2024 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge: Day 12
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 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!
As for me, I will spend the month rewriting 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. Now to take it to the next level.
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
“At the top of my computer in big, bold letters, it says, ‘What is the simple emotional journey?’ I look at that all the time.”
— Billy Ray
Today’s Inspirational Video
Kid President laying down a pep talk for us!
Today’s Motown Music Video
I have dedicated the 2024 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge as Motown 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 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: Jr. Walker and the All Stars, “Shotgun” (1965).
Today’s Dalton Trumbo Award winner: Alison Benson.
Over at the Zero Draft Thirty Facebook Group, a few days ago Alison and Trump Award recipient Lauren Taylor Bishop shared their experiences as they both undertook a writing scamper.
The Zero Draft Thirty Facebook group is a wonderful community as this interchange demonstrates. Writers supporting writers.
Yesterday, I interviewed a 2023 Black List writer who talked about their writers group. Well, that’s what the Zeronauts are: A writers group with 5.1k+ members.
It’s a year-round group with activity happening every day, so if you’re interested in joining, check it out: Zero Draft Thirty Facebook Group.
To give Alison even more of a creative boost, I’m pleased to announce that Alison to today’s recipient of the Dalton Trumbo Award!
Congratulations, Alison!
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.
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 …
SPREAD THE WORD!
GO WRITE!
SCAMPER ON!