2024 Zero Draft Thirty September 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 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
“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 Anita Loos Award winner: Wendy Propps Casto.
Over at the Zero Draft Thirty Facebook group page, Wendy posted this.
Thanks, Wendy. Your post gives me the opportunity to revisit one of my blog’s most popular series: The 10 Steps: How I Write A Script.
Obviously there is learning screenwriting theory, and the hard work and time to put in to find your characters and break your story, but in terms of a practical step-by-step approach to writing a script, this is probably as good as any.
Thanks again, Wendy. You are today’s Anita Loos Award recipient!
Congratulations, Wendy! I trust you’ll print the award and post in a primes spot at your writer’s desk.
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 … time to scamper on!
Onward!