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His story circle is pretty much a deconstruction outline for the entire HeroвЂ™s Journey type of story, and can be adapted very easily to take on any other story types. Almost every book, movie, or story ever written, however, is a variation on the Hero. Dan Harmons Story Circle Dan Harmon Writing A Book Writing.

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The articleвЂ™s images seem to be missing, and he was writing to inspire 5 minute episodes for channel101, but itвЂ™s still a great read.Daniel James Harmon (born January 3, 1973) is an American writer, producer, actor and comedian. Harmon created and produced the NBC sitcom Community (20092015), co-created the Adult Swim animated series Rick and Morty (2013present) and its subsequent franchise along with Justin Roiland, and co-founded the alternative television network and website Channel 101.Chevy Chase arguably won when Dan Harmon got fired and Pierce Hawthorne lived on for another 11 episodes in Community Season 4, but the actorвЂ™s time with the show ended there.Story Structure 102 - Pure, Boring TheoryDan Harmon, The HeroвЂ™s Journey, and the Circle Theory of Story. From the archives, a February 2012 post featuring Dan HarmonвЂ™s вЂcircle theoryвЂ™ of Story.

Then I came across the wealth and variety of different structures and saw how the rest of them didnвЂ™t come close to encompassing every story IвЂ™d ever seen, but more concisely related to smaller subsections of storytelling. I thought that was the end all be all of story structure because it applied to literally everything IвЂ™d ever seen. ItвЂ™s something that when I was a young teen I thought I had under wraps because when I read the Hero With A Thousand Faces I understand every step and could identify every step in my own writing. There are more ways to structure a story than I find useful to think about. I suspect we have many fans of the TV series. Dan came to limelight after creating and producing NBC's sitcom Community, and as well as co-creating animated TV series, Ricky and Morty.Story Structure 103 - LetвЂ™s Simplify before Moving OnStory Structure 105 - How TV is Different& Bonus - The Tao Of Poop: Ten Rules To Making A Shitty SubmissionThere are booksВ that go over the вЂњHero with a Thousand FacesвЂќ and storytelling.HereвЂ™s a videoВ where Dan talks about structure, also articles with pics at the channel101 wiki, the forum posts have extras, like his comment about Star Wars and the monomyth in 104-1, Tarantino and Pulp Fiction in 104-2, etc.YouTube - The Matrix - Joseph Campbell MonomythYouTube - Dan Harmon and Rob Schrab interview The American writer Dan Harmon is also an accomplished actor, producer, and a voice artist.

I understand this isnвЂ™t necessary for everyone. It drives me to write these articles, and to find the best information for organizing writing at the comparable atomic level. In recent years I have done more research than writing because of it. It was as if the flood gate of information that poured in just overwhelmed me and made me understand that everything I knew was a drop in the bucket of the reality of the situation.For a long time that anxiety has plagued me. It made me question myself and my ability to tell stories for years.

If you are super into mythology then the book itself is an indisputable and great resource for understanding how mythology and religion trace back to similar roots, but I digress. They are very informative. If it isnвЂ™t something you are familiar with I suggest you at least look up YouTube videos of his interviews on the subject. To this end I present you all with the Story Circle, a tool created by one of the greatest modern artists Dan Harmon.The story circle is based on Joseph CampbellвЂ™s A Hero With A Thousand Faces. Different methods exist for a reason, but there are certain methods and tools that are just so basic they deserve our undivided attention. Everyone can write differently.

But for not IвЂ™ll be working on combining this with the previous articles IвЂ™ve written on character development, and scenes and sequels to write a story for you all so you can see what it all looks like when assembled into a short story. If there is some interest I will go over the various ways you can apply this formula in later posts. Where the heroвЂ™s journey formula is a good generic scaffolding for a story Dan HarmonвЂ™s story circle is a tool that builds upon and simplifies it into a formula that gives us scaffolding, built in character arcs, and all in a form that can be used as a fractal to weave incredibly complex stories within stories.In this blog I am only going over the structure itself and not all of its uses.

And if you donвЂ™t quite get it yet thatвЂ™s fine. DonвЂ™t you feel smart? You should. After all I havenвЂ™t even begun to explain what happens in each section and I bet you already have a solid idea of how it all works. I think that reason is so that you can look at the list above and know what goes into each spot without having to think much about it. I believe thereвЂ™s a reason for that even if Dan Harmon doesnвЂ™t come out and say it himself when he discusses it.

Usually the underworld segment takes up more space than the overworld. When it is laid out like this it looks as if each segment is equal in length. But before I move on there is one thing I would like to stress.

IвЂ™ll be briefly describing each segment from here on out. Where yours fits in may vary dramatically compared to others, but rest assured for almost all great writing the beginning and end that is the overworld makes up the minority of the story.Now that the set up is over itвЂ™s all downhill from here. The other majority of it takes place in the underworld.

In your generic fantasy this is where we here about the kingвЂ™s men massing to destroy your farmboyвЂ™s village and slaughter his family. In Star Wars this is where Luke sees the princess as a hologram. In a romance this is where we see that the character is single or needs to find better taste in men and will soon be single because of it. The quicker you relate to the reader who it is theyвЂ™re supposed to be in the head of the better.This is the section where we start to show that things arenвЂ™t perfect. You use this section to let the reader know who it is they need to care about and show them in their normal world.

If this is Star Wars this is where Luke has just found out his aunt and uncle were murdered and Ben Kenobi gives him the chance to leave and join the rebellion. If weвЂ™re with out farm boy this is where the king has decimated his village while he was away. ItвЂ™s where we begin to see that contrast between the heroвЂ™s normal world and the rest of the story. It doesnвЂ™t have to be the end goal of the story just what motivates your hero to get moving toward it.This is where we cross that threshold into the underworld. The goal of the story is introduced here.

Do, however, give your hero a series of trials that they must face, fail, and repeatedly learn from. Seriously, do not training montage. You have just crossed the major threshold and it needs to feel like that.This is the part we know best as either the corny training montage that we should avoid or as the road of trials. Point is this is where there is no turning back.

Facing loss and steep opposition your hero must use what they learned in the first road of trials to survive and reach the overworld once more. It gives the hero the kick in the pants they need to iron out any wavering conviction they had about the real goal they need to be after and sends them careening into it full force.In a sense this section is a second road of trials. The loss here is personal. In our example with the hero descending into HadesвЂ™ vault itвЂ™s where the love of his life sacrifices herself so he may escape and save their village.

This leads us to the end our circle and to the final showdown where our hero must show that what they have learned and sacrificed is enough to take down the villain and restore the world to working order again.Things are tough here. The big buddyвЂ™s henchmen are willing to pull out all the stops to keep your hero where they want them. ItвЂ™s where your hero absolutely must escape the underworld and they arenвЂ™t even about to just let them out.

Your character who refused to kill anyone and focused on redemption earlier needs to prove they understand some people canвЂ™t be saved and kill the villain.

Dan Harmon Hero&#39;S Journey

Dan Harmon Hero'S Journey