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Generative Tools

Every episode covering Generative Tools.

"The scriptment phase, the idea for a scriptment is this needs to be fun it needs to be interesting I may find at the scriptment phase that this is is boring or I’m not emotionally invested or something like that. And then I haven’t really invested enough. I’m very happy to abandon it and it lives in my graveyard folder."

— Mel Killingsworth  |  DZ-106: How do you know if you have enough story?

KEY IDEAS

Scriptment as Emotional Checkpoint

"The scriptment phase, the idea for a scriptment is this needs to be fun it needs to be interesting I may find at the scriptment phase that this is is boring or I'm not emotionally invested or something like that. And then I haven't really invested enough. I'm very happy to abandon it and it lives in my graveyard folder."

— Mel Killingsworth (00:28:53) · DZ-106: How do you know if you have enough story?

DZ-106: How do you know if you have enough story?

How do you know if you have enough narrative fuel to write a script?
AI✦The episode positions loglines, treatments, beat sheets, and scene breakdowns as generative pre-writing instruments--each offering different leverage points for developing an idea.✦
⏱ 1h 36m
31 DEC 2023
Listen you're not sure whether your idea has enough fuel for 90 pages.
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In this episode, Chas, Stu and Mel attempt to answer a listener question: “In your own pre-writing process, how do you know you have enough for a feature? And do you have a specific pre-writing method you’re going to?”… →

DZ-122: Escalating Antagonism Across Genres

How can you apply horror ideas to action and comedy?
AI✦TOMBS, borrowed from the MOTHERSHIP TTRPG, functions as a writing exercise and prompt generator--Chas notes the Warden’s Operation Manual chart could serve as great writing prompts when you’re stuck.✦
⏱ 1h 44m
1 OCT 2025
Listen to learn how thinking of your hero as the horror (for your villains) makes your script dynamic.
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In this episode Chas, Stu and guest Kim Ho continue their exploration into the power(s) of antagonism and how focusing on them can develop story… →