2018 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Day 14

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

Zero Draft Thirty: Day 14.

Write an entire draft of a script in September — 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!

September 1: You type FADE IN / “Once upon a time…”
September 30: You type FADE OUT / “…They all lived happily ever after.”

It’s free! It’s fun! It’s Fade In to Fade Out!

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Today’s Writing Quote

“Reprogram your brain so THE END isn’t a giant finish line. You got pages done today. You’ll do more tomorrow.”

— Eric Heisserer

Today’s Inspirational Video

The soundtrack to The Shawshank Redemption is one of my go-to pieces of music for inspiration. And the composition “The Shawshank Redemption” which accompanies Andy’s escape from prison is one of my very favorites. In fact, I have a CD of the soundtrack autographed by its composer Thomas Newman.

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Each day this month, I’ll post a Zero Draft Thirty Challenge post here at Go Into The Story. And as I’ve done with every past Challenge, I will hand out an award for a notable Tweet, Facebook post, or comment here on the blog. This cycle, the winner will receive the vaunted Anita Loos Award!

Today’s Anita Loos Award winner: Sarah Hedden.

“Some encouragement for you all… I got from the artist group I belong to in my church… I learned that I need to set an appointment for myself and then show up for that. We were told, if you don’t write a thing, but you showed up, then you’ve done well. You showed up. I encourage you all, even if you don’t write anything, just show up. I’m working on that. Every single night.”

Sage advice. Some days half the battle is simply showing up. Advice worthy of being the recipient of today’s Anita Loos Award: Sarah Hedden!

Congratulations, Sarah!

For more on screenwriter Anita Loos, go here.

For background on how the Zero Draft Challenge came into being and what it is, go here, here, and here.

Now Zeronauts, Scampers, Word Warriors, and Outlaws…

GO WRITE!