2021 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Day 25
One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
Zero Draft Thirty: Day 25.
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
“Drama comes from objectives and obstacles. The stronger those two elements are, the more engaging the story.”
— Nick Palmer
Today’s Inspirational Video
Hey, who is that young lookin’ fellah on the right, there? Why that would be ME back in 1979 performing as Myers & O’Flynn at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival in front of about 5,000 music fans. And if the music doesn’t inspired, check out that mustache. Ron Burgundy had nothin’ on me!
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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: Mark Renshaw.
Over at the Zero Draft Thirty Facebook group, Mark posted this:
Not often it happens. Normally, a writer needs to bang their head against the proverbial wall to fix a plot hole. One axiom a veteran writer told me years ago: “Make the problem the solution.” Sometimes that can help. But every so often, a plot hole can resolve itself. And you celebrate.
For that bit of inspiration, the recipient of today’s Anita Loos Award is Mark Renshaw!
This month, when you hit a plot holes … and DON’T fix them! When you’re writing a Zero Draft, you leave them be and keep moving forward. After you hit Fade Out, you know you will come back and address the issues.
But now… Go! Go! Go!