There should also be a helper. Mythical or human and he should find himself is a strange unnatural place. There you have a classic epic.

He wakes up after a car crash and finds he can understand what animals say. A child is lost in the wildreness. Your hero decides to go find the child. He meets a crow who knows where the child was earlier. The crow leads your hero into the wilderness where a big bear corners him. He believes he is done for but he speaks to the bear and the bear understands he means no harm. The bear shows him the child and he delivers the child to his parents.

SMILE: its something/ make it your own if you wish.

When you submit your paper be sure to add a preface that one page does not an epic make.