Pound through that first draft!

As far as I’m concerned, there’s only one rule about a first draft and it’s this: “Get the damn thing done!”

Easy to say. Hard to do.

That’s why Tom Benedek and I created the Pages I: The First Draft writing workshop, a structured online environment — 10 weeks, 10 lectures, 10 writing assignments — to empower a writer to get from FADE IN to FADE OUT.

If you have a story you’ve pretty well developed and could benefit from:

* Weekly due dates to compel you to knock out script pages

* Lectures to steer you through the writing process

* Feedback and support from a community of fellow writers

* Analysis of your pages from a professional screenwriter and educator

* Teleconferences to drill down in your story and the craft of screenwriting

Consider enrolling in the upcoming Pages I workshop. Instructor: Yours truly.

It begins next Monday, June 23.

Go here to learn more. Or if you have any questions feel free to email me.

Let me end with a some writing quotes about first drafts:

“First drafts are for learning what your story is about.”
 — Bernard Malamud

“The first draft is nothing more than a starting point, so be wrong as fast as you can.”
 — Andrew Stanton

“Then comes the great leap which is the first draft, I call it ‘the muscle draft,’ where you just muscle it out. You don’t worry about what you’re missing, you just get through it, get to the end.”
 — Darren Aronofsky

“Rewrite, rewrite, rewrite. That first draft is just spaghetti on the wall.”
 — Dennis Lehane

“Sometimes you’re swinging your way through a first draft like a blind miner with a pick-axe. That’s OK. Get it done, nothing else matters.”
 — Justin Marks

“The first draft, the first structure is really important… Do it fast, don’t get stuck.”
 — Oliver Stone

“No matter what you write, good or bad, it’s an improvement to a blank page.”
 — Chris Sparling

I look forward to the opportunity to work with you!

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