2022 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge: Day 8
One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
Zero Draft Thirty: Day 8.
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!
As for me, I will spend the month co-writing a feature film spec script. It’s based on a story concept I came up with late last year and it may be the strongest comedy idea I’ve ever worked on. My writing partner and I have spent the first two months of the year on character development and breaking story. Now it’s time to jam out a first draft!
If you join the Challenge, I will be right there with you writing each and every day in March! Let’s do this together!
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Today’s Writing Quote
“I sit in the dark and wait for a little flame to appear at the end of my pencil.”
— Billy Collins
Today’s Inspirational Video
Of course, the Zero Draft Thirty community has our very own inspirational critter: Scamper the Hamster.
Today we welcome another inspirational critter: Motivational Lizard.
Hey, there friend. I know you’ve been having some troubles lately. Be the person I know you can be. Don’t leave anything up to chance. I believe in you, pal. We ALL believe in you. UR a winner, kiddo. Don’t you ever forget.
Today’s Loos Award winner: Alan Mellor.
Over on Twitter in the #ZD30SCRIPT thread, Alan tweeted this:
Whatever you do…
DON’T IGNORE INSPIRATION!!!
If it strikes you in the middle of the night…
Wake up and write it down!
If it hits while you’re taking a shower…
Dry off and record it in your cellphone.
If it blasts into your consciousness while making love…
Well, conduct your romance life accordingly. But THEN while still riding a high from your post-conoodling bliss…
Write! Write! Write!
Don’t ignore inspiration! For that piece of wisdom, the recipient of today’s Ben Hecht Award is Alan Mellor!
For your chance to win the Ben Hecht Award, one given away each day during the Challenge, post something inspiring, here on the blog, via Twitter, or the Facebook group.
For background on how the Zero Draft Challenge came into being and what it is, go here, here, and here.
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Now Zeronauts, Scampers, Word Warriors, and Outlaws…
SPREAD THE WORD!
GO WRITE!
POUND OUT PAGES!
DON’T IGNORE INSPIRATION!
TIME TO GET IT DONE!