2020 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge: Day 2
One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
Zero Draft Thirty: Day 2.
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
“If I have anything to say to young writers, it’s stop thinking of writing as art. Think of it as work.”
— Paddy Chayefsky
Today’s Inspirational Video
Now that we have entered March, for us sports fans, that means March Madness! That time of year when college basketball cranks into high gear as the NCAA Tournament looms on the horizon. Since I am a proud University of Virginia graduate and the UVA men’s basketball team won the 2019 National Championship, time to get some inspiration for the accomplishment of this wonderful group of scholar-athletes.
To set the stage: In 2018, UVA became the first #1 seed in the history of the NCAA tournament to lose to a #16 seed. The players and coaches had to live with that humiliation for an entire year.
They made it to the Elite Eight and in the game with Purdue, played in an arena with 90% Boilermaker fans and with a chance to go to the Final Four, UVA found themselves down by two points with 5.9 seconds on the clock. Ty Jerome is at the free throw line. Then this happens:
The smallest player on the court Kihei Clark, all five feet eight inches of him, races into the backcourt, retrieves the ball, takes two dribbles, then throws a bullet pass to teammate Mamadi Diakite who ties the game with no time left.
Oh, yeah. Clark is a freshman.
My point for each of you participating in the Zero Draft Thirty Challenge: NEVER GIVE UP! Today is Day 2. There’s LOTS of time, right? No pressure. 30 more days. But I guarantee you…
The daily grind of pounding out a script will wear at you this month.
Voices Of Negativity will assault your confidence at each writing session.
Your story will prove elusive and confounding.
In other words, at some point this month, you will have EVERY reason to give up, to quit, to say “screw it”.
Don’t. No matter the odds against you, as long as you have 0.9 seconds on your creative clock this month…
YOU CAN DO THIS!
Or as we UVA grads say: Wahoowah, especially since that team not only went on to defeat Purdue, they won the National Championship!
Today’s Loos Award winner: R.M. Elliott.
Over at the Zero Draft Thirty Facebook group, R.M. posted this:
Okay Outlaws this was a fun day one. Hope those who got off on the trail had a good ride. Remember we’re OUTLAWS so there are no rules. Five pages for me on a rom/com and also working on some edits. So whatcha working on? Aspire to inspire! Be well, be blessed, be writing.
Day One is done. Now move onto Day Two! For that inspiration, the recipient of today’s Anita Loos Award is R.M. Elliott!
Want an Anita Loos Award? Upload an inspirational thought or photo here, on Twitter, or in the Facebook group. Aspire to inspire! That’s the spirit of the Award!
Nail your page count today! For more inspiration, join us at the Zero Draft Thirty Facebook group for our monthly 24 Hour Writing Scamper-A-Thon which begins this Friday/Saturday at 12AM Eastern (U.S.). 24 writers. 24 hourly writing scampers. Make progress on your project on the weekend.
Onward!