Video Essay Details How All Stories Across All Media Have the Same Components

If you've ever had even a passing interest in storytelling, you've heard of Joseph Campbell. He's the man who came up with the monomyth, aka The Hero's Journey. It's a breakdown of the similarities between every major story and how they all essentially share the same components. Style and specifics change in each story, sure, but for something to be recognizable to us as a story in the first place, it basically follows the same structure.

Community and Rick & Morty creator Dan Harmon has broken down Campbell's storytelling theory into a more simplified version that he uses when writing his screenplays, but he's convinced it works for every story across all types of media — movies, TV shows, songs, books...everything. Editor Will Schoder has helpfully broken down Harmon's breakdown even further into a nice video essay that's easy to digest. Check it out, and maybe you'll even be inspired to use this structure to create your own stories.

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