202 pages left. Very little left of substance. Lots of movie analysis. We don’t write screenplays. Want to know how he’s analyzing four movies. We’re not going to go into it. We analyzed 3 novels. Renee pulled out the important bits. Is it worthwhile? Good stuff? As you can guess, we weren’t huge fans of this book. Useful, we can see how an 80’s movie script can be perfect. Terminator. Perfect script. 239 chart of the acts was nice. Renee learned a lot from writing up the stages via the Hobbit. We knew it was there, but not quite sure WHY it was there. Books are not plays/screenplays. Kim realized she didn’t have to follow this formula. One thing Renee learned, a lot of people who say they want to write a book, they really just want to make a movie, so they write a novel to tell their story. While on the surface, an author might think they might write the next Harry Potter, you’ll find out that it’s an organic process to make it good. Hero’s Journey is a tired plot. 

The beginning of the journey is actually quite helpful. Lots of handwaiving after the beginning. If you’re going to apply your theory to everything, you’ll have a hard time doing anything. We had a hard time finding novel examples because it really only applies to movies. “Everything is everything” Kim. You can twist these events to fit, and it’s not useful for writing a novel. Even with Kaiju, the middle starts to fall apart. The book becomes its own thing and can’t rely on each step. Each chapter was a step but fell apart.