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The Monomyth - The Hero’s Journey & My Attempt at a Hero Story



Have you ever wanted to write your own Superhero Story, but not known how to start, or how to organize it? Well then, you should read about The Monomyth.

The Monomyth, or Hero’s Journey, is a series of events in literature that nearly every single myth, hero story, and fictional story (including movies and TV shows), in human history, follows. It was created by Jospeh Campbell, a professor of literature at Sarah Lawrence Collage, and published in his book, The Hero With a Thousand Faces, in 1949. The book describes what Campbell considered to be the 17 main stages of a Hero Story. Not all pieces of literature have all of them (most don’t), and may even have them in a different order, but they all generally follow it.

Since then, there have been many new versions of The Monomyth, but they all follow the same basic principles, and are divided into three major sections:

I: The Departure

II: The Initiation

III: The Return

My Story

 I wrote a Superhero Story which follows the Monomyth. I used the version made by Christopher Vogler, and described in his book, The Writer's Journey: Mythic Structure For Writers. This is a simpler version of the Monomyth, with only 12 stages, and is a good form to use when writing your first story.

My story is called The Owl. It is about the life of a 17-year old boy. When he was 5, he was orphaned and starting working for the crime syndicate, Black Terror. After he killed someone though, he was horrified at what he had done, and ran away. The story is about how he eventually decided to fight crime, and became, The Owl.

You can read my story here. I hope that you enjoy it.


Thanks for reading my story and this post, and if you have any questions about either, please comment below.
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  1. vbjainNovember 9, 2018 at 6:42 PM

    The link says I have to ask you permission to access your story

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  2. AnonymousNovember 9, 2018 at 7:26 PM

    Thanks for telling me. I can’t figure out how to make it so that anyone can view it, so I will make a seperate post for the story.

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  3. AnonymousNovember 9, 2018 at 7:47 PM

    I changed the link to go to my new blog post, so it should now work.

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