2023 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge: Day 10
One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
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.
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 rewriting a feature film spec script.
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
“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 Stax Music Video
I have dedicated the 2023 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge as Stax Music Month. Part of that decision is to honor one of the greatest record companies of all time (check out their history here). But mostly, it’s an excuse to feature awesome R&B and soul music to get you out of your chair, dance around the room for 5 minutes, churn up your creative juices, then sit right back down and write your ass off.
Today’s featured song: “B-A-B-Y” by Carla Thomas
Today’s Dalton Trumbo Award winner: Tully Archer.
Over in the Zero Draft Thirty Facebook group, Tully has been posting frequently touching base with other writers like this:
Working today on the life my two main characters have right before the movie begins. I realized I didn’t know enough of the before picture.
What are you working on today?
If you’re not a member of our Zero Draft Thirty group, why not come on over! It’s good folks who support each other in their writing journeys.
For her continuous support and inspiration, the recipient of today’s Dalton Trumbo Award is Tully Archer!
To learn more about Dalton Trumbo and his fascinating career as a screenwriter, go here.
For your chance to win the Dalton Trumbo Award, one given away each day during the Challenge, post something inspiring, here on the blog, via Twitter, or the Facebook group.
Congratulations, Tully!
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, Scamperers, Word Warriors, and Outlaws…
GET SOMETHING DOWN!
SPREAD THE WORD!
SCAMPER ON!