Hey it's almost April! Another Script Frenzy is upon us!
Don't worry if you're not feeling the excitement just yet. Script Frenzy is a national challenge to write 100 pages of a screenplay, stage play, tv show, mini series, etc. in 30 days. It's from the makers of National Novel Writing Month (Nanowrimo). As always, there are amazing resources and a very open community of writers like yourself. You can even go to write ins and stuff. Check it out! www.scriptfrenzy.org
This is gonna be my first year of script frenzy, though I tried Nanowrimo last year. Only made 19,000 words, but it was still fun and a very good exercise in self discipline. I'm really excited. I've got a great idea and this time I'm going to try outlining, instead of running into it blind. Then maybe I'll make it into a novel during this year's nanowrimo. Then I'll get the novel published. Then they'll want to make a movie out of it. Then I'll whip out the screenplay and the movie is gonna blow away audiences and critics alike. Then I'll pick out the prettiest dress in the world and go to the oscars cause it was nominated for best screenplay but they won't know whether to put it into adapted or original screenplay category because technically I would have written the screenplay first but the novel was published first. I might be getting a little bit ahead of myself. Hehe. It's nice to dream, isn't it?
Alright, even if you're not up for the challenge, do take a look a script frenzy's resources, especially their 100% awesome workbooks for high schoolers. Their advice about plot and dialogue and whatever else holds true for novels, short stories, and memoirs alike!
Happy writing :D
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My Script Frenzy project this year is a short story I never could make work so i am trying it as a stage play.
ReplyDeleteSwitching a story from one format to another is a really great way to get "unstuck" I think.
Best of luck with it!
:-)
Hillary
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I agree! I always seem to have a lot of dialogue in my novels and short stories anyways, so I guess it was kind of inevitable that I was going to try a screenplay. Good luck in April! :]
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