Christopher Vogler The Writers Journey
work, which became a reliable set of tools for diagnosing story problems and prescribing
solutions. Without the guidance of Campbell and mythology, I would have been lost.
It seemed to me the Hero's Journey was exciting, useful story technology which
could help filmmakers and executives eliminate some of the guesswork and expense
of developing stories for film. Over the years, I ran into quite a few people who had
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been affected by encounters with Joe Campbell. W e were like a secret society of true
believers, commonly putting our faith in "the power of myth."
Shortly after going to work as a story analyst for the W a l t Disney Company, I
wrote a seven-page memo called "A Practical Guide to The Hero with a Thousand Faces"
in which I described the idea of the Hero's Journey, with examples from classic and
current movies
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