Hollywood Impressions
What is the “Recipe” for a successful novel’s story line?
Surely you’ll have noticed that all successful Hollywood movies are constructed with the same, essential ingredients (you’ve got your hero, leading lady, official bad guy, etc.) and follow a certain pattern with their story line (starts with some kind of background story, then there’s some type of key event, sexual content in a strategically placed spot along the lines for when things would otherwise get boring, I guess, you also get your gay character in there somewhere, and a little something for the kids, like some pet or cute person, etc.). My impression is that commercially successful novels do the same – and I would like to use that template for fun to write my own.
But where can I find out more about it? Does anybody know?
Thanks.
I believe what you are looking for is ‘The Hero’s Journey’. You want to do some research into works by Joseph Campbell and take a look at these sites:
http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/smc/journey/
http://www.yourheroicjourney.com/Journey.shtml
http://www.cerritos.edu/fquaas/resources/English102/hero.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heroes_journey
Good Luck!
Jen
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