2020 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Day 17

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

Zero Draft Thirty: Day 17.

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

“Writing is the best gig in the whole business, as far as I’m concerned. You just sit down and make shit up.”

— Robert Mark Kamen

Today’s Inspirational Video

This is the famous concert at the 1966 Newport Folk Festival in which Dylan made the break from his days as a folk singer. Purists were outraged, but Dylan needed to follow his creative instinct. The rest, as they say, is history.

Why not follow YOUR creative instinct and make some history of your own!

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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 Frances Marion Award!

Today’s Frances Marion Award winner: Lesa Babb.

Over at the Zero Draft Thirty Facebook group, Lesa posted this:

Making my way into the #scamper room. Any takers?

I not only appreciate Lesa’s enthusiasm, her reference also gives me an opportunity to explain. By ‘scamper room,’ Lesa is referring to the Zero Draft Thirty Zoom Room. At any time, day or night, you can log on and see other writers writing. Five minutes at the top of the hour, you can chat. Five minutes at the bottom of the hour, too. The rest of the time, you write. I’ve done it several times and it’s an odd, but surprisingly effective way to motivate you to write, sitting there with one, two, three, or more virtual writers… writing.

Find out more at the Zero Draft Thirty Facebook group.

For that bit of inspiration, today’s recipient of the Frances Marion Award is Lesa Babb!

You, too, can be a recipient of an award. Just offer some insight, humor, or something which catches my eye, either here, the Facebook group, or on Twitter (#ZD30SCRIPT).

For more information on Frances Marion, one of the earliest and most influential screenwriters in Hollywood, 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…

When in doubt… write!