2024 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge: Day 24
One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.
Zero Draft Thirty: Day 24.
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
“Just have good characters and good scenes and something that plays.”
— Billy Wilder
Today’s Inspirational Video
The late great L.A. Dodger broadcaster Vin Scully calls this epic home run by Kirk Gibson. Amazing moment. Amazing job by Scully.
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: Martha and the Vandellas, “Dancing in the Street” (1965).
Today’s Dalton Trumbo Award winner: Chris Gross.
Over at the Zero Draft Thirty Facebook group, I posted this Go Into The Story article: How insane is it for a 46 year-old to try to start a Hollywood writing career? Lots of comments! I figured I’d feature some of them and hand out some Trumbo Awards. Here is what Chris posted:
Simple, but true. For that wisdom, Chris is today’s recipient of the Dalton Trumbo Award!
For background on how the Zero Draft Challenge came into being and what it is, go here.
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Now Zeronauts …
SPREAD THE WORD!
GO WRITE!
PUT IT ON THE PAGE
SCAMPER ON!