The Hero's Journey

Readers learn about the hero's life before his adventure begins.

Exposition

The hero conquers his villain

The hero hits the point of no return

The hero faces a problem/challenge to begin adventure

The hero has his first meet against the villain

The hero faces death of loved ones

The hero crosses the normal world into the adventure world

The hero leaves the ordinary world / life; no turning back

The hero sails in a ship across the world

The hero is carried over the threshold by Thor... or Clay Matthews

This is where readers learn who the hero is and what his life is like

This can happen at any time, really

Someone helps, teaches, or trains the hero

This NEVER happens

This is the last step of the hero's journey before the end

The hero has the first encounter with the villain or the villain's followers

The hero avoids conflict until he is completely prepared to fight

The hero thumb-wrestles his elbow-partner so as not to put away laptops (IT'S WAR!)

Mrs. Irwin is running out of distractors for this one...

The hero comes across something too good to ignore / is distracted. MUST OVERCOME!

The hero has to decide whether or not to eat a salad instead of ice cream (I mean, it's BROWNIE FUDGE ICE CREAM!)

The hero considers leaving the adventure world

The hero must avoid returning home

Near climax: hero faces major hurdle / life or death crisis. Pulls through.

At the beginning: a death starts the hero on his adventure.

This is the last step, when the story or adventure ends.

After the mentor teaches the hero, the hero must decide whether or not to face the first battle.

Climax of the story: the big battle where the hero must use everything learned along the way.

This is where the hero is taught by the mentor

Near the climax, the hero must overcome a temptation (that ice cream, though)

Green Bay Packers v. themselves. I mean... can we go ONE game without an injury? I'm just saying. The battle is within. And without. #TheStruggleIsReal #ThisIsGoingToBeOurSeason (DON'T PICK THIS ONE OR YOU'RE GROUNDED!)

The hero is able to make it back to the ordinary world, but everything is changed a little now.

This is the exposition of the story, where we learn what the hero's ordinary world is.

This is where the hero must face the villain or one of his followers for the first time.

ONLY here will the mentor even consider teaching the hero anything.

The hero doubts he can go on the adventure/is worthy/capable/should... the hero kind of refuses.

This doesn't always happen, but it does pretty often.

The hero will ignore the phone if the hero does not recognize which number is calling.

The hero decides to pretend NOT to be home when the villain or the mentor stop by unannounced.