Don't have a mentor
Don't follow one character consistently through the whole story.
End the story on any part of the cycle prior to the return.
Kill off the characters at the climax.
(also kinda funny how it's "the hero's journey" when it's completely amoral and works just as well for villains and evil doers)
Ending the story on any part before the return doesn't avoid or subvert the heroes journey when he explicit states and gives numerous examples of it happening. Same with killing of the character. Following more than one character doesn't alter the heroes journey at all and having a mentor isn't an integral part of the heroes journey.
>>7356387
In my story.
> Hero kills the mentor before they can get any help
> Third act is entirely different people
> Hero ends stripped of all power, alone, and homeless in an unfamiliar land
Am I doing it right?
>>7356387
your keming is fucked up
>>7356387
Whatever you think your character should/would do next, do the opposite.
I was always really into detective/mystery fiction, so after I exhausted the major english and french authors, I dove into latin american detective fiction (since I only know english, french and spanish). It is, by far, the genre with the most potential for experimentation within the traditional novelistic format. A lot of famous an/or excellent writers have used the format to create some of their best work (I'm thinking of Pacheco, Leñero, Cortázar, but others like Taibo II and Mendoza have used to for subversive and compelling humanist dramas while keeping a sardonic and playful tone.
>>7356387
uh this meme-template is actually really easy to avoid and just about all classical literature since Shakespeare has avoided it
Just because everyone only reads Tolkien and Harry Potter these days doesn't mean that the past didn't have actual non-retard readers/writers
>>7356479
Well it's more that the pulp derived genre literature that has its roots in the knightly romances follows this pattern.
>>7356417
Literally Brave New World
>>7356387
Look up Dan Haron's story circles. It's this with all the bullshit cut out, condensed down to its purest form/
>>7356417
In my story.
>hero vanishes for a book and companions must carry on without him. Role of hero is shared
>third act is about children of the hero to finish off the major villain with the aid of the heroes digital copy in cyberspace
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>>7356387
It's called the hero's journey because it was designed following the stories of mythical and folkloric heroes. It just happens that it's a really good analysis of stories in general.
Why does it need to be avoided anyway? As long as you're not being overly literal with it I don't really see the problem.
>Hero decides to stay at home and masturbate
>>7357620
>Golden Sun bad ending
>>7357620
> REFUSAL OF THE CALL
>>7357620
>implying the process of masturbation doesn't follow the Hero's Journey
>>7357600
This though. Its not so bad for a little story to write when you're bored. You can focus on your writing style and doing weird shit with the characters.
Make the hero autistic. See how that'd turn out.
>>7357631
In other words, I should write a story about my life?
>>7357630
/lit/ should have mods to zap away at fools
Can someone help me my describing all of the archetypical characters? Protagonist, antagonist, threshold guardian, mentor, the goddess, etc.
