2018 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Day 15

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

Zero Draft Thirty: Day 15.

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

“The term ‘narrative drive’ means writing so the reader/audience senses
something is about to happen — and it matters.”

— John Hill

Today’s Inspirational Video

There has never been a late night talk show host who could match the comic timing and sensibilities of Johnny Carson. Witness this classic exchange with Burt Reynolds. This is only a snippet. It went on for several more minutes. But notice how Carson tops the gag at the end of the clip. It’s also a good object lesson about the power of visual storytelling. No dialogue between the pair, yet tons of laughs. I find that inspiring!

Special thoughts for Burt Reynolds who died recently.

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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: Michelle Lam.

“Up to 50 pages, damn what??? How? XD With hard work, that’s how. Sit your asses down and get something out — even if it’s only one line. I promise it gets easier from there.”

This a Zero Draft Thirty Facebook group post. Michelle talking the truth to you… to her… to all of us.

SCREENWRITING IS AN ITERATIVE PROCESS!

This draft will NOT be perfect. Get to THE END. Read the draft. See what works. See what doesn’t. Rewrite the latter.

Lather. Rinse. Repeat.

For this bit of writing wisdom, the recipient of today’s Anita Loos Award is Michelle Lam!

Congratulations, Michelle!

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!