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DZ-130: Positive Character Arcs

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Teaser: Positive Character Arcs
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DZ-129: Steadfast Character Arcs - Agents of Change

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DZ-128: What even is a Character Arc?

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DZ-127: Secrets and Clues 2 - The Cost of Revelation

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DZ-126: Secrets and Clues

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DZ-125: Oscars One-shot - BLUE MOON

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DZ-124: Making the Despicable Compelling

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DZ-123: Flawed Characters in Noir

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1dZ-01: Arkyvrs - A Mansion Most Vile - Ep1

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DZ-122: Escalating Antagonism Across Genres

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DZ-121: Escalating Antagonism in SINNERS

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DZ-120: Subtext is Overrated!

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DZ-119: Final Character Choices & Great Endings

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DZ-118: ADOLESCENCE -- How Questions Create Dramatic Tension

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DZ-117: Pulling Off Tonal Shifts

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DZ-116: Writing Physical Comedy

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DZ-115: A Christmas Special - Rewatching & Rituals

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DZ-114: Climaxes in CHALLENGERS

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DZ-113: Tools For Filmmakers To Talk To The Audience

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DZ-112: Breaking the 4th wall

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DZ-111: Unreliable Narrators and FIGHT CLUB

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DZ-110: Voiceover

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DZ-109: Talking DIRECTLY to your audience

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DZ-108: The Emotional Event with Judith Weston

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DZ-107: Establishing Tone through Character

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

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DZ-105: Establishing Tone through Big Print

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DZ-104: Characters Alone - Dramatizing the Internal

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DZ-103: Game of the Scene 2 - Triangle of Sadness, The Favourite

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DZ-102: Game of the Scene - Bluey, John Wick 4

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DZ-101: Oners - Creating Immediacy & Anchoring Action on the Page

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DZ-100: Scenes through Swords

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DZ-99: Scene Questions

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DZ-98: Ensembles 3 - Character Function & Theme

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DZ-97: Ensembles 2 - Servicing Characters

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DZ-96: Ensembles 1 - What do we mean by an ensemble?

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DZ-95: Backmatter - Building and Maintenance

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DZ-94: Talismans (Part 2)

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DZ-93: Talismans (Part 1)

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DZ-92: Insightful Recognition in Powerful Endings

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DZ-91: Raising (different kinds of) Stakes

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DZ-90: Setups & Payoffs in EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE

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DZ-89: Opening Sequences

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DZ-88: Drama in Genre clothing

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DZ-87: Keeping Genre Fresh

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DZ-86: Backmatter - Minimum Viable Product

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DZ-85: Choices & Decisions 2 - The Farewell & Wrath of Man

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DZ-84: Choices & Decisions 1 - Booksmart

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DZ-83: A Very Thematic Stand-up Special!

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DZ-82: Dramatising Given Circumstances in WATCHMEN

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DZ-81: Pitch Decks & Look Books - Development Tools 4

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DZ-80: Interweaving Timelines 3 - Little Women

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DZ-79: Interweaving Timelines 2 - The Social Network

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DZ-78: Interweaving Timelines 1 - Destroyer

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DZ-77: Backmatter - Prioritising and choosing projects

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DZ-76: Spotlight on Sofia Coppola

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DZ-75: Fury Road & Visual Storytelling

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DZ-74: Midsommar & Folk Horror

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DZ-73: Selling documents - Development Tools 3

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DZ-72: Theme & The Story Synopsis - Development Tools 2

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DZ-71: Treatments & Loglines - Development Tools 1

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DZ-70: Joker & Melodrama

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DZ-69: PARASITE & Audience Questions

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DZ-68: Using POV to structure KNIVES OUT

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DZ-67: Writing Passive Protagonists & Melodrama

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DZ LiVEsolation Annoucement

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DZ-66: The Mandalorian and The Rise of Skywalker - Audience Knowledge vs Character Motivation

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DZ-65: Collaborating with a Director - The Snip

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DZ-64: Backmatter - Controlling your Work, Treatments, and Writing Styles

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DZ-63: Tools for Better Dialogue 2 - Hook and Eye

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DZ-62: Unfilmables 3 - As Ifs & Emotional Context

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DZ-61: Unfilmables 2 - Moments of Awe

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DZ-60: Unfilmables 1 - Engaging imagination

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DZ-59: Avengers Endgame - Ending Character Journeys

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DZ-58: Game of Thrones - Character Exposition

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DZ-57: Backmatter - Aesthetics and Forgiveness in Writing

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DZ-56: Character Motivations 2

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DZ-55: Character Motivations 1

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DZ-54: Thematic Sequences

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DZ-53: Antagonists! 5 - vs Audience

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DZ-52: Antagonists! 4 - vs Systems

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DZ-51: Antagonists! 3 - vs Nature

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DZ-50: Antagonists! 2 - vs Self

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DZ-49: Antagonists! 1 - vs Humans

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DZ-48: One-Shot - Blade Runner 2049 - Agency vs Choice

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DZ-47: Backmatter - A Lost Jedi, White Knighting, and Writers-On-Set

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DZ-46: Structure & Point of View

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DZ-46: Structure & Point of View

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DZ-45: Arguments of the Scene

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DZ-44: Marvel - First Acts and Establishing Characters

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DZ-43: Driving Sequences - Character and Plot Intensity

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DZ-42: One-Shot - Character Worldview & Macro POV in SPLT

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DZ-41: Theme and Worldview

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DZ-40: Tactics and Scenes

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DZ-39: Backmatter - Hitting LA, Receiving Feedback, and a Roguish One

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DZ-38: Excelling at Exposition (Part 2)

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DZ-37: Excelling at Exposition (Part 1)

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DZ-36: Backmatter - Time Risk and Fixing Movies

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DZ-35: Driving Characters or Character Driven?

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