Two emerging screenwriters – Chas Fisher and Stuart Willis – try to work out what makes great screenplays work. Discovering what it takes by analysing what successful writers put on the page.
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episode 88: DZ-88: Drama in Genre clothing
How can dramas use genre elements to hook their audiences? Stu and Chas reunite with TV writer & director Kodie Bedford to look at how some films start out as genre but gradually become character dramas. Or, as Stu never said on the episode "Genre in...
episode 87: DZ-87: Keeping Genre fresh
How do you deliver on the emotional contract of a genre while surprising the audience? In tackling this enormous topic, Stu and Chads enlist professional TV writer and director for Kodie Bedford, someone who has somehow managed to defy genre...
episode 86: DZ-86: Backmatter - Minimum Viable Product
How do you determine what is your MVP? In their annual full backwater episode, Stu and Chas let out their pandemic hair, drop the ruse of objectivity, and allow themselves to have even more options about writing and the business of writing. In this...
episode 85: DZ-85: Choices & Decision 2 - The Farewell & Wrath of Man
What is difference between choice and decision when it comes to audience experience?
episode 84: DZ-84: Choices & Decisions 1 - Booksmart
What is the difference between choice and decision when it comes to characters?
episode 83: DZ-83: A Very Thematic Stand-up Special!
What can screenwriters learn from the storytelling techniques used by stand-up comedians?
episode 82: DZ-82: Dramatising Given Circumstances in Watchmen
How can writers dramatise Given Circumstances?
episode 81: DZ-81: Pitch Decks & Look Books - Development Tools 4
How do you make effective pitch decks and look books for your projects?
episode 80: DZ-80: Interweaving Timelines 3 - Little Women
How can interweaving timelines elevate the emotional experience for the audience?
episode 79: DZ-79: Interweaving Timelines 2 - The Social Network
How can interweaving two timelines change how we feel about a character?