2021 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Day 26
One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
Zero Draft Thirty: Day 26.
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!
For everything you need to know to join, click here.
To download your copy, click here.
On Twitter, use this hashtag: #ZD30SCRIPT.
Zero Draft Thirty Facebook Group: Here. 4,300+ members strong.
Today’s Writing Quote
“Each writer starts differently, but the only valid way is start with character. Character IS plot. Character IS story.”
— Eleanor Perry
Today’s Inspirational Video
What a voice! If you haven’t checked the documentary The Sound of My Voice, it is excellent!
Linda Ronstadt not only inspired me as a young man, I flat-out fell in love with her! I saw her perform live in Charlottesville, Virginia. I’d been a fan before, but that was that. Tragically, a medical condition has meant she can no longer sing. Such a loss. Watch the video. It’s quite a story.
Zero Draft Thirty: Day 1
Zero Draft Thirty: Day 2
Zero Draft Thirty: Day 3
Zero Draft Thirty: Day 4
Zero Draft Thirty: Day 5
Zero Draft Thirty: Day 6
Zero Draft Thirty: Day 7
Zero Draft Thirty: Day 8
Zero Draft Thirty: Day 9
Zero Draft Thirty: Day 10
Zero Draft Thirty: Day 11
Zero Draft Thirty: Day 12
Zero Draft Thirty: Day 13
Zero Draft Thirty: Day 14
Zero Draft Thirty: Day 15
Zero Draft Thirty: Day 16
Zero Draft Thirty: Day 17
Zero Draft Thirty: Day 18
Zero Draft Thirty: Day 19
Zero Draft Thirty: Day 20
Zero Draft Thirty: Day 21
Zero Draft Thirty: Day 22
Zero Draft Thirty: Day 23
Zero Draft Thirty: Day 24
Zero Draft Thirty: Day 25
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: Margarita Andreeva.
At the Zero Draft Thirty Facebook group, Margarita posted this:
I used to feel like a failure for not knowing everything from the very start. It’s different this time around. I made my peace with the notion that the day I decide to write it down I probably know less than 1% of the story, and that’s fine. Putting the story together is a journey into the unknown. Simple, right. Tho, took me years to recognize this fact as the essence and the reason for writing, not something to be wary of.
So much of what stymies writers is fear of the unknown. And yes, it is possible to flame out, crash, and burn. But logically speaking…
You could write something which kicks ass. You cannot deny that possibility. For that inspiration, the recipient of today’s Anita Loos Award is Margarita Andreeva!
Go into the unknown. You could find the path you need to find.`