Inspired by Joseph Campbell's Monomyth, four screenwriters and one producer decided in 2006 to honor the man, by stealing his idea (which was already "borrowed" from James Joyce) to start the enterprise MONOMITO Screenwriters.

Our main aim is to develop and help raise professional standards of Portuguese screenwriting, either by writing our own material for television, film and multimedia, as by setting up international screenwriting workshops and seminars with invited tutors. We wish to stimulate audiovisual professionals, not only screenwriters, for demanding better screenplays, better stories.

For us telling stories concerns a responsibility that subjugates individual authorship. No story belongs to a single author. Rather they are always the reflection of a given culture. It doesn´t really matter WHO tells the story. What matters is HOW the story is told, what impact does it have on a given audience, and if it stimulates to personal activity. Furthermore, stories are a collective product. At MONOMITO, even if a specific screenplay is developed by one person, it is impossible for that person to hold all the credit. Its technical appraisal, the sharing of ideas, opinions and helpful solutions turn every work into a collective process. This way we attain a creative dynamic in which individual expression is always attached to the group.