2019 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Day 1

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

Zero Draft Thirty: Day 1.

The 2019 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge is for you!

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

“Show up, show up, show up, and after a while the muse shows up, too.”

— Isabel Allende

Today’s Inspirational Video

It’s a Zero Draft Thirty tradition, beginning and ending each Challenge with a few words of wisdom from our Spirit Guide — actor turned screenwriter — Shia Labeouf. Here is a rough transcription of his message:

“JUST DO IT!!!”

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 inaugural Ben Hecht Award!

Today’s Ben Hecht Award winner: Lindsay Nicole Smith. She lives in the Southeast part of the U.S. and Hurrican Dorian is bearing down on the area.

Lindsay’s response?

Making an Office Max run to stock up on supplies in case the hurricane knocks out my power next week. Printing out ALL my prep, just in case.

If anyone else is in the way of the storm, stay safe!

Now THAT’S the Zero Draft Thirty Challenge spirit! Neither snow nor sleet nor gloom nor hurricane shall detain Zeronauts from the swift completion of their appointed task: FADE IN to FADE OUT in a month! As a result of this real life inspiration, Lindsay is the recipient of today’s Ben Hecht Award!

For more information on Ben Hecht, 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!