INT./EXT. ORDINARY WORLD - DAY
[PLACEHOLDER: Hero's normal life before the story begins. Emotional change: baseline discomfort, a wound or lack simmering beneath a comfortable surface. Conflict: hero vs. the limits of their own ordinary world. Replace with real scene content.]
INT./EXT. CALL TO ADVENTURE - DAY
[PLACEHOLDER: Inciting incident disrupts the status quo. Emotional change: a disruptive spark, unease and excitement awaken together. Conflict: hero vs. the summons to change, and the pull of the safe life left behind. Replace with real scene content.]
INT./EXT. REFUSAL OF THE CALL - DAY
[PLACEHOLDER: Hero hesitates or resists out of fear. Emotional change: fear and doubt, tension between desire and dread. Conflict: hero vs. their own fear and the excuses that keep them stuck. Replace with real scene content.]
INT./EXT. MEETING THE MENTOR - DAY
[PLACEHOLDER: A guide gives advice, training, or a tool. Emotional change: a turn toward courage and readiness. Conflict: hero vs. their own unpreparedness. Replace with real scene content.]
INT./EXT. CROSSING THE THRESHOLD - DAY
[PLACEHOLDER: Hero commits and enters the special world. Emotional change: commitment, resolve and momentum, thrill and fear of the leap. Conflict: hero vs. the threshold and its guardian. Replace with real scene content.]
INT./EXT. TESTS, ALLIES AND ENEMIES - DAY
[PLACEHOLDER: Hero learns the rules and forms bonds. Emotional change: wins and setbacks, camaraderie and friction. Conflict: hero vs. the trials and players of the special world. Replace with real scene content.]
INT./EXT. APPROACH TO THE INMOST CAVE - DAY
[PLACEHOLDER: Preparation for the major challenge ahead. Emotional change: rising tension, dread and hardening resolve. Conflict: hero vs. the approaching danger and their own last doubts. Replace with real scene content.]
INT./EXT. THE ORDEAL - DAY
[PLACEHOLDER: The central crisis; hero faces death or their greatest fear. Emotional change: the lowest point, terror and near-defeat followed by survival. Conflict: hero vs. their deepest fear and the antagonist at full force. Replace with real scene content.]
INT./EXT. REWARD (SEIZING THE SWORD) - DAY
[PLACEHOLDER: Hero survives and gains something. Emotional change: relief and elevation, hard-won confidence. Conflict: hero vs. the temptation to rest too soon. Replace with real scene content.]
INT./EXT. THE ROAD BACK - DAY
[PLACEHOLDER: Hero commits to returning to the ordinary world. Emotional change: renewed urgency, resolve met by fresh danger. Conflict: hero vs. the pursuing forces and the cost of return. Replace with real scene content.]
INT./EXT. RESURRECTION - DAY
[PLACEHOLDER: A final, climactic test; the hero is purified and transformed. Emotional change: the final crucible, darkest peril giving way to true triumph. Conflict: hero, now transformed, vs. the antagonist and their old self, decisively. Replace with real scene content.]
INT./EXT. RETURN WITH THE ELIXIR - DAY
[PLACEHOLDER: Hero comes home changed, with something to share. Emotional change: resolution, wholeness and integration. Conflict: resolution - the former obstacle overcome, the boon shared. Replace with real scene content.]
