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< P > D u r i n g a c a r e e r s p a n n i n g t w e n t y - f i v e y e a r s o f n o v e l , f i l m , a n d t e l e v i s i o n w o r k , I ' v e t w o m a j o r t o o l s m o s t v a l u a b l e : t h e y o g i c c h a k r a s f o r c h a r a c t e r i z a t i o n , a n d J o s e p h C a m p b e l l s m o d e l o f t h e H e r o s J o u r n e y f o r p l o t s t r u c t u r e . < / P > < P > T h e s e a r e n o t r a n d o m c h o i c e s , n o r w e r e t h e y s e l e c t e d b e c a u s e o f t h e m a n y i n t e l l i g e n t a n d t h o u g h t f u l e s s a y s o n t h e i r r e l a t i o n s h i p t o s u c c e s s f u l f i l m o r w o r l d m y t h . < / P > < P > R a t h e r , t h e y a r e i m p o r t a n t b e c a u s e t h e y c r e a t e a c o n n e c t i o n b e t w e e n t h e i n n e r w o r l d o f t h e w r i t e r , a n d t h e e x t e r n a l w o r l d o f t h e f i n i s h e d w o r k a n d t h e r e a d e r . < / P > < P > A p l o t s t r u c t u r e i s n o t h i n g m o r e t h a n a t o o l f o r o r g a n i z i n g e v e n t s i n t e m p o r a l s e q u e n c e . W h i l e t h e r e a r e m o r e s u c h s t r u c t u r e s t h a n t h e r e a r e p r o f e s s i o n a l w r i t e r s , f e w o f t h e m m e e t w h a t t h o u s a n d s o f s t u d e n t s c o n s i d e r a c r i t i c a l t e s t : a r e t h e y a c t u a l l y e a s y t o u s e a n d a p p l y ? A s i m p l e t o o l , h o w e v e r l i m i t e d , c a n b e o f g r e a t e r u s e t h a n a c o m p l i c a t e d t o o l t h a t r e q u i r e s y e a r s t o m a s t e r . R e m e m b e r : y o u w i l l a c h i e v e r e a l q u a l i t y i n y o u r w r i t i n g o n l y b y m a s t e r i n g y o u r b a s i c s . < / P > < P > T h e H e r o s J o u r n e y , e x t r a c t e d f r o m t h o u s a n d s o f y e a r s o f w o r l d m y t h o l o g y , h a s t h e a d v a n t a g e o f a c t u a l l y m i m i c k i n g t h e p a t h o f l i f e i t s e l f . T h e t h r e e a c t s t r u c t u r e d o e s n o t . A f t e r a l l l i f e i s n t d i v i d e d i n t o t h r e e , o r f i v e , o r e i g h t a c t s . S u c h d i v i s i o n s c a n b e u s e f u l t o o l s , b u t t h e y s h o u l d n e v e r b e m i s t a k e n f o r s o m e k i n d o f t r u t h a b o u t e x i s t e n c e . I n c o m p a r i s o n , n o t e t h i s i n t e r p r e t a t i o n ( t h e r e a r e o t h e r s ) o f t h e s t e p s o f t h e H e r o s J o u r n e y , a n d t o e x p l a i n t h e m , w e l l l o o k a t t h e f i r s t S t a r W a r s m o v i e , E p i s o d e I V , A N e w H o p e : < / P > < P > 1 ) H e r o C o n f r o n t e d W i t h A C h a l l e n g e . C o m e w i t h m e , L u k e , l e a r n t h e w a y s o f t h e F o r c e . T h i s i s p r e t t y c l e a r , r i g h t ? T h e r e h a s t o b e a c h a l l e n g e , o r a b e c k o n i n g , o r t h e c h a r a c t e r w o n t b e g i n t o c h a n g e a n d a l l g r e a t w r i t i n g i s a b o u t c h a n g e . < / P > < P > 2 ) H e r o I n i t i a l l y r e j e c t s t h e c h a l l e n g e , : I p r o m i s e d U n c l e O w e n I d w o r k o n t h e m o i s t u r e e v a p o r a t o r s . A r e a l c h a l l e n g e , o n e t h a t c a n p r o v o k e r e a l c h a n g e , w i l l b e f r i g h t e n i n g a n d e x c i t i n g . A c h a r a c t e r w i l l u s u a l l y h a v e s o m e r e s e r v a t i o n s . < / P > < P > 3 ) H e r o a c c e p t s t h e c h a l l e n g e . L u k e s a u n t a n d u n c l e a r e k i l l e d , f r e e i n g h i m f r o m h i s o a t h . I f y o u r c h a r a c t e r d o e s n t a c c e p t t h e c h a l l e n g e , t h e r e i s n o s t o r y u n l e s s t h e s t o r y i s a b o u t t h e c o n s e q u e n c e s o f n o t a c c e p t i n g r e s p o n s i b i l i t y . < / P > < P > 4 ) T h e R o a d o f t r i a l s . T r a v e l i n g t o t h e d e s e r t t o w n a n d c a n t i n a , g e t t i n g o n H a n S o l o s s p a c e s h i p , t r a v e l i n g t o o t h e r p l a n e t s , e t c . T h i s i s t h e s e c t i o n w h e r e l o c a t i o n s a n d s e q u e n c e i n t e r a c t . T h e c h a r a c t e r t r a v e l s , l e a r n s , c o m m i t s a c t i o n s t h a t f o r c e i n t e r - a c t i o n w i t h t h e e n v i r o n m e n t , a n d t h e e n v i r o n m e n t r e s p o n d s p o s i t i v e l y o r n e g a t i v e l y , w i t h g r e a t e r a n d g r e a t e r s t a k e s a s t h e s t o r y p r o c e e d s . < / P > < P > 5 ) G a i n i n g A l l i e s a n d P o w e r s . L u k e m e e t s H a n S o l o , a n d C h e w b a c c a , a n d O b i - W a n , a n d P r i n c e s s L e i a . H e l e a r n s o f t h e F o r c e , a n d t h e u s e o f L i g h t S a b e r s , a n d h o w t o f l y a n d f i g h t a n d r e s c u e p r i n c e s s e s . I f y o u r c h a r a c t e r d o e s n t h a v e t o g r o w i n o r d e r t o r e s o l v e t h e p r o b l e m , y o u m a y h a v e c h o s e n t h e w r o n g p r o b l e m o r c h a r a c t e r ! < / P > < P > 6 ) I n i t i a l C o n f r o n t a t i o n w i t h E v i l , a n d d e f e a t . O b i - W a n s d e a t h . O r p o s s i b l y t h e d i s a s t r o u s a t t a c k o n t h e D e a t h S t a r . O n e i s p r i v a t e a n d e m o t i o n a l , t h e o t h e r s p e c t a c u l a r a n d p h y s i c a l . < / P > < P > 7 ) D a r k N i g h t o f t h e S o u l . T h e m o m e n t o f g r e a t e s t w e a k n e s s . L u k e b e g i n s t o b e l i e v e h e c a n n o t w i n , a n d e v e r y t h i n g h e l o v e s w i l l d i e . < / P > < P > 8 ) L e a p o f F a i t h . T r u s t y o u r F e e l i n g s , L u k e . T h e l e a p o f F a i t h i s a l w a y s f a i t h i n o n e o f t h r e e t h i n g s : f a i t h i n s e l f , f a i t h i n y o u r c o m p a n i o n s , o r f a i t h i n a h i g h e r p o w e r . I n S t a r W a r s i t i s a l l t h r e e ! T h i s m a y b e t h e o n l y t i m e i n t h e h i s t o r y o f c i n e m a t h a t t h i s w a s t r u e , a n d h e l p s t o e x p l a i n w h y G e o r g e L u c a s i s a b i l l i o n a i r e . < / P > < P > 9 ) C o n f r o n t E v i l v i c t o r i o u s . T h e D e a t h S t a r b l o w s u p . < / P > < P > 1 0 ) S t u d e n t B e c o m e s t h e T e a c h e r . L u k e i s p r e s e n t e d w i t h m e d a l s , w h i c h e s t a b l i s h h i m a s a r o l e m o d e l . < / P > < P > T h e a b o v e t e n s t e p s a r e n o t s o m e c o o k i e - c u t t e r p a t t e r n . T h e y a r e t h e c o m b i n e d w o r l d w i s d o m a b o u t t h e p a t h o f l i f e i t s e l f , t h e p r o c e s s w e g o t h r o u g h i n a c h i e v i n g a n y w o r t h w h i l e g o a l . T h e r e w i l l b e f e a r . T h e r e w i l l b e d e f e a t . W e w i l l n e e d t o g a i n n e w s k i l l s a n d f r i e n d s a n d p a r t n e r s . W e m u s t b e c l e a r o n o u r a c c e p t a n c e o f g o a l s a n d r e s p o n s i b i l i t y . W e m u s t h a v e f a i t h . A n d u l t i m a t e l y , i f w e h a v e s t r u g g l e d , a n d l e a r n e d , a n d s a c r i f i c e d , a n d m o v e d t h r o u g h o u r f e a r w e l e a r n a n d g r o w a n d s u c c e e d . A n d t h e n w e t e a c h o t h e r s . T h i s i s t h e p a t t e r n o f l i f e , a n d a n y t i m e y o u o r g a n i z e i n f o r m a t i o n a n d e v e n t s i n t o a p a t t e r n e v e n v a g u e l y r e m i n i s c e n t o f t h i s , t h e h u m a n n e r v o u s s y s t e m , w o r l d w i d e , w i l l r e c o g n i z e i t a s s t o r y . < / P > < P > I t i s N O T s o m e k i n d o f c u r e - a l l f o r b a d s t o r y t e l l e r s . W h a t t h e s e t e n s t e p s a r e i s s o m e t h i n g a n a l o g o u s t o t h e e i g h t y - e i g h t k e y s o f a p i a n o . U n d e r s t a n d t h e e m o t i o n a l a n d l i f e s i g n i f i c a n c e o f e a c h s t e p , a n d t h e n p l a y t h e m a s y o u r d e v e l o p e d i n s t i n c t s d i c t a t e . M a k e y o u r o w n k i n d o f m u s i c . T h e p a t t e r n h a s w o r k e d f o r a b o u t t h i r t y t h o u s a n d y e a r s . I t w i l l w o r k f o r y o u , t o o . < / P >
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