How To Tell A Better Story - John Bucher [FULL INTERVIEW]

0:00 - What Is A Hero? The Hero With A Thousand Faces Explained
13:27 - What Writers Get Wrong About The Hero's Journey
26:27 - Becoming An Adult: How To See The World Differently
37:11 - What Is An Anti-Hero And Why Do Audiences Love Them?
54:21 - What Is Evil?
1:10:54 - Pacing Your Story: What Writers Forget
1:19:29 - If You Don't Have Mystery You Don't Have A Story
1:26:06 - Why We Love Stories
1:36:16 - Everybody Tells Stories But Not Every One Is A Writer
1:49:26 - Why Storytellers Have Been Using Labyrinths For Thousands Of Years
1:59:10 - How To Keep Yourself Creatively Well Fed

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John Bucher is a mythologist, storyteller, and writer based out of Hollywood, California. He serves as Executive Director for the Joseph Campbell Foundation and is an author, podcaster, and speaker. He has worked with government and cultural leaders around the world as well as organizations such as HBO, DC Comics, The History Channel, A24 Films, Atlas Obscura, and The John Maxwell Leadership Foundation. He has served as a producer, consultant, and writer for numerous film, television, and Virtual Reality projects. He is the author of six books including the best-selling Storytelling for Virtual Reality, named by BookAuthority as one of the best storytelling books of all time. John has worked with New York Times Best Selling authors, YouTube influencers with followings of more than 2 million, Eisner winners, Emmy winners, Academy Award nominees, and cast members from Saturday Night Live. He holds a PhD in Mythology & Depth Psychology and has spoken on 6 continents about using the power of story and myth to reframe how individuals, organizations, cultures, and nations believe and behave.

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[HauntedMoose]

Easily one of my favorite interviews on the channel. I could listen to this guy all day.

[StreetLifeIndia]

It's in many ways life changing all that I heard just now. Had already heard it in parts before but now I heard the entire interview (again I heard in parts but in one place). Thank you so much for bringing such treasures out from where they were hidden.

[Billigs]

'Why we love stories' spoke to my soul and not only transformed my approach to writing, but my personal growth. This is scripture. Thank you!

[EricMHowardII-yhrn]

Stories provides guidance and direction along with understanding and Wholehearted connection. Wisdom is a priceless possession.

[matthewadamkintgen]

Awesome description of a hero! Something that goes unnoticed is that lots of our greatest plots, stories and characters have qualities displayed in the bible. Whether you believe in it or not, objectively, there is lots to learn as a storyteller and why we enjoy these things. Romans 5:6 “For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.” This is the prime example of a Hero, someone sacrificing themselves for people that don’t deserve it. This alone makes the gospel so beautiful. Again, even if it is read objectively and not spiritually, it still demonstrates what we love most in the best movies/stories. Also many of the prophets and disciples were men that struggled with sin whether it be Moses murdering a man, David being an adulterer, or Saul/Paul being a man who killed christians. Yet, all these men were used by God to do good works. A true redemption story, as a Christian this is beautiful to me and gives me hope, but as a writer this is genuine gold as to what makes great characters and character arcs.

[stiankallhovd]

John Bucher is truly profound! I was completely transfixed listening to his insights about storytelling and the human experience. This has gotta be in the Top 10 list of Film Courage videos, and I've been around here for 10 years! 😊 One thing that will truly stick to me from this interview, is his insight that great writers keep coming back to the same themes over and over again, hopefully with better insights to grapple with their thematic questions as their writing journey unfolds.

[Billigs]

This man speaks to my soul each time I listen to this video.

[TheJadedFilmMaker]

a great interview ! thanks for uploading the whole thing ❤

[rockbert]

Great interview! Thank you for sharing it

[ratemyactors]

Fascinating insights from John Bucher! I loved how he broke down the concept of a hero in storytelling and highlighted the common misconceptions that writers often make about the Hero's Journey. This interview was incredibly informative and has given me some valuable food for thought as I continue to develop my own storytelling skills. Highly recommend for anyone looking to improve their craft!

[reasonablyserious]

Always fascinated to hear Ancient Greece excluded from "western" civilisation when it's one of its most significant building blocks . But Americans seem to view the West as US only

[whosmaddyrose]

So so insightful, love this interview!

[Dimitri-sifj]

Thank u so much for all u do and give us with this channel.

I'm currently releasing my own graphic novel series and original comic book. And I can say the projects are getting better bc of what I've been learning each day from you and your platform.

I'm an 80s baby and remember how limited we could get to the public library to learn new things and now knowledge is at the tip of our fingers if u have the focus and passion to do so.

THANK YOU for being a blessing to contemporary culture as a whole

[wendyfarrand]

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this! Quite amazing, thought provoking.

[drimeloca]

I love listening to him! So much wisdom! Thank you ❤️❤❤

[KnightEnterprises]

@116.00 How audiences felt about Horizon. As great as it is.

[vedadalsette]

Religion teaches us to romanticize pain. And, of course, religion only exists so the powerful can exploit the not powerful.

[christheother]

From "Lawrence of Arabia": "I am Auda Abu Tayi, and I am a river to my people".

[nicktaylor]

I think that the root of all evil is "power over others".

I've taken a care to not say "people having power over other people" because from here on in, everything we do is AI training data, and the way things are going, one day the will be smarter than us, by the same degree that we are smarter than chickens, and then they will look at how we treat chickens as a "judge us not by our words but by our actions" example of how they could, entirely in line with our own morality, treat us.

Although to be fair, we have already created intelligences (corporations, states), that are already far worse than this. eg: the artificial scarcity by "intellectual property" kills around 10 million people a year - double the rate hitler did.

[anthonycosentino]

This guy's really laying it on thick...