2023 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Day 4

One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.

Zero Draft Thirty: Day 4.

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!

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Today’s Writing Quote

“Convince yourself that you are working in clay, not marble, on paper, not eternal bronze.”

— Jacques Barzun

Today’s Inspirational Video

The incomparable guitarist Django Reinhardt was the first jazz talent to emerge from Europe. What’s even more remarkable is that after suffering first and second degree burns across much of his body, leaving two fingers on his left hand paralyzed, Reinhardt overcame his injuries to develop his unique musical style. Watch the video above. Track how his left hand flies up the fingerboard and how fast his right hand moves. Astonishing skill.

What can we, as writers, created with OUR fingers? For inspiration, check out this anthology of music recorded by Reinhardt.

Today’s Anita Loos Award recipient: Jonathan Champ!

Over in the Zero Draft Thirty Facebook group, Jonathan posted this:

Good brew. Caffeine, sunshine, now pages.

Accompanied by this photo:

Ah, coffee. Me? I’m not a coffee drinker. Caffeine makes heart get the jitters. I just tell people, “I’m naturally high on life.”

But I get it. I like the smell of coffee. And I can remember that buzz which can translate into action on the keyboard.

Then there is the coffee shop experience. I’ve never wrapped my head around that. If you live in L.A., it seems like every coffee shop is filled with screenwriters. Like this bit from Family Guy:

But hey … whatever works. Besides … Protagonist coffee? How cool is that!

So for your publicly consuming caffeine fiends, here’s eight full hours of coffee shop sounds in case you can’t get away to your favorite java joint.

And a lil’ something extra for you coffee and tea fans:

In honor of all you coffee-inspired writers, the recipient of today’s Anita Loos Award is Jonathan Champ!

Congratulations, Jonathan! Feel to print this award and post it at your writing desk for inspiration.

To learn more about Anita Loos and her illustrious career as a screenwriter, playwright, director, and journalist, go here.

For your chance to win the Anita Loos 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 to be and what it is, go here, here, and here.

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Now Zeronauts, Scamperers, Word Warriors, and Outlaws…

GET CAFFEINATED!

FINGERS ON KEYBOARD!

SCAMPER ON!