that we all relate to the hero's journey but I don't understand how or why.
Also, my understanding of the hero's journey is that the hero starts out with some kind of character flaw, cowardice, emotional issues, lack of experience etc… and when he goes to the hero's journey specifically targets that flaw and forces him to fix it so by the end he is a much more evolved, well rounded person. But I'm planning on writing a series of books involving the same characters, and if I have to have them overcome an inherent flaw at the end of every book then eventually they're going to have no flaws left and no one likes a character like that.
Also, my understanding of the hero's journey is that the hero starts out with some kind of character flaw, cowardice, emotional issues, lack of experience etc… and when he goes to the hero's journey specifically targets that flaw and forces him to fix it so by the end he is a much more evolved, well rounded person. But I'm planning on writing a series of books involving the same characters, and if I have to have them overcome an inherent flaw at the end of every book then eventually they're going to have no flaws left and no one likes a character like that.
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