This article was about how the structure of Myths can help you write better stories. The first point made was on Patterns. Life and Nature are full of patterns everywhere. In the Beginning of the Lion King, we see all sorts of different animals but all of them move in the same way mostly, once we see Simba we understand his place in the world. The next point was about how epic myths have epic impact. This one is pretty self explanatory. The bigger the tale is, the more crazy huge events will happen as the story unfolds. The next point was how everybody always wants something. All characters in stories are almost always driven by something that they want. In "Crossing the Threshold" we relate to the characters motivation because we want to see him succeed in his quest. The next point is on how we can't always win. This can be used to help us empathize with our hero because we relate to their failures because all of us have messed up or where not good enough for something at least a few times. And the last point is the take away lesson. This is similar to the moral of stories where it is what we ultimately take away from a story. This is shown in movies like The Wrestler where the main character accept his fate on how people will only care about him in the ring.
I thought this article was very interesting. It's interesting to see how some story telling elements never change. I'll definitely keep these in mind the more I write this year.
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