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Ron Howard
Director
Films Discussed 3
- · Apollo 13 (1995) (d)
- · Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018) (d)
- · Willow (1988) (d)
Draft Zero Episodes 2
DZ-129: Steadfast Character Arcs - Agents of Change
How do you write a satisfying story when your character never changes
Do characters need to change for you to have a satisfying story? That’s a question we’ve been asking since, like, episode five of this podcast. And we’re finally talking about it… →
Listen to learn how to move an audience with a character who never changes.
DZ-56: Character Motivations 2
Workshopping ways to fix character motivations.
In this second part of their exploration of character motivations, Chas and Stu dive into what makes “BAD” screenplays NOT work. They examine at moments where they (and maybe you, dear listeners) did not believe a key decision being made by a character and so were taken out of the movie. In a departure from the Draft Zero format, they apply the tools they developed in Part 1 to workshop potential fixes to these beats… →
Listen if you want to understand how character decisions can break a screenplay and how to fix them