Lesson #8 Comparison of Outlines
Updated: Nov 24, 2019
The Intuitive Screenwriting Wheel VS The Hero's Journey VS The Blake Snyder Beat Sheet
Here you can find the Hero’s Transformation Outline step by step. Please have in mind two major rules about archetypal wheel progression:
1. Every act is a closed system and yet intertwined with the rest of the wheel. This is really important for understanding the four-act structure!
2. Every step or transformational stage on the wheel is dual/oppositional. One archetype exists only in relation to its opposing archetype. Storytelling is the art of integration.
Intuitive Screenwriting Wheel - The basic outline:
ACT ONE - BIRTH:
Warrior (The exposition of a wound-ego)
Creator (A ray of hope)
Explorer (The hero decides to go on a quest)
ACT TWO - MANIFESTATION:
Lover (Love introduced)
Sage (Healing is possible)
Ruler (On the top of the false mountain)
ACT THREE - STRUCTURE:
Fool (Fun and games upside down)
Orphan (Loneliness)
Magician (Magic comes from above)
ACT FOUR - PARADISE/ASCENSION:
Caregiver (Emotional breakdown)
Destroyer (Death of an old belief/self)
Innocent (Ascension to a new world)
The Hero’s Journey outline by Christopher Vogler (The Writer’s Journey)
ACT ONE
Ordinary world
Call to adventure
Refusal of the call
Meeting with the mentor
Crossing the first threshold
ACT TWO
Test, Allies, Enemies
Approach to the inmost cave
Ordeal
Reward- Seizing the sword
ACT THREE
The road back
Resurrection
Return with the elixir
The Intuitive Screenwriting Wheel – Extended outline comparison with the Hero’s Journey:
ACT ONE - BIRTH:
Warrior-Fool (Exposition of a wound-ego/ The trickster is asking a hero: 'Who do you want to be?)
1. Ordinary World
Creator-Orphan (A ray of hope, heart’s desire/but the hero is afraid to be an outcast)
2. Call to Adventure
3. Refusal of the call
Explorer-Magician (The hero realizes where he doesn't belong /Suddenly a new world opens in front of him/her. They go on a quest.)
4. Meeting with the Mentor
5. Crossing the first threshold
ACT TWO - MANIFESTATION:
Lover- Caregiver (Love introduced/but the hero still craves true emotional fulfillment )
6. Test, Allies, Enemies
Sage-Destroyer (Healing is possible/but self-destructiveness hits hard)
6. Test, Allies, Enemies
Ruler-Innocent (On the top of the false (ego) mountain/ hero's wish or hero's fear is fulfilled)
7. Approach to the inmost cave