Genre on Draft Zero: A Screenwriting Podcasthttps://draft-zero.com/categories/genre/Recent content in Genre on Draft Zero: A Screenwriting PodcastHugo -- gohugo.ioenWed, 01 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000DZ-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-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-116: Writing Physical Comedyhttps://draft-zero.com/2025/dz-116/Wed, 26 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2025/dz-116/DZ-105: Establishing Tone through Big Printhttps://draft-zero.com/2023/dz-105/Thu, 30 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2023/dz-105/DZ-101: Oners - Creating Immediacy & Anchoring Action on the Pagehttps://draft-zero.com/2023/dz-101/Mon, 03 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2023/dz-101/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-95: Backmatter - Building and Maintenancehttps://draft-zero.com/2022/dz-95/Sat, 31 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2022/dz-95/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-90: Setups & Payoffs in Everything Everywhere All At Oncehttps://draft-zero.com/2022/dz-90/Wed, 27 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2022/dz-90/DZ-89: Opening Sequenceshttps://draft-zero.com/2022/dz-89/Tue, 31 May 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2022/dz-89/DZ-88: Drama in Genre clothinghttps://draft-zero.com/2022/dz-88/Sat, 30 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2022/dz-88/DZ-87: Keeping Genre Freshhttps://draft-zero.com/2022/dz-87/Mon, 28 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2022/dz-87/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-75: Fury Road & Visual Storytellinghttps://draft-zero.com/2020/dz-75/Thu, 31 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2020/dz-75/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-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-61: Unfilmables 2 - Moments of Awehttps://draft-zero.com/2019/dz-61/Wed, 25 Sep 2019 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2019/dz-61/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-28: Containing Your Scripthttps://draft-zero.com/2015/dz-28/Mon, 21 Dec 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2015/dz-28/DZ-27: Competing views on Screenplay Competitionshttps://draft-zero.com/2015/dz-27/Sun, 15 Nov 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2015/dz-27/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-25: Coincidences, Contrivances & Giant Eagleshttps://draft-zero.com/2015/dz-25/Tue, 15 Sep 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2015/dz-25/DZ-24: Forging story rules in TV pilotshttps://draft-zero.com/2015/dz-24/Tue, 04 Aug 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2015/dz-24/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-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-17: Where's my gold-plated ensuite?https://draft-zero.com/2015/dz-17/Tue, 06 Jan 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2015/dz-17/DZ-16: Masters of Time and Whitespacehttps://draft-zero.com/2014/dz-16/Tue, 16 Dec 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2014/dz-16/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-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-02: Do the Screenplay Gurus score big at the Box Office?https://draft-zero.com/2014/dz-02/Mon, 17 Mar 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2014/dz-02/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/