Universal storytelling frameworks

- See if you can guess what story this is.…We have a humble hero who starts in very small beginnings…and gets called to adventure.…They go out of their comfort zone,…they receive training from a wise old mentor,…and then they go on this great adventure,…face the bad guy and then come back home…with a magical power or magical object.…Is this story Star Wars, is it Harry Potter,…is it The Hunger Games, is it The Odyssey,…is it the Matrix?…It's actually all of them.…This is a template for storytelling…called the hero's journey.…It comes from Joseph Campbell.…

So let's break down this hero's journey template…step by step.…First, you start in an ordinary world.…The hero gets called to an adventure and initially refuses,…but they meet a wise mentor who trains them…and convinces them to cross the threshold,…to go out into the world of adventure.…They're tested, they find allies and enemies…and then they approach their final battle,…their final ordeal.…In the final battle, they almost lose,…but they finally succeed.…They receive a reward and then they take a road back home…