Christopher Vogler The Writers Journey
In psychological terms this stage represents the resolve of the hero to return
to the Ordinary W o r l d and implement the lessons learned in the Special World.
T h i s can be far from easy. T h e hero has reason to fear that the wisdom and magic
of the Ordeal may evaporate in the harsh light of common day. N o one may believe
the hero's miraculous escape from death. T h e adventures may be rationalized away
by skeptics. But most heroes determine to try. Like the Boddhisattvas of Buddhist
belief, they have seen the eternal plan but return to the world of the living to tell
others about it and share the elixir they have won.
MOTIVATION
T h e Road Back marks a time when heroes rededicate themselves to the adventure.
A plateau of comfort has been reached and heroes must be pried off that plateau,
either by their own inner resolve or by an external force.
Inner resolve might be represented by a scene of a tired commander rallying
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