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Welcome to 17 Stages of Story, an educational enterprise inspired by Joseph Campbell’s original map of mythological meaning—the Hero’s Journey.
Here you’ll explore the powerful ideas that the world’s most creative cinematic storytellers use to make us laugh, cry, and inspire us to reach our full potential.
You can start with the introductory mini-series, dive into stage-by-stage movie Breakdowns, or take your project to the next level with one-on-one consulting.
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Book one-on-one-consulting. We’ll put the timeless principles of the Hero’s Journey to work for you and your story, adapting them to suit a variety of contemporary screenwriting models (Syd Field, Rob McKee, Blake Snyder, Christopher Vogler).