The Hero's Journey Sucks Because...
Channel: Self- Writeousness
Date: 2022-11-07

I recently saw a well-meaning AuthorTuber recommend the ubiquitous Hero's Journey from Joseph Campbell as the current gold standard in storytelling, and I disagreed strongly.
So if you are a reader or lover of cinema who has hitherto been unaware that you deserve much, much better from your stories than the same old hero with a slightly different face, this video is for you.

All glory laud and honor to Maggie Mae Fish for covering this topic in better detail and more citing of sources than me (links to her videos below)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9zR4lWyVN8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ET4BJIdZKa0

Should you want to learn more about The Heroine's Journey (first popularized by Maurine Murdock: Student to and early challenger of Joseph Campbell), here's a link to one of many worthy websites that cover it:
https://storygrid.com/heroines-journey

... and if it's a concept that's new to you, I'd highly recommend checking it out. The knowledge that The Heroine's Journey exists has legitimately changed my life for the better.

00:24 The Hero's Journey in a nutshell / Joseph Campbell (the nut, I guess)
01:23 Some issues with The Hero's Journey
03:11 The part where the rant usually goes
03:32 Life vs. Art vs. The Hero's Journey (spoilers: The Hero's Journey is the not-winner)
04:11 How The Hero's Journey may have killed GOT, Quicksilver, and Zod
04:47 What might lead to better stories henceforth

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