The Hero's Journey

Question 1

Status Quo

Answer 1

(step 1)

describes the hero’s situation or life at the beginning of a heroic quest

Question 2

Call to Adventure

Answer 2

(step 2)

The hero is faced with an event, conflict, problem, or challenge that makes them begin their adventure

Question 3

Assistance

Answer 3

(step 3)

a guide or protector or some form of magical helper—often a seasoned traveler—who offer the Hero training, knowledge, confidence, advice, and such that will help the Hero on his journey

Question 4

Departure

Answer 4

(step 4)

the hero or protagonist receives a call to go on an adventure

Question 5

Trials

Answer 5

(step 5)

when the hero faces challenges that improve their skills, meets and befriends strangers who join the hero’s journey, and encounters characters who aim to destroy them

Question 6

Approach

Answer 6

(step 6)

The initial plan to take on the central conflict begins, but setbacks occur that cause the hero to try a new approach or adopt new ideas

Question 7

Crisis

Answer 7

(step 7)

a divide in the hero’s journey

Question 8

Treasure

Answer 8

(step 8)

hero eventually reaches the central crisis of his adventure, where he overcomes the main obstacle or enemy, undergoing “apotheosis” and gaining his reward

Question 9

Result/ Return

Answer 9

(step 9/10)

Hero has been resurrected, purified and has earned the right to be accepted back into the Ordinary World. The true Hero returns with a story to share with others or heal a wounded land.

Question 10

New Life

Answer 10

(step 11)

final stage of the Hero’s journey in which he returns home to his Ordinary World a changed man. He will have grown as a person, learned many things, faced many terrible dangers and even death but now looks forward to the start of a new life

Question 11

Resolution

Answer 11

(step 12)

When a story reaches resolution, conflicts are resolved in some way (for better or worse) and loose ends are tied up sufficiently.