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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/users/adaddinsane/statuses/111113855820919940">adaddinsane (Steve Turnbull) (adaddinsane@mastodonapp.uk)'s status on Monday, 25-Sep-2023 10:40:03 JST</a><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/@adaddinsane" title="adaddinsane@mastodonapp.uk"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/179012-48-20230925014003.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="adaddinsane (Steve Turnbull)" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">adaddinsane (Steve Turnbull)</a></section><article><p>Controversial Opinion: I don't use Hero's Journey.</p><p>I did in my first book but quickly decided it was far too restrictive and not actually that useful.</p><p>The fact it has infected almost all storytelling is quite troubling, IMO.</p><p>Turns out Campbell's monomyth idea is not even close to be being correct.</p><p>From the linked article:</p><p>"academic folklorists and scholars of ancient literature almost universally reject Campbell’s theories as nonsense"</p><p><a href="https://talesoftimesforgotten.com/2020/12/31/the-heros-journey-is-nonsense/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://talesoftimesforgotten.com/2020/12/31/the-heros-journey-is-nonsense/</a></p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/writing" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/writingCommunity" rel="tag">#writingCommunity</a></p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/2098428#notice-4121340">In conversation</a><time datetime="2023-09-25T10:40:03+09:00" title="Monday, 25-Sep-2023 10:40:03 JST">Monday, 25-Sep-2023 10:40:03 JST</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/@adaddinsane/111113855820919940" rel="external" title="Sent from mastodonapp.uk via ActivityPub">mastodonapp.uk</a></span></span><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/@adaddinsane/111113855820919940">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><article><header><div>Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: talesoftimesforgotten.com</div><h5><a href="https://talesoftimesforgotten.com/2020/12/31/the-heros-journey-is-nonsense/#writing">The "Hero's Journey" Is Nonsense - Tales of Times Forgotten</a></h5><div> from <span>Spencer McDaniel</span></div></header><div>In 1949, an American author named Joseph Campbell published a book titled The Hero with a Thousand Faces, in which he claims that, fundamentally, all the great stories that human beings have ever told follow the exact same pattern, which is innate in the human consciousness and therefore present in every culture during every time period. … Continue reading ""</div><footer></footer></article></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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adaddinsane (Steve Turnbull) (adaddinsane@mastodonapp.uk)'s status on Monday, 25-Sep-2023 10:40:03 JST adaddinsane (Steve Turnbull)
Controversial Opinion: I don't use Hero's Journey.
I did in my first book but quickly decided it was far too restrictive and not actually that useful.
The fact it has infected almost all storytelling is quite troubling, IMO.
Turns out Campbell's monomyth idea is not even close to be being correct.
From the linked article:
"academic folklorists and scholars of ancient literature almost universally reject Campbell’s theories as nonsense"
https://talesoftimesforgotten.com/2020/12/31/the-heros-journey-is-nonsense/
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  In 1949, an American author named Joseph Campbell published a book titled The Hero with a Thousand Faces, in which he claims that, fundamentally, all the great stories that human beings have ever told follow the exact same pattern, which is innate in the human consciousness and therefore present in every culture during every time period. … Continue reading ""

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