The Hero's Journey

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The hero's ordinary world is disrupted, presenting them with a challenge or opportunity.

• Call to Adventure

• The Resurrection

• Crossing the Threshold

• Tests, Allies and Enemies

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The hero has made it through some setbacks, but now must prepare for the approach to their biggest challenge yet.

• The Road Back

• The Approach

• The Resurrection

• Crossing the Threshold

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A "point of no return" is crossed. The hero is committing to the journey. The hero leaves their ordinary world and enters into an unfamiliar world.

• Crossing the Threshold

• The Road Back

• The Approach

• Ordinary World

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The hero returns home, triumphant and transformed. They return with an object or new knowledge and insights that can benefit their new ordinary world.

• The Road Back

• Call to Adventure

• The Return

• The Ordeal

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The hero is in their normal world; while not necessarily perfect, it is familiar and stable.

• The Road Back

• Ordinary World

• The Ordeal

• Meeting the Mentor

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As a result of surviving the ordeal, the hero gains knowledge, insight, or a powerful object, that helps them on the last stage of their journey.

• Call to Adventure

• The Resurrection

• The Reward

• Meeting the Mentor

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The hero begins the journey back, often encountering new challenges and obstacles along the way.

• The Reward

• The Resurrection

• The Ordeal

• The Road Back

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The hero experiences the last and greatest challenge of them all. This is the true climax of the story: the hero's final test to complete their heroic transformation.

• The Resurrection

• The Reward

• Test, Allies and Enemies

• Crossing the Threshold

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The hero must navigate a series of tests, trials and challenges, often with the help of allies and the opposition of enemies.

• The Ordeal

• The Resurrection

• The Approach

• Tests, Allies and Enemies

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The hero faces a major obstacle or enemy and must overcome it to continue their journey.

• The Approach

• The Ordeal

• The Resurrection

• Tests, Allies and Enemies