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The Story Department Est. 2009 · Karel Segers
Section J · Post Series 39 entries 25 August 2026

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If you like longer contributions, check out these articles that run over several posts.

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  1. Structure: Terminator 2

    A structural overview of Terminator 2: Judgment Day (J. Cameron, 1991). Terminator 2 offers amazing entertainment, with groundbreaking visual effects…

    4 min
  2. Inciting Incident: Planting the Bomb

    Keeping the audience interested throughout the 'setup' is a major challenge as professional readers won't last until the Inciting Incident…

    4 min
  3. POV: Ratatouille’s Deleted Scene

    RATATOUILLE has 1 (one) deleted scene. It is a long, uninterrupted travel from a wide establishing shot of the Paris…

    2 min
  4. Michael Hauge Interview – Part 1

    MICHAEL HAUGE is a story consultant, author and lecturer who works with writers and filmmakers. He has coached or consulted…

    11 min
  5. Inciting Incident: Event, not Action.

    When talking about story structure, many people talk about where exactly in the story the structural element needs to happen.…

    3 min
  6. Inciting Incident: Definitions

    Inciting Incident, Catalyst, Call to Adventure, Disturbance. All terms referring to the first crucial moment: the point where your story…

    2 min