2018 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Day 8

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

Zero Draft Thirty: Day 8.

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

“It’s really important to know not to panic, it’s all going to come together; you’ve just got to keep pushing forward.”

— Lisa Cholodenko

Today’s Inspirational Video

If you’ve seen the movie Baby Driver, you may well notice some similarities with the Minto Royale music video. Here’s why: The video was directed by Edgar Wright. The concept of (A) a heist and (B) a musical derived from this experience. It took him over a decade to get the movie made, but he did, and it’s terrific. Inspiration hit Wright, it sustained his belief in the project for years, and finally saw him through its production.

Zero Draft Thirty: Day 1
Zero Draft Thirty: Day 2
Zero Draft Thirty: Day 3
Zero Draft Thirty: Day 4
Zero Draft Thirty: Day 5
Zero Draft Thirty: Day 6
Zero Draft Thirty: Day 7

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: Katrin Barben.

Day 6: I did climb a mountain. 
 I actually finished the first draft of my feature script, 69 pages! It is yet a little short…
 I’m very grateful for the existence of ZD30. Otherwise I might not have found the courage to try to write the script with so little time. 
 I do not think six days is enough to write a script. However, I did spend two years on and off on the treatment, so I was very well prepared.
 Why I tell you all this? Since I’ve known about ZD30 I never managed to get anything done, because I could only dedicate /participate for ten days at the most. So I did write 35 pages and ended up in nowhere land. This time I knew I only had 7 days, but I wanted to go all the way. So I cancelled my flight home, stayed in the mountain cabin, turned off phone and internet and set my alarm clock for 7am.
 So here I am: happy & proud!
 For all of you who have so many days left, enjoy your journey!

Congratulations, Katrin. You’ve not only finished the first draft of your script, you’re also today’s recipient of the Anita Loos Award!

Congratulations, Katrin!

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!