How does Sanderson teach the Hero's Journey as a usable structure (strength-weakness coin, villain as mirror, comedy vs tragedy)?

Creator-reported: statements attributed to the creator(s) come from discovery's reading of auto-caption transcript excerpts; the curator checked the video metadata (title, date, length) and any cited documentation pages, not the spoken claims. Nothing was tested; promotional or sponsored framing applies where stated. In a prison-education lesson (2025-12-09; partial read 0:00-~22:30) Sanderson presents Campbell's monomyth as scaffolding against the blank page, not a rule ("lots of good structures"; Way of Kings borrowed an underdog sports-story shape). Stages illustrated with Star Wars and his own life: ordinary world -> call to adventure (a teacher handing him Dragonsbane) -> refusal (studying chemistry from fear of writing badly) -> acceptance -> road of trials, where a strength and a weakness are "one and the same" (his daydreaming/new-idea drive vs refusal to revise) -> early success -> ordeal/belly of the whale caused by the ignored flaw (12 unsold novels) -> confronting the flaw (six drafts of Elantris; it sold). Villains often mirror the hero's flaw (Luke seeing his own face in Vader's helmet; Iron Man vs Obadiah; Black Panther). Greek comedy vs tragedy differ mainly in whether the hero overcomes the tragic flaw. Related SanderFAQ (2026-03-12): his early "Kill the Elves" stance gave way to "write what you love"; originality came from human-focused stories and new sapient beings (Seons, spren) that feel alien yet relatable - and he kept dragons anyway. Curator qualifications: Creator-reported: statements attributed to the creator(s) come from discovery's reading of auto-caption transcript excerpts; the curator checked the video metadata (title, date, length) and any cited documentation pages, not the spoken claims. Nothing was tested; promotional or sponsored framing applies where stated. Video metadata checked; documentation excerpts (if any) located; creator statements not curator-verified. Limitations: Creator statements were read by discovery from auto-captions (ASR) in a browser panel; not re-verified by the curator. Partial read of V5; ASR quality moderate; Campbell summary is his popular rendering. Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.

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