# September Users Group: It Was Just an Accident

**URL:** https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/september-users-group-it-was-just-an-accident/4341
**Category:** Analysis and Review
**Created:** [September 2, 2026, 11:57pm UTC](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/september-users-group-it-was-just-an-accident/4341 "2026-09-02T23:57:22Z")
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#### Post date: [September 2, 2026, 11:57pm UTC](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/september-users-group-it-was-just-an-accident/4341/1 "2026-09-02T23:57:22Z")

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Our next Dramatica Users Group meeting is **Tuesday, September 8, 2026, from 7:00–9:30 PM Pacific**.

We’ll take a fresh, scene-by-scene walk through _It Was Just an Accident_, then dig into the Objective Story structure, character dynamics, and audience implications together.

Everyone is welcome—no prior Dramatica knowledge required. Bring your notes, questions, theories, or just yourself. If you’d like to show up and listen, please do!

Full details and the Zoom link are here:

> **[Dramatica Users Group: Analysis of It Was Just an Accident · Dramatica Event](https://dramatica.com/events/dramatica-users-group-it-was-just-an-accident)**
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> Join the Dramatica Users Group for a close reading of It Was Just an Accident. This month's meeting follows our usual format: a fresh scene-by-scene walkthrough followed by discussion of Objective Sto…

Hope to see you there!

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#### Post date: [September 9, 2026, 11:17pm UTC](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/september-users-group-it-was-just-an-accident/4341/2 "2026-09-09T23:17:23Z")

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The recording of last night’s Users Group analysis of _It Was Just an Accident_ is now available to watch and follow along with!

We work through the four Throughlines, test our choices in the Storyform Builder and Theme Browser, and dig into certainty, revenge, and why resolving the Story Goal can still leave personal anguish unresolved. The video includes chapter timecodes if you’d like to revisit a particular part of the discussion.

[![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex010/uploads/dramatica/original/2X/b/bcf3af1f29facad3ea28db4e74e03dfdf09b504f.jpeg "It Was Just An Accident - Dramatica Users Group Analysis") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzXYtL7NfMk)

Thanks to everyone who joined us. If you missed the meeting—or have another thought after watching—add it here. Full-film spoilers, including the ending.

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#### Post date: [September 11, 2026, 7:57pm UTC](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/september-users-group-it-was-just-an-accident/4341/3 "2026-09-11T19:57:50Z")

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During the meeting, we had trouble identifying the Benchmarks - especially when it seemed like everything was in the Past or Present. I tried to avoid it because I always find them kind of _squishy_, meaning they can be elusive and hard to find in narrative structure

but apparently Narrova has no problem!

While getting the Storyform ready for [dramatica.com](http://dramatica.com) I had it look for evidence of Benchmarks across all four throughlines in the original screenplay. It came back with WAY MORE proof than i every possibly remember.

 ![Screenshot 2026-09-11 at 12.50.38 PM](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex010/uploads/dramatica/original/2X/a/aeaa4393f9cc6280983d884c923d407e9f5bbf4e.jpeg)

Remember that you can always have Narrova take a look at your work and measure it against the Storyform to see what is working and might need improvement.

I particularly liked how it pointed out Eghbal’s shifting identity as part of the benchmark which is a _really smart_ take on everything that I’m not even sure experienced Dramatica experts would pick up on.

The whole conversation (well, one question!) - is here for you to check out:

[Finding Storyform Benchmarks In Film Script.pdf](https://discuss.dramatica.com/uploads/short-url/8IsQB6Izr4gVAYtavuEF71kwhjL.pdf) (52.4 KB)
