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Basics of Story Structure
NOTE: This is part of a series on story structure that I decided to do. I will be collecting them all up and putting them into a book once I’m finished.
The reason why I’m covering this structure next is that it’s one of the more popular structures. You probably are already familiar with it, if not consciously then unconsciously, because you’ve consumed this structure so often in western literature.
You’ll see that this structure has something in common with the three-act structure, namely, they can both be broken down into three sections. The three sections are different and have different focuses, but as you’ll see, there is more than one structure that comes in three parts.
I’m going to repeat the note from the introduction here:
Though the term hero is gendered, this structure is NOT. A hero may be a kickass female, just as a heroine may be male. Or either could be an alien with five different genders. These are the terms that have been applied to these structures, not the gender that must fulfill them.
The start of the hero’s journey is the call to action. As with all stories, the main character must be emancipated from their home, their family structure, their current life, before they can start their journey. (This is why YA stories are frequently…
