Then, in the early 90’s, Christopher Vogler, a development executive working for Disney at the time, who was also a student of Campbell’s work (and friends with the people who created The Hero’s Journey, a documentary film about Campbell’s work and life), created a 7-page synopsis of the hero’s journey to help him evaluate and remedy the many scripts that crossed his desk, and he circulated the memo to his colleagues at Disney. This basic pattern he called the hero’s journey, or the “monomyth.” The Hero with a Thousand Faces began to gain popular traction in the 70’s and 80’s, following the release of the Star Wars trilogy, which writer/director George Lucas described as being heavily influenced by Campbell’s work (he frequently calls Campbell his “Yoda”).
After decades of reading and studying the myths of the world, Joseph Campbell wrote this book to describe the patterns he found common to myths from every culture in every corner of the world. The hero’s journey was first identified and described by Joseph Campbell, a writer, lecturer and professor of mythology, in his most famous book, The Hero with a Thousand Faces. If you have any interest in writing or narrative theory, you have probably come across the hero’s journey.
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