2019 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge: Day 15
One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
Zero Draft Thirty: Day 15.
Write an entire draft of a script in March — 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!
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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!
Today’s Loos Award winner: The Short Wrestler.
Let’s face it, sometimes it just sucks to write. Like REALLY sucks to write. The first thing to do is to try to bust through the suckage. Can’t tell you how many times I’ve been caught in some major suckitude, but I pushed and pushed, then… the heavens opened, inspiration hit, and it went from suck to struck. As in ‘struck gold,’ words flowing like wine.
But then there are times where no matter how you try, you are the suck becomes stuck.
Listen. It’s not a sin to not write. For a day. Maybe two. If you hit a lull, maybe it’s your creativity getting recharged.
As long as you don’t go too long on the writing sidelines. Like The Short Wrestler. They hit a lull. But look at that. March 8th and they’re on page 50.
The main thing is this: Just keep making progress. If you absolutely are stuck in Suckapalooza for a day or two, give yourself a break.
But no more than 48 hours. Get your derriere back in chair and take up the good fight. That lull may just be the thing to give your skull a creative shake, rattle, and roll.
For that bit of Twitter wisdom, the recipient of today’s Anita Loos Award is The Short Wrestler!
And if you are enduring a bad case suckiness, here’s a wonderful video to get you unstuck.
Onward!