Dumb Little Writing Tricks That Work: 1 page a day

I originally posted this in September, 2008. This ‘trick’ is so absurdly simple, I thought it was worth re-posting for those who didn’t see it the first time-around:

I heard this idea 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 4 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 2 full-length screenplays per year — by writing just one page per day.

This has been another edition of Dumb Little Writing Tricks That Work.

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