Raves from the press…
“Truby’s Blockbuster provides a structure both to elicit and keep track of the multitude of ideas and details that emerge in transforming the first vague musings into the finished project.“
– L. R. Shannon, New York Times
Myth is the most popular of all story forms. But it comes with many hidden pitfalls. Myth uses the journey structure, which is a different kind of plotting technique than the one found in genres where the hero has to dig under the surface to get to the truth.
Or writers think you can just rewrite the old myths. But the old myths grew out of a local environment and a point of view unique to that place and time.
The result: most myth writers end up with a tired, episodic, simple-minded mishmash.
Our MYTH SOFTWARE shows you the key to your success in this most popular of all genres.
Connecting seamlessly to the Blockbuster program, it helps you track the many threads that go into a great Myth and outlines the story beats for the 8 new myth forms that are most popular with audiences today.
With special Myth Story Maps, you can build unique myth archetypes, match them with special symbols, and lay down the Myth beats that are different from the normal Hollywood story beats we’ve seen a million times.
Story Beats: apply all the specialized Story Beats for the Myth Genre. Make sure you hit the myth opponent, the big journey, and the complex underworld, among other Myth beats.
Specialized Maps: use the unique Character and Symbol/Psyche Maps to create Myth stories with worldwide appeal.
Myth Class: learn all the professional techniques from Truby’s Myth Class, organized and available when and where you need it most.
4 Story Examples: solve any story problems using four special Myth Story Examples.
• 15 key story beats of the Myth story
• Top 8 new Myth stories for today
• Character Map
• 5 new Myth heroes
• Symbol/Psyche Map
• Social levels in great Myth
• The most important Myth models
• Hero archetypes
• Inherent problems in writing any Myth story
• Key Myth symbols and what they really mean
• Growth Map
• Transcending the Myth form
