About Myth
The mythical journey is the only sure path to a smash hit. Myth is the foundation of more blockbusters than any other genre by far. There are many reasons for this. One is that myths show us archetypal characters and life changes that transcend cultures. That's why "Star Wars" was just as popular in Japan as in the US. The myth form travels the world better than any other genre. Audiences love it; so studio executives love it.
Most blockbusters have a myth foundation (usually combined with one or two other genres). But the old myths were unique to their time. What are the new stories that represent our world and our life struggles? The trick now is to create new myths that are meaningful to a world environment. That means looking for the big human distinctions and frontiers: life/death, man/woman, human/machine, this world/other worlds, applied to a fast, technological world.
This 6-hour WORLD MYTH COURSE is the most comprehensive on myth you will find anywhere. Not only does it tell you the key story beats of the the great myths of the past, it lays out a detailed blueprint for the ten major myth forms that will likely define myth storytelling in the future. You will learn how to connect action and unfold character in totally new ways, yet still hit all the myth elements that mean huge success.
FEATURES:
10 new world myths that will define the world market for the next 10 years and how to write them
Great myths of the past and how to modernize them
Fundamental shifts in the world "mind"
The best stories for the world market
The new story forms that can lead the world
The new man and the new woman
Destructive American myths
Early efforts at writing the world myth and why they failed
The new heroes
The new world oppositions and how they will change storytelling
The ecological vision and how it will determine storytelling
Audio, 6 hours
