Would you like a proven way of telling better stories, ones that readers remember long after they put your work down?

Well, you don’t need to sell your soul to do it either. Instead, use the Hero’s Journey to master the art of storytelling.

It’s a narrative pattern storytellers behind popular dramas, stories, myths, legends and even religious rituals use.

In the 1949 book The Hero With a Thousand Faces, scholar Joseph writes about the Hero’s Journey:

“The usual hero adventure begins with someone from whom something has been taken, or who feels there is something lacking in the normal experience available or permitted to the members of society.”

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Once upon a time I avoided using stories as part of my non-fiction writing.

I felt like stories were too hard to pull off, they didn’t resonate with non-fiction readers, and I just didn’t have the writing chops to tell a story that mattered.

One day, I went to a lecture by the screenwriting guru Robert McKee.

There, he explained, “He who tells the best story wins.”

He told us the very best non-fiction writers use stories as part of their work because they know the art of storytelling helps writers connect with their readers.

I discovered the readers of a well-told story will share the emotions of the characters in a story, and they will recall the key points of this story later far better than any article that’s based solely on reason and logic.

I knew I needed to change my approach to storytelling.
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