Structure on Draft Zero: A Screenwriting Podcasthttps://draft-zero.com/categories/structure/Recent content in Structure 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-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-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-118: ADOLESCENCE and Tension Through Questionshttps://draft-zero.com/2025/dz-118/Thu, 01 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2025/dz-118/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-115: A Christmas Special - Rewatching & Ritualshttps://draft-zero.com/2024/dz-115/Mon, 23 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2024/dz-115/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-113: Tools For Filmmakers To Talk To The Audiencehttps://draft-zero.com/2024/dz-113/Sun, 22 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2024/dz-113/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-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-107: Establishing Tone through Characterhttps://draft-zero.com/2024/dz-107/Thu, 29 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2024/dz-107/DZ-106: How do you know if you have enough story?https://draft-zero.com/2023/dz-106/Sun, 31 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2023/dz-106/DZ-99: Scene Questionshttps://draft-zero.com/2023/dz-99/Mon, 01 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2023/dz-99/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-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-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-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-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-82: Dramatising Given Circumstances in Watchmenhttps://draft-zero.com/2021/dz-82/Wed, 18 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2021/dz-82/DZ-81: Pitch Decks & Look Books - Development Tools 4https://draft-zero.com/2021/dz-81/Wed, 30 Jun 2021 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2021/dz-81/DZ-80: Interweaving Timelines 3 - Little Womenhttps://draft-zero.com/2021/dz-80/Mon, 31 May 2021 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2021/dz-80/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-78: Interweaving Timelines 1 - Destroyerhttps://draft-zero.com/2021/dz-78/Thu, 01 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2021/dz-78/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-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-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-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-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-54: Thematic Sequenceshttps://draft-zero.com/2018/dz-54/Wed, 10 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2018/dz-54/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-46: Structure & Point of Viewhttps://draft-zero.com/2017/dz-46/Tue, 19 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2017/dz-46/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-42: One-Shot - Character Worldview & Macro POV in SPLThttps://draft-zero.com/2017/dz-42/Wed, 26 Apr 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2017/dz-42/DZ-41: Theme and Worldviewhttps://draft-zero.com/2017/dz-41/Fri, 24 Mar 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2017/dz-41/DZ-38: Excelling at Exposition (Part 2)https://draft-zero.com/2016/dz-38/Tue, 06 Dec 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2016/dz-38/DZ-36: Backmatter - Time Risk and Fixing Movieshttps://draft-zero.com/2016/dz-36/Sun, 30 Oct 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2016/dz-36/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-32: High-Tension Sequenceshttps://draft-zero.com/2016/dz-32/Sun, 12 Jun 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2016/dz-32/DZ-30: Oscars revisited - Spotlight and Carolhttps://draft-zero.com/2016/dz-30/Sun, 28 Feb 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2016/dz-30/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-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-15: World Building Rules, Okay?https://draft-zero.com/2014/dz-15/Tue, 04 Nov 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2014/dz-15/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-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-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-05: Shifting audience point of view and heightened emotionshttps://draft-zero.com/2014/dz-05/Sun, 27 Apr 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2014/dz-05/DZ-04: Catharsis and the Post-Coital Cigarettehttps://draft-zero.com/2014/dz-04/Mon, 14 Apr 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2014/dz-04/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/