Character on Draft Zero: A Screenwriting Podcasthttps://draft-zero.com/categories/character/Recent content in Character on Draft Zero: A Screenwriting PodcastHugo -- gohugo.ioenThu, 30 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000DZ-126: Secrets and Clueshttps://draft-zero.com/2026/dz-126/Thu, 30 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2026/dz-126/DZ-125: Oscars One-shot - BLUE MOONhttps://draft-zero.com/2026/dz-125/Thu, 26 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2026/dz-125/DZ-124: Making the Despicable Compellinghttps://draft-zero.com/2026/dz-124/Fri, 30 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2026/dz-124/DZ-123: Flawed Characters in Noirhttps://draft-zero.com/2025/dz-123/Wed, 31 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2025/dz-123/DZ-122: Escalating Antagonism Across Genreshttps://draft-zero.com/2025/dz-122/Wed, 01 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2025/dz-122/DZ-121: Escalating Antagonism in SINNERShttps://draft-zero.com/2025/dz-121/Fri, 29 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2025/dz-121/DZ-120: Subtext is Overrated!https://draft-zero.com/2025/dz-120/Fri, 01 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2025/dz-120/DZ-119: Final Character Choices & Great Endingshttps://draft-zero.com/2025/dz-119/Wed, 18 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2025/dz-119/DZ-117: Pulling Off Tonal Shiftshttps://draft-zero.com/2025/dz-117/Mon, 31 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2025/dz-117/DZ-114: Climaxes in CHALLENGERShttps://draft-zero.com/2024/dz-114/Fri, 29 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2024/dz-114/DZ-112: Breaking the 4th wallhttps://draft-zero.com/2024/dz-112/Wed, 31 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2024/dz-112/DZ-111: Unreliable Narrators and FIGHT CLUBhttps://draft-zero.com/2024/dz-111/Tue, 02 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2024/dz-111/DZ-110: Voiceoverhttps://draft-zero.com/2024/dz-110/Fri, 31 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2024/dz-110/DZ-109: Talking DIRECTLY to your audiencehttps://draft-zero.com/2024/dz-109/Wed, 01 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2024/dz-109/DZ-108: The Emotional Event with Judith Westonhttps://draft-zero.com/2024/dz-108/Sun, 31 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2024/dz-108/DZ-104: Characters Alone - Dramatizing the Internalhttps://draft-zero.com/2023/dz-104/Wed, 01 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2023/dz-104/DZ-103: Game of the Scene 2 - Triangle of Sadness, The Favouritehttps://draft-zero.com/2023/dz-103/Sun, 01 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2023/dz-103/DZ-100: Scenes through Swordshttps://draft-zero.com/2023/dz-100/Mon, 29 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2023/dz-100/DZ-98: Ensembles 3 - Character Function & Themehttps://draft-zero.com/2023/dz-98/Fri, 31 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2023/dz-98/DZ-97: Ensembles 2 - Servicing Charactershttps://draft-zero.com/2023/dz-97/Tue, 28 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2023/dz-97/DZ-96: Ensembles 1 - What do we mean by an ensemble?https://draft-zero.com/2023/dz-96/Tue, 31 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2023/dz-96/DZ-94: Talismans (Part 2)https://draft-zero.com/2022/dz-94/Wed, 30 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2022/dz-94/DZ-93: Talismans (Part 1)https://draft-zero.com/2022/dz-93/Mon, 31 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2022/dz-93/DZ-92: Insightful Recognition in Powerful Endingshttps://draft-zero.com/2022/dz-92/Thu, 29 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2022/dz-92/DZ-91: Raising (different kinds of) Stakeshttps://draft-zero.com/2022/dz-91/Wed, 31 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2022/dz-91/DZ-85: Choices & Decisions 2 - The Farewell & Wrath of Manhttps://draft-zero.com/2021/dz-85/Wed, 17 Nov 2021 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2021/dz-85/DZ-84: Choices & Decisions 1 - Booksmarthttps://draft-zero.com/2021/dz-84/Sat, 30 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2021/dz-84/DZ-83: A Very Thematic Stand-up Special!https://draft-zero.com/2021/dz-83/Wed, 08 Sep 2021 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2021/dz-83/DZ-79: Interweaving Timelines 2 - The Social Networkhttps://draft-zero.com/2021/dz-79/Fri, 30 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2021/dz-79/DZ-77: Backmatter - Prioritising and choosing projectshttps://draft-zero.com/2021/dz-77/Sun, 28 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2021/dz-77/DZ-76: Spotlight on Sofia Coppolahttps://draft-zero.com/2021/dz-76/Mon, 01 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2021/dz-76/DZ-74: Midsommar & Folk Horrorhttps://draft-zero.com/2020/dz-74/Tue, 01 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2020/dz-74/DZ-72: Theme & The Story Synopsis - Development Tools 2https://draft-zero.com/2020/dz-72/Mon, 28 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2020/dz-72/DZ-71: Treatments & Loglines - Development Tools 1https://draft-zero.com/2020/dz-71/Tue, 01 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2020/dz-71/DZ-70: Joker & Melodramahttps://draft-zero.com/2020/dz-70/Thu, 23 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2020/dz-70/DZ-69: Parasite & Audience Questionshttps://draft-zero.com/2020/dz-69/Wed, 10 Jun 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2020/dz-69/DZ-68: Using POV to structure KNIVES OUThttps://draft-zero.com/2020/dz-68/Sun, 17 May 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2020/dz-68/DZ-67: Writing Passive Protagonists & Melodramahttps://draft-zero.com/2020/dz-67/Thu, 30 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2020/dz-67/DZ-66: The Mandalorian and The Rise of Skywalker - Audience Knowledge vs Character Motivationhttps://draft-zero.com/2020/dz-66/Tue, 17 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2020/dz-66/DZ-65: Collaborating with a Director - The Sniphttps://draft-zero.com/2020/dz-65/Fri, 14 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2020/dz-65/DZ-64: Backmatter - Controlling your Work, Treatments, and Writing Styleshttps://draft-zero.com/2020/dz-64/Thu, 30 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2020/dz-64/DZ-63: Tools for Better Dialogue 2 - Hook and Eyehttps://draft-zero.com/2019/dz-63/Tue, 31 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2019/dz-63/DZ-62: Unfilmables 3 - As Ifs & Emotional Contexthttps://draft-zero.com/2019/dz-62/Mon, 02 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2019/dz-62/DZ-59: Avengers Endgame - Ending Character Journeyshttps://draft-zero.com/2019/dz-59/Mon, 01 Jul 2019 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2019/dz-59/DZ-58: Game of Thrones - Character Expositionhttps://draft-zero.com/2019/dz-58/Thu, 16 May 2019 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2019/dz-58/DZ-56: Character Motivations (Part 2)https://draft-zero.com/2019/dz-56/Sat, 30 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2019/dz-56/DZ-55: Character Motivations 1https://draft-zero.com/2019/dz-55/Tue, 15 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2019/dz-55/DZ-53: Antagonists! 5 - vs Audiencehttps://draft-zero.com/2018/dz-53/Sun, 26 Aug 2018 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2018/dz-53/DZ-52: Antagonists! 4 - vs Systemshttps://draft-zero.com/2018/dz-52/Thu, 28 Jun 2018 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2018/dz-52/DZ-51: Antagonists! 3 - vs Naturehttps://draft-zero.com/2018/dz-51/Thu, 31 May 2018 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2018/dz-51/DZ-50: Antagonists! 2 - vs Selfhttps://draft-zero.com/2018/dz-50/Thu, 19 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2018/dz-50/DZ-48: One-Shot - Blade Runner 2049 - Agency vs Choicehttps://draft-zero.com/2018/dz-48/Wed, 28 Feb 2018 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2018/dz-48/DZ-47: Backmatter - A Lost Jedi, White Knighting, and Writers-On-Sethttps://draft-zero.com/2018/dz-47/Thu, 11 Jan 2018 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2018/dz-47/DZ-45: Arguments of the Scenehttps://draft-zero.com/2017/dz-45/Fri, 27 Oct 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2017/dz-45/DZ-44: Marvel - First Acts and Establishing Charactershttps://draft-zero.com/2017/dz-44/Sun, 17 Sep 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2017/dz-44/DZ-43: Driving Sequences - Character and Plot Intensityhttps://draft-zero.com/2017/dz-43/Sat, 08 Jul 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2017/dz-43/DZ-40: Tactics and Sceneshttps://draft-zero.com/2017/dz-40/Sat, 04 Feb 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2017/dz-40/DZ-39: Backmatter - Hitting LA, Receiving Feedback, and a Roguish Onehttps://draft-zero.com/2017/dz-39/Sun, 15 Jan 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2017/dz-39/DZ-37: Excelling at Exposition (Part 1)https://draft-zero.com/2016/dz-37/Wed, 23 Nov 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2016/dz-37/DZ-35: Driving Characters or Character Driven?https://draft-zero.com/2016/dz-35/Thu, 06 Oct 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2016/dz-35/DZ-34: Game of Choices - Decision Making and Character Implicationshttps://draft-zero.com/2016/dz-34/Sun, 14 Aug 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2016/dz-34/DZ-33: Protagonist vs Hero - Dawn of Character Functionhttps://draft-zero.com/2016/dz-33/Fri, 15 Jul 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2016/dz-33/DZ-31: Tools for Better Dialogue 1https://draft-zero.com/2016/dz-31/Sun, 10 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2016/dz-31/DZ-29: Showdowns & Scene Structurehttps://draft-zero.com/2016/dz-29/Mon, 25 Jan 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2016/dz-29/DZ-26: Horror and Collaboration- Wolf Creek 2https://draft-zero.com/2015/dz-26/Sat, 31 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2015/dz-26/DZ-22: Romantic Comedy, Actuallyhttps://draft-zero.com/2015/dz-22/Thu, 11 Jun 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2015/dz-22/DZ-20: Writing Strong Secondary Characters - Trinity, Bechdel and a Bamboo Killerhttps://draft-zero.com/2015/dz-20/Thu, 02 Apr 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2015/dz-20/DZ-19: Car-Crash Charactershttps://draft-zero.com/2015/dz-19/Sun, 01 Mar 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2015/dz-19/DZ-18: Michael Bay - F*ing the Frame and P*ing the Pagehttps://draft-zero.com/2015/dz-18/Thu, 22 Jan 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2015/dz-18/DZ-14: Writing For Actors with Succession's Sarah Snookhttps://draft-zero.com/2014/dz-14/Wed, 22 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2014/dz-14/DZ-13: True That - Tips from Tarantinohttps://draft-zero.com/2014/dz-13/Sun, 05 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2014/dz-13/DZ-12: Craft, Career and Coffinshttps://draft-zero.com/2014/dz-12/Tue, 16 Sep 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2014/dz-12/DZ-11: Adventure for the MacGuffin!https://draft-zero.com/2014/dz-11/Wed, 30 Jul 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2014/dz-11/DZ-10: Midpoint Reversals and The Ridehttps://draft-zero.com/2014/dz-10/Tue, 08 Jul 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2014/dz-10/DZ-09: Characterising Introductionshttps://draft-zero.com/2014/dz-09/Mon, 23 Jun 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2014/dz-09/DZ-08: Status Transactionshttps://draft-zero.com/2014/dz-08/Tue, 10 Jun 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2014/dz-08/DZ-07: On Rewriting - How much Bull is left in the Hustle?https://draft-zero.com/2014/dz-07/Sun, 25 May 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2014/dz-07/DZ-06: Key Scenes and Unlocking the Storyhttps://draft-zero.com/2014/dz-06/Sun, 11 May 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2014/dz-06/DZ-03: Making Unlikeable Protagonists Compellinghttps://draft-zero.com/2014/dz-03/Sun, 30 Mar 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2014/dz-03/DZ-01: Do Screenplay Gurus win you Oscars?https://draft-zero.com/2014/dz-01/Sat, 01 Mar 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2014/dz-01/DZ-00: Welcome to Draft Zerohttps://draft-zero.com/2014/dz-00/Sat, 01 Feb 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2014/dz-00/