Monomyth/The Hero's Journey

The Hero's Journey. 

"In a hole in the ground, there lived a hobbit."

-J.R.R. Tolkien

The Monomyth. The Hero's Journey. Everyone's going to be excited for this three FIVE part post, so stay in tune! I Haven't been on much because of school, but lets get this party started! This Will be my first Great project* On the site, So really keep in touch.

Part one: Journey into the unknown.

"As I enter into the unknown, the unknown moves away"

-Anonymous

A perfect quote to start us off. Lets address what it means to move into the unknown. We all love our heroes. There's something about heroes that makes our hearts race, Our desires and creative powers flow, and our dreams seem to become more achievable. So the question becomes how do heroes become heroes?

Without a doubt, Heroes are NORMAL people that do EXTRAORDINARY things. The call to adventure is what initially brings our heroes to the story (obviously) but what does that mean? Well, why does your hero decide to become a hero? Even if your protagonist's desire in life was to become a hero, (I cringe at this example, but Disney's Heracles does an excellent job at portraying that particular desire.) they still need some sort of driving force. 

Lets take the great fantasy novel into account- The Hobbit. 

Bilbo originally had no desire to go on this adventure. His call was from nothing more then a divine destiny that was never explained in the book. Bilbo didn't need to go- the entire basis of him being the one to go on this journey was because he. . . Sucked. 

The underdog! He had to journey from his quiet life into the unknown of adventuring. At first, He didn't want to go and came up with every excuse to leave until- The contract. Money may be the root of all evil, but money is a very awe-inspiring force. Along the road of course, Bilbo realizes he doesn't really need the money, being instead contempt with what he already has. 

But we're getting ahead of ourselves. While writing, Keep this thought in mind: Your Hero needs a driving force behind his actions. Why does your hero go to save the world? Why does he decide to leave his home in order to do ___ thing when no one else will. 

Stay tuned for part two: Crossing the threshold