Re-Write-O-Rama: Day 17
Re-Write-O-Rama: Day 17.
January 1: Type FADE IN / The Beginning.
January 31: Type FADE OUT / The End.
31 days. 1 script. Movie script. TV script. Whatever.
Goal: Rewrite an existing draft.
I’m doing it with a Zero Draft I knocked out in November. You’re invited to join me on your own script.
NOTE: If you want to use the month to prep a story or write a zero draft, that’s fine. The point is for you (and me) to use Re-Write-O-Rama to kick off 2016 with a bang and make progress on a script!
To learn everything you need to know about the Re-Write-O-Rama: Winter 2016 Challenge, go here.
Hashtag: #RW31SCRIPT
You may download a calendar here or here to track your progress.
Join the conversation in Comments here, Twitter, and the Zero Draft Facebook Group (over 500 members) for a chance to win a daily prize: The Hecht Award!
Today’s Writing Quote
You know you’re in the presence of a screenwriter in command of their craft
when the narrative is terse and full of ample white space.
— Eric Heisserer
Today’s Inspirational Video
Hey, if you can’t get inspired by a 14 minute performance by Jimi Hendrix of “Voodo Child,” then you need to check your pulse ‘coz you may be dead!
If you have a writing quote appropriate for the Re-Write-O-Rama challenge, post to Comments here, Twitter (#RW31SCRIPT), or in the Zero Draft Facebook Group.
If you have a video to inspire or perhaps give us a laugh, same thing.
But here’s the biggie: Let’s support each other!
How many pages did you rewrite in the last 24 hours? How are you feeling about your story? Are you loving or hating your rewriting process? Did you have a good day or a bad day? Do you have any questions about your writing process? Ready to give a virtual hug… or maybe you need one.
Use Go Into The Story, Twitter, or Facebook to bolster your creative efforts. And remember: Every day I’ll be handing out the coveted Hecht Award to the best Comment, Tweet, or Facebook post.
Hopefully we’ll get a lot of great photoshops like we did with the Zero Draft Thirty Challenge.
Finally each day in January, I’ll be dishing out a special batch of Re-Write-O-Rama flavored creative juju for everyone who posts.
Nothing else to say. Just. Rewrite.
Onward!
UPDATE: Yet another writer crosses the finish line! This from Vicky Hinault:
Get started late on my writing session today, but I just wrote FADE OUT. 114 page first draft done and dusted. Thanks for inspiring me to sit my ass down in the chair and spew out this draft. Obviously a long way to go but this is one great big first step that i’m damn happy to have taken. Might even take a day off typing tomorrow!
And for good measure this:
For the good news and dropping Will Ferrell into the mix, Vicky is today’s recipient of the groovy Hecht Award!
Now everybody, go do something creative with your hands… preferably on your computer keyboard!
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