The hero needs some help. Probably from someone older, wiser.

The hero crosses the threshold, from his normal, safe home and enters the world, an adventure.

Being a hero is hard work. Our hero solves a riddle, slays a monster, escapes from a trap

It's time to face the biggest ordeal. The hero's worst fear.

This is the hero's darkest hour. He faces death, possibly even dies, only to be reborn.

As a result, the hero claims some treasure, special recognition, power.

This can vary between stories. Do the monsters bow down before the hero, or do they chase him as he flees from the special world.

After all that adventure, the hero returns to his ordinary world.

This quest has changes the hero, he's outgrown his old life.

All the tangles plot lines get straightened out.

Upgraded to a new level, nothing is quite the same one you are a hero.