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The Story Department Est. 2009 · Karel Segers
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Section BBK · NSC 19 entries 26 August 2026

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  1. Structure: Raiders of the Lost Ark

    The first film of the Indiana Jones quadrilogy was created by Spielberg and Lucas, two of the greatest filmmakers of…

    12 min
  2. Structure: Iron Man

    A structural overview of Iron Man (Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby, Art Marcum, Matt Holloway 2008). Not just a great comic…

    6 min
  3. Arcs and Endings (2)

    Should you write a happy ending? Commercial common sense will tell you: yes, you should. Robert McKee says: "Tell the…

    4 min
  4. Arcs and Endings (1)

    The finest writing not only reveals true character, but arcs or changes to that inner nature, for better or worse.…

    2 min
  5. Conscious vs. Unconscious Desire

    Question: When McKee talks about the conscious desire being a contradiction of the unconscious desire, would you relate this to…

    2 min
  6. Exciting Coincidence?

    "A strong inciting incident is an event that happens to the protagonist, never an action by the protagonist", I said.…

    9 min