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204 | The Hero’s Journey ft. Christopher Vogler

By The Screenwriting Life

3:16 PM EDT on July 18, 2024

Sign up for TSL Workshops!: https://tslworkshops.circle.soGet Chris' Book!: https://www.amazon.com/Writers-Journey-Mythic-Structure-3rd/dp/193290736XThough Chris Vogler is generally credited with introducing the FRAMEWORK of The Hero's Journey into modern Hollywood discourse, it almost didn't happen. When someone else plagiarized his memo and trafficked it to Jeffrey Katzenberg trying to take credit for it, Chris faced a crossroads. Find out HOW he managed that, and became an essential creative pillar behind the development of THE LION KING.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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