2020 Zero Draft Thirty September 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 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
“I force myself to sit down, write and hope it doesn’t turn out shitty. If it turns out shitty, I change it.”
— Will Beall
Today’s Inspirational Video
I *love* these guys. Siblings who live in northern Indiana and they record themselves listening to songs they haven’t heard before. Here, they check out “In the Air Tonight” by Phil Collins. Their reaction when the drums kick in at the end of the song… priceless. The video has over 7M views. Check this out: Phil Collins’ ‘In the Air Tonight’ sales skyrocket after twins’ viral reaction video. Awesome!
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: Paisley Baker. Over at the Zero Draft Thirty Facebook group, Paisley posted this:
DAY ONE: SEPTEMBER CHALLENGE
Am I the only one who realized how little she knows about formatting or the Final Draft program she’s had on her computer for years?
I just pulled this image off the internet and compare it to a sheet of music and me the piano student who, trembling, plays one note every thirty seconds.
Still, I got FADE IN: on the page and I’m not giving up!
A good reminder of screenplay format and style, yet this… when you attack a zero draft… it’s much better to worry less about these details and more about characters, scenes, and the emotional content of your story.
Thanks, Paisley. You are today’s Frances Marion Award recipient!
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…
TIME TO WRITE!