Hero's Journey, Screenwriting, Story structure - The Myth of the Flawed Hero

The Hero's Journey is the template upon which the cast majority of prosperous screenplays are built upon. Films as diverse as Gladiator (2000), Million Dollar Baby (2004), Raging Bull (1980) and Scarface (1983) were all constructed around the Hero's Journey Template.

There is an discussion that the flawed hero is the exquisite hero. That to make the hero three dimensional, human ailments and weaknesses must be present.

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The fact it that this is just one of those myths. It all depends on your story.

Hero's Journey, Screenwriting, Story structure - The Myth of the Flawed Hero

There are various types of hero: a) the good, willing hero (Star Wars, 1977), b) the good, unwilling hero (Shawshank Redemption, 1994), c) the anti-hero (Raging Bull, 1980), d) the villain (Goodfellas, 1990) etc.

All of the above are naturally some of the potential hero archetypes: you choose which one is relevant for your story.

The thing to remember is not either the hero is flawed or not, but that s/he has an outer, inner and romantic challenge. For example, in Star Wars (1977), Luke gets to destroy the Death Star (outer challenge), learn the ways of the force (inner challenge) and win over Leia (romantic challenge).

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Hero's Journey, Screenwriting, Story structure - The Myth of the Flawed Hero

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