Write a script in 30 days! Script Frenzy!!
And we’re off! Script Frenzy!
It’s a race to write a 20,000 word film or stage script in the month of June, which breaks down to roughly 700 words a day. And it’s brought to us by the same people who came up with NaNoWriMo. The wildly successful National Novel Writing Month takes place every November and draws thousands of would be writers.
The goal for NaNoWriMo and Script Frenzy falls much short of art, and nearer to function. Psychologists say it takes about three weeks to develop a new habit. If a set word count gets us to the finish line, perhaps we can outrun the inner censor just this once.
The Script Frenzy people will even provide a loaner wordprocessor and ship it to you free if you need one. It’s the AlphaSmart Neo. This spare system is small, light, runs forever on 3 AA batteries, has an lcd for a few lines of black and white ASCII text, and no internet or graphics function. It’s meant to be distraction-free and easy to use.
The energy-level before Script Frenzy has even started fills me with a familiar dread. There are dozens of movie posters for films not yet written and I’ve already found advance trailers on YouTube for story ideas.
As someone who manages creative teams, I’m familiar with the writier’s nature. It’s the intensity of intent and big ideas. It’s the mental thumbwrestle against perfectionism and masochistic self-deafeating behavior. I’m holding my breath before the bonfire of procrastination that’s sure to follow. If half the participants meet the deadline, this event will be a success.
Posted by Christine Palma |
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I dug through Apple’s website where they keep QuickTime movies of trailers and found a few, in the form of either a commercial that aired, the film trailer itself, or the main title sequence, that I worked on (as a Graphics Coordinator for motion graphics and animation).
