Theme on Draft Zero: A Screenwriting Podcasthttps://draft-zero.com/categories/theme/Recent content in Theme on Draft Zero: A Screenwriting PodcastHugo -- gohugo.ioenFri, 30 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000DZ-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-57: Backmatter - Aesthetics and Forgiveness in Writinghttps://draft-zero.com/2019/dz-57/Wed, 01 May 2019 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2019/dz-57/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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-21: Scene Transitions and the Hookhttps://draft-zero.com/2015/dz-21/Thu, 07 May 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://draft-zero.com/2015/dz-21/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-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-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-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-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/