2021 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge: Day 10

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

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

“Great writing gets you meetings, great concept gets you a sale, great characters get you jobs. All three get you a career.”

— F. Scott Frazier

Today’s Inspirational Video

It’s Michael Winslow. A microphone. And with just his vocal stylings, he becomes ‘Jimi Hendrix’.

And then the REAL thing!

Today’s Loos Award winner: Nick von Schlippe.

Over in the Zero Draft Thirty Facebook group, we held our monthly 24 Hour Writing Scamper-A-Thon over the weekend. 24 hosts. 24 hours. Pick an hour to write with you virtual writing buddy. Nick posted this when he hosted his time slot:

If you’re starting to feel tempted by the outside world after all this lockdown, maybe take a leaf out of this hamster’s book.

That’s the writing spirit! Especially when you’ve taken on a writing challenge like this one: Fade In to Fade Out in one month.

For that inspiration, I am happy to announce that the recipient of today’s Anita Loos Award is Nick von Schlippe!

Congratulations, Nick!

Want an Anita Loos Award? Upload an inspirational thought or photo here, on Twitter, or the Facebook group. Aspire to inspire! The spirit of the Award!

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Final Thoughts: Reminder: Movies are primarily a visual medium. They aren’t called “motion pictures” for nothing.

— Scott Myers

Go write… visually!