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Section BWA · story 95 entries 26 August 2026

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  1. The (Necessary) Evil of Dialogue

    Zinneman called it a 'necessary evil' and wordsmith par excellence David Mamet says: "A good film script should be able…

    3 min
  2. That Mid-Point Thing

    Following UNK's publication of his post on The Mid Point and to the benefit of the students in a recent…

    9 min
  3. Structure: Jaws

    A structural overview of Jaws (Peter Benchley, Carl Gottlieb, Novel by Peter Benchley 1975) Steven Spielberg first drew me into…

    6 min
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. Arcs and Endings (3)

    In a Q&A for Creative Screenwriting Magazine, Michael Arndt made the point that "happy endings are really underrated". It got…

    3 min