🟢Narrative structure (From "College Essay Essentials"Page 18)
Joseph Campbell, an American writer and mythologist, called it the
monomyth, or Hero’s Journey. I’ll refer to it as a narrative structure. Its
basic elements are:
1. Status quo
2. Inciting incident/Status quo change
3. Raise the stakes
4. Turning point/Moment of truth
5. Denouement/The final act
6. Outcome/New status quo
STATUS QUO
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☑️An example

I used to be really shy.

My shyness was really frustrating.

I knew I had to do something, so I tried a few different things.
I failed at all of them.

Finally, I joined the debate club. At first it didn’t go well.
But eventually I fell in love with it.

I started to come out of my shell and began improving in other
areas of my life.

I’m no longer the shy kid— now I speak up and stand up for w
my beliefs.

This experience has led me to want to major in international w
relations and pursue a career in foreign diplomacy.

✅See how one thing leads to another, and how all the events are
linked through cause and effect? That’s what I’m calling narrative
structure.

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