2021 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Day 22
One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
Zero Draft Thirty: Day 22.
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
“Forget every rule Syd Field, Robert McKee or any other screenwriting guru ever taught you. Except one: Never be boring.”
— David Mamet
Today’s Inspirational Video
A favorite scene from one of my favorite movies: Singin’ in the Rain. And the whole point of this sequence is about finding inspiration when things aren’t going your way. But the physical gyrations of Donald O’Connor… amazing!
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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 Anita Loos Award!
Today’s Anita Loos Award winner: Nick Norman-Butler.
On Twitter, Nick tweeted this:
I admire anyone who chooses to — in the words of Joseph Campbell — “follow their bliss.” It’s a challenge to pursue one’s creative aspirations. The responsibilities of life, as in Nick’s case, to be a parent and a breadwinner pretty much takes all our time and soaks up all our energy. And yet …
We persist. Here’s Nick. He may be “plodding along,” but even with his busy schedule, he has pounded out thirty-seven pages.
That takes a special kind of persistence and courage. To honor his efforts — and on his behalf to each of you grinding away on your script in this month’s Zero Draft Thirty Challenge — the recipient of today’s Anita Loos Award is Nick Norman-Butler!
Nick, I hope receiving this award inspires you to knock out another thirty-seven pages … and maybe even get you to Fade Out by September 30!