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Noah Baumbach
Writer / Director
Films Discussed 1
- · Marriage Story (2019) (d/w)
Draft Zero Episodes 1

DZ-67: Writing Passive Protagonists & Melodrama
How do I tell a powerful story where the protagonist cannot drive the plot?
Stu and Chas are joined by Stephen Cleary following his exploration into Melodrama, and together they try to reclaim the word from its pejorative meaning… →
Listen if you want to write powerful stories centred on characters without much agency.
