The 2023 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Fade Out!
And the Zero Draft Thirty Facebook group hits 5,000 members!
And the Zero Draft Thirty Facebook group hits 5,000 members!
The 17th edition of the Zero Draft Thirty Challenge is in the books! Since 2015, we have run the Challenge in March and September to inspire writers to produce two spec scripts in a year.
[Yes, it’s very much like NaNoWriMo, only for screenplays. I started the Zero Draft Thirty Challenge after NaNoWriMo stopped hosting their Script Frenzy challenge in 2012.]
Here are links to each of daily #ZD30SCRIPT posts here on my blog.
Zero Draft Thirty: Day 1
Zero Draft Thirty: Day 2
Zero Draft Thirty: Day 3
Zero Draft Thirty: Day 4
Zero Draft Thirty: Day 5
Zero Draft Thirty: Day 6
Zero Draft Thirty: Day 7
Zero Draft Thirty: Day 8
Zero Draft Thirty: Day 9
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Zero Draft Thirty: Day 11
Zero Draft Thirty: Day 12
Zero Draft Thirty: Day 13
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Zero Draft Thirty: Day 17
Zero Draft Thirty: Day 18
Zero Draft Thirty: Day 19
Zero Draft Thirty: Day 20
Zero Draft Thirty: Day 21
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Zero Draft Thirty: Day 26
Zero Draft Thirty: Day 27
Zero Draft Thirty: Day 28
Zero Draft Thirty: Day 29
Zero Draft Thirty: Day 30
It’s been gratifying to hear from so many writers who have participated in the Challenge like this from Kathy Holzapfel:
The next challenge is scheduled to take place in March 2024. Plan ahead. Generate story concepts and pick the best one. Break the story as an outline, beat sheet, or treatment. Join the Zero Draft Thirty Facebook group (it’s a free and excellent source of writer support). Then on March 1, 2024, you type Fade In … and on March 31, 2024, you type Fade Out.
Productivity over Perfectionism!
For background on how the Zero Draft Challenge came to be and what it is, go here, here, and here including information on our spirit animal: Scamper the Hamster!
Congratulations to everyone who participated in the September Challenge! See you in March 2024!