Draft Zero: a screenwriting podcast

Draft Zero: a screenwriting podcast

Two emerging screenwriters – Chas Fisher and Stuart Willis – try to work out what makes great screenplays work. Discovering what it takes by analysing what successful writers put on the page.

Latest Episode

DZ-120: Subtext is overrated (01.08.2025)

Previous Episodes

  • DZ-119: Final Character Choices & Great Endings 18.06.2025
  • DZ-118: Adolescence and tension through questions 01.05.2025
  • DZ-117: Tonal shifts 31.03.2025
  • DZ-116: Writing physical comedy 26.02.2025
  • DZ-115: A Christmas Special - Rewatching & Rituals 23.12.2024
  • DZ-114: Climaxes in Challengers 29.11.2024
  • DZ-113: Tools for filmmakers to talk to the audience 22.09.2024
  • DZ-112: Breaking the 4th wall 31.07.2024
  • DZ-111: Unreliable Narrators and Fight Club 02.07.2024
  • DZ-110: Voiceover 31.05.2024
  • DZ-109: Talking DIRECTLY to your audience 01.05.2024
  • DZ-108: The Emotional Event with Judith Weston 31.03.2024
  • DZ-107: Establishing Tone Through Character 29.02.2024
  • DZ-106: How do you know if you have enough story? 31.12.2023
  • DZ-105: Establishing Tone Through Big Print 30.11.2023
  • DZ-104: Characters Alone - Dramatizing the Internal 01.11.2023
  • DZ-103: Game of the Scene 2 - Triangle of Sadness, The Favourite 01.10.2023
  • DZ-102: Game of the Scene - Bluey, John Wick 4 31.08.2023
  • DZ-101: Oners - Creating Immediacy & Anchoring Action on the Page 03.07.2023
  • DZ-100: Scenes through Swords 29.05.2023

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