2018 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Day 25
One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
Zero Draft Thirty: Day 25.
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!
For everything you need to know to join, click here.
On Twitter, use this hashtag: #ZD30SCRIPT.
Zero Draft Thirty Facebook Group: Here. 3,100+ members strong.
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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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: Ricardo Varma.
This from the Zero Draft Thirty Facebook group:
Speak up. Voice your screenplay. Go and read the scenes out loud. In your living room, in the garden, alone or with friends and loved ones.
The story world comes alive and you see what works and what needs improvement. #zd30script #oneweekleft
Good luck friends!
Voice. It’s a critical aspect of your writing and needs to be evidenced on the script page. What is your unique take on the world? Your distinctive way of conveying your story.
Find your voice. Then give expression to it in your script pages.
For that insight, the recipient of today’s Anita Loos Award is Ricardo Varma.
Congratulations, Ricardo!
For more on screenwriter Anita Loos, go here.
My London Screenwriters’ Festival master class was so well received, there’s talk of making the video of the entire 6 hour session available for people. Would you be interested in that? If so, let me know in comments.
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!