You guys may wanna check out Joseph Campbell's The Hero with a Thousand Faces. After decades of reading and studying the myths of the world, Joseph Campbell wrote this book to describe the patterns he found common to myths from every culture in every corner of the world. Many writers use this "recipe".
The 'Hero's Journey' more or less looks something like this:
The 'Hero's Journey' more or less looks something like this:
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