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The Story Department Est. 2009 · Karel Segers
Section BWU · storytelling 45 entries 25 August 2026

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  1. “Set Up The Goal Before The End Of Act 1” – And Other Bad Screenwriting Advice

    If anyone tells you that a screenwriter must set up the story goal before the end of Act 1, avoid…

    5 min
  2. Learn Screenwriting By Doing It – Online And In Your Own Time

    The below is a report of an experiment: the trial run of the legendary Immersion Screenwriting course. The beta version was…

    7 min
  3. Great Characters In Movies Share One Thing…

    People will say a lot of things about what it takes to create great characters: they require depth and complexity.…

    3 min
  4. [Video]: The Ken Burns Effect

    'All story is manipulation. ' What gives a great story the power to move us? Acclaimed documentary filmmaker Ken Burns…

    1 min
  5. What the Hell is High Concept?

    I’ll confess… when I started working in this business as an assistant, and heard the term “high concept” over and…

    5 min
  6. Best of the Web 21 Dec

    Story & Structure :: Reese Witherspoon “didn't think there was enough sex” :: Write what you know? :: 'The Science…

    1 min