Re-Write-O-Rama: Day 25
Re-Write-O-Rama: Day 25.
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 (600 members) for a chance to win a daily prize: The Hecht Award!
Today’s Writing Quote
The thing you have to remember
is that you better put some passion on the page.
If you aren’t passionate about the project,
you’re not going to do a very good job.
— Marc Norman
Today’s Inspirational Video
Love this dance scene from Pulp Fiction! Such a great bit of business. And if that doesn’t get you motivated to create something great… check your pulse ‘coz you may be taking a dirt nap.
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: This from Anita Brandt Burgoyne:
Yesterday I was waiting for my son to emerge from customs at LAX. As I stood there, I couldn’t help but observe individuals reuniting with their loved ones. I loved how faces lit up when people saw each other; how I could sometimes tell what the relationship was by the way they hugged. I’ve always been a watcher. That’s why most of my ideas start with character, not plot; I’m a voyeur of humans and human interaction. I like this about myself.
Which led to this visual in Anita’s Facebook post:
For that bit of business, Anita is today’s recipient of the highly esteemed Hecht Award!
Go find some snots and figure out how to whack them in your stories! Short of that, look for some interesting people around you and turn them into characters!
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