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The Story Department Est. 2009 · Karel Segers
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Section N · Story & Structure 348 entries 27 August 2026

Story & Structure

The craft of telling a story starts with structure skills.

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  1. Elements of Suspense (1)

    “If, in the first chapter, you say there is a gun hanging on the wall, you should make quite sure…

    6 min
  2. Video: Truby on Sci-Fi

    The other day I stumbled upon this really bad quality video with John Truby talking about writing SciFi. But I…

    1 min
  3. Desire: the Primacy of Purpose

    Next month, Michael Hauge and Steve Kaplan will be in Australia for two weekends of story classes. This month we…

    10 min
  4. Are you a Reverse Chess Master?

    My brother is three years younger than me. When we were kids, the perception was that I was way smarter…

    3 min
  5. 4 Variations on the Theme

    Although theme is rarely what a movie sells on, your movie better have a theme or ‘it won’t stick’. The…

    5 min
  6. Writer, writer pants on fire!

    Somebody once told me, if you’re good at gossip, you’re a good storyteller. But what about if you’re skilled at…

    5 min