2018 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Day 22
One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
Zero Draft Thirty: Day 22.
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
“Forget every rule Syd Field, Robert McKee or any other screenwriting guru ever taught you. Except one: Never be boring.”
— David Mamet
Today’s Inspirational Video
A favorite scene from one of my favorite movies: Singin’ in the Rain. And the whole point of this sequence is about finding inspiration when things aren’t going your way. But the physical gyrations of Donald O’Connor… amazing!
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Zero Draft Thirty: Day 21
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: Paula Redlfeson.
Yesterday, Paula posted this in the Zero Draft Thirty Facebook group:
Hi tribe! It’s day 21 and I’m on page 56. It feels like an achievement because I move forward a little bit every day. No crazy all-night-writing-sprees yet. Just a step every day- which feels like a miracle because my path really evolves as I walk on it. Who else is out there? What’s your process? Love to you all!
There are any number of ways to get from FADE IN to FADE OUT, but the tortoise approach is an especially admirable one. It means writing day after day, knocking out pages, one by one, moving “forward a little bit every day.” Like this story:
Thanks, Paula, for reminding us how even a little bit of progress each day is still PROGRESS! You are the recipient of today’s Anita Loos Award!
Congratulations, Paula!
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!