Dumb Little Writing Tricks That Work: 1 Page Per Day

1 month prep + 4 months writing + 1 month rewriting = 2 scripts per year.

How can I possibly find the time to write?!?!

Try this approach.

I heard it from producer Larry Gordon about how to knock out a script: Write one page per day. Think about it — at one page per day, in four months you’ve generated a 120 pages. So if you take this approach:

• 1 month: Research, brainstorming, character development, plotting
• 4 months: Writing (1 page per day)
• 1 month: Rewrite and final edit

Which means you can crank out two full-length screenplays per year — by writing just one page per day.

Adapt it for writing TV and you could maybe produce three one-hour pilot scripts or four half-hour pilot scripts.

All by simply writing… one page per day.

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