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Discuss.

>> No.3188409

how about you start faggot

>> No.3188430

>>3188409
Well I think it's pretty interesting and I'm starting to see The Hero's Journey in almost every book I read and every film I watch, but I'm not a writer myself, so I can't say if it affects the creation of a story in any way. That's why I'd be interested in hearing any thought or discussion on the book.

Your turn, what do you think?

>> No.3188433

>>3188401
It's shit. It and the three-act structure are to blame for all the shit we have to wade through today to find anything decent.

>> No.3188438

>>3188430
Oh, and also, if anyone has read both The Hero with a Thousand Faces and The Writer's Journey, which one did you think was better?

>> No.3188443

>>3188433
How exactly? Do you mean it's making literature too formulaic?

>> No.3188463

>>3188433
Holy fuck you are retarded.

>> No.3188462

>>3188443
Many stories that are better suited to other structures are squashed into these two, which ruins these stories' form and introduces many other narrative problems, but the publishing houses and Hollywood don't care because if it fits the three-act structure and the hero's journey it must be decent.

>> No.3188466

>>3188463
>tripfag calling another tripfag retarded

heh

>> No.3188540

>>3188462
>>3188433
That only means that the book is really good. Having such a prolific impact means there's something to it. You can't blame the book for the lack of creativity in Hollywood.