2019 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Day 24
One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
Zero Draft Thirty: Day 24. One week left!
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
“My best writing has been on the scripts I wrote as suicide notes to the industry — sort of, ‘Fuck you, guys, I’m outta here.”
— Marc Norman
Today’s Inspirational Video
One of the most memorable moments in baseball’s World Series history. Game 7, Pittsburgh Pirates vs. the mighty New York Yankees, tied 9–9 in the bottom of the 9th inning, Bill Mazeroski steps up to the plate. I saw this as 7 year old boy and can still remember it to this day.
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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 inaugural Ben Hecht Award!
Today’s Ben Hecht Award winner: Ricardo Varma who posted this in the Zero Draft Thirty Facebook group:
I recently came upon this quote and it struck a chord. Often it is seductive to say to oneself ‘you know what, let’s do that important task tomorrow.’ This message reminds us that success is often the sum of little efforts. Good luck!
Great reminder and enough to make today’s Ben Hecht Award recipient: Ricardo Varma!
Fast. Slow. Whatever speed you go. Keep going until you hit FADE OUT.
Congratulations, Ricardo!
One. Week. Left!