Zero Draft Thirty 2016 Autumn Challenge: Day 12
Zero Draft Thirty: Day 12.
September 1: Type FADE IN / The Beginning.
September 30: Type FADE OUT / The End.
30 days. 1 script. Movie script. TV script. First draft. Rewrite. Whatever.
Get it down. Get it done.
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Today’s Writing Quote
“Forget about whether it’s commercial.
Find that material which speaks to you and has a certain truth.”
— James V. Hart
Today’s Inspirational Video
Paying the bills a “hundred different ways” including wearing a moose costume in Times Square. Writing the play “A Few Good Men” on cocktail napkins at his job as a bartender. Every writer has to start somewhere… even Aaron Sorkin. Even… you.
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Onward!
UPDATE: For those writers who have a difficult time getting motivated to start writing, here is some helpful advice from Bruce B. Gordon:
Having trouble getting started? Don’t despair!! Here’s something I was inspired to comment on another #ZD30SCRIPT member’s post that may help anyone with “launch” problems. Maybe it’ll help:
“Once your character motivations, flaws and relationships have been established… and your structure has been outlined… your story world will take over and write the pages for you — way past catching up! Trust your inner creative “grinder” to spit it out. Just put in the time and it will come back to you overflowing! Concentrate on spending time in your story world… not on page numbers. Some days you’ll write a whole act, maybe.
I find that once the story’s people & their “intentions vs. obstacles” have been made clear, they take over and write the story for you — as long as you sit and pay attention to what they’re dictating for you to write down. Like writing down something you saw happen in real life. (Just try to get them “living” ASAP — the planning phase is seductive and engaging… and can lead to procrastination for the actual script writing phase).
I always have to make sure to build the foundation more on the protagonist’s *inner* motivations, intentions & obstacles… as well as the antagonistic forces opposing him/her. Otherwise the “externals” and “visuals” engine may “run out of gas” in Act 2. (But we all have different processes). Best of success to you!”
And for good measure, Bruce includes this graphic:
You know me. It’s all about the characters. When in doubt, lean on them.
For that bit of wisdom, today’s Marion Award goes to Bruce B. Gordon!
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Congratulations, Bruce!
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