We get all sorts of trends and easy formulas for everything we see. There's the standard way to write a metal song, the standard way to make an oil painting or to write a story. There's nothing really wrong with this, really, formulas are important. That's it, Formulation. I find it always important to know the rule first. There's nothing wrong with trying to use Monomyth/Hero's Journey elements in your first stories, that'll just set the ground for you to feel comfortable with the proportions.
No, the problem is limiting yourself to the formulas. But first get to master the rule and then you'll know how to break it. This is something I consider cheating, thinking you can break the rules before learning them. It's like the kid who plays a song different from the original and says it's his version when he actually simply doesn't know how to play the original.
That's some highly analogizable concept there.
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