If The Hero with a Thousand Faces is the best known storytelling structure, Dan Harmon’s Story Circle is giving it a run for its money. Dan Harmon, best known for shows like Community and Rick and Morty, devised a storytelling structure that is quite similar to Campbell’s, but breaks it down into its most basic moments. Each beat can be summed up in a single word that leaves plenty of room for the individual writer to explore their characters and world.
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Use Case: Harmon’s goal was ostensibly to make a structure that anyone can use. I think it requires some base level knowledge of storytelling structure first, but it’s fantastic once the suitable foundations have been laid.
An example of Dan Harmon's Rick and Morty being examined under the Story Circle can be found here.
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