Emerald Fennell

Writer / Director

Films Discussed 1

· Promising Young Woman (2020) (d/w)

Draft Zero Episodes 2

DZ-119: Final Character Choices & Great Endings

How do you dramatise a protagonist's internal journey through their final decision?

In this episode, Stu and Chas focus solely on the final choices made by protagonists and how that reflects their character journey and successfully, or not, dramatises the internal… →

⏱ 1h 52m

18 JUN 2025

Character · Structure · Theme

Listen if you want to understand how to better dramatise a character's internal journey

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Films: Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023) , Finding Nemo (2003) , Michael Clayton (2007) , Promising Young Woman (2020) , Talk to Me (2022)

Character: Final Choice , Internal Journey , Choices and Decisions , Character Agency , Character Arcs , Moral Complexity

Structure: Narrative POV , Stakes , Endings , Climax , Thematic Question

Theme: Theme , Emotional Truth

DZ-87: Keeping Genre Fresh

How do you deliver on the emotional contract of a genre while surprising the audience?

In tackling this enormous topic, Stu and Chads enlist professional TV writer and director Kodie Bedford, someone who has somehow managed to defy genre pigeon-holing by writing mystery, comedy and vampire shows… →

⏱ 2h 13m

28 MAR 2022

Genre · Theme · Structure

Listen when you're writing within a genre but terrified you'll deliver something your audience has already seen.

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Films: Get Out (2017) , Promising Young Woman (2020) , The Invisible Man (2020)

Genre: Emotional Contract , Genre Conventions , Genre Shift

Theme: Theme , Thematic Questions

Structure: Plot Twists

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