2018 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge: Day 25

One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.

Zero Draft Thirty: Day 25.

Write an entire draft of a script in March — FADE IN. FADE OUT. Or any sort of creative goal you have in front of you.

Feature length movie screenplay. Original TV pilot. Rewrite a current project. Break a story in prep. Generate a month’s worth of story concepts.

Whatever you feel will ratchet your creative ambitions into overdrive…

DO THAT!

To download your very own Zero Draft Thirty calendar — designed and created by Steven Dudley — and track your daily progress: PDF here, Word version here.

On Twitter, use this hashtag: #ZD30SCRIPT.

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Today’s Writing Quote

“Drama comes from objectives and obstacles. The stronger those two elements are, the more engaging the story.”

— Nick Palmer

Today’s Inspirational Video

Hey, who is that young lookin’ fellah on the right, there? Why that would be ME back in 1979 performing as Myers & O’Flynn at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival in front of about 5,000 music fans. And if the music doesn’t inspired, check out that mustache. Ron Burgundy had nothin’ on me!

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Today’s Loos Award winner: Paula Redlefsen

Paula posted this in the Zero Draft Thirty Facebook group:

For all folks who started late at this challenge: I finally got to typing FADE IN today!! It felt really good. Let’s do this ride until we hit FADE OUT: it’s about dedication not dates! Well. Sometimes…

Damn straight. You can do a writing challenge any time. The key is to…

• Set a deadline.
• Make a public proclamation.
• Hold yourself accountable.

If you haven’t joined the 2018 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge and you’re saying, “Damn, only one week left,” don’t let that dissuade you. Start today and give yourself 30 days, 45 days, 60 days (but no more than that), get a calendar, and start knocking off your pages day by day.

For that reminder, the recipient of today’s Anita Loos Award is Paula Redlefsen!

The difference between the words ‘writing’ and ‘waiting’ is one tiny letter. In reality, that difference is EVERYTHING. Write now!