Stage 11: The Resurrection

The climax of your hero’s journey encompasses The Resurrection stage.

But what does that stage entail, and what does it have to do with your hero’s resurrection?

It Begins with the Highest of Stakes

If you’ve employed The Road Back stage of the Hero’s Journey within your story, you’ve done the necessary work to set up the high stakes. And make no mistake, the climax of your story has to have your protagonist dealing with the highest stakes they’ve ever experienced.It’s the big fight, the final showdown, the emotional confrontation — everything that your protagonist has been preparing for throughout their entire journey has led up to this final moment or sequence.

How about Paul's resurrection? Deborah, his attorney, is called to an emergency meeting. What could this be about? Paul has no idea but Silena, a neighbor and antagoinist, along with Anne, Paul's wife, is awarded custody. How could this be? For three and a half years Paul has been battling Anne, the custody industry of Judges, attorneys, and psychs, but now, with no examinaiton of her background, neither Paul nor Anne, but the neighbor, walks off with their child?

Hero Resurrected

The best type of stories showcases a character arc that culminates to a real transformation. If you follow the stages of the Hero’s Journey within your story, there’s a reason that we show the protagonist in their Ordinary World to start — we need to see the beginning of their arc.

Paul is transformed from a confused fatehr to a battling machine. He will get his child, Kaitrin, restored whole and home.

Catharsis Is Key

Cinematic catharsis is the feeling we feel after the resolution of the story and the protagonist’s overall journey.

You’ve experienced it when you’ve watched a movie or read a screenplay that stayed with you afterward — when you walked out of the theater or closed that script and felt truly changed or affected somehow. That’s the magic of a fantastic story, leaving the reader and audience truly touched, affected, and sometimes changed — catharsis.

The import of Burning America is catharsis. We traveled the road that Paul tred from his Ordinary world as primary caregiver to triumphant father. Paul inherits the prized family relic, a 1957 Buick Special, and Paul's arc is complete. Two generations, Paul and Kaitrin's, are whole.

Mick, The Doctor of Digital, Smith mick.smith@wsiworld.com
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