“Unlock Your Imagination: The 2025 Zero Draft Challenge Dares You to Explore the Untold ‘What Ifs’ of Tomorrow!”
Are you ready to dive headfirst into the exhilarating chaos of storytelling? The excitement is palpable as we approach the 2025 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge! Whether you’re dreaming of scripting a feature-length film, spinning an original TV pilot, or crafting an epic limerick, this month-long event is your canvas. Picture this: March 1 rolls around, and you fire up your computer, fingers poised to type “FADE IN.” By the end of the month, you’ll triumphantly type “FADE OUT” as your story comes to life. What a journey, right? In preparation for this adventure, I’ll be guiding you through a series on Story Prep, starting from the very nucleus of all good tales: the story concept. Let’s ask ourselves the all-important question: “What if?” because sometimes, that’s where the magic begins! If you’re eager to unravel this process further, make sure you check out the details by clicking here: LEARN MORE.
A series to help prepare writers for next month’s Zero Draft Thirty writing challenge.
Do you have a story you want to write? A feature length movie screenplay? An original TV pilot? A web series pilot? A novel? Short story? An epic length limerick?
The 2025 Zero Draft Thirty March Challenge is for you!
March 1: You type FADE IN / “Once upon a time…”
March 31: You type FADE OUT / “…They all lived happily ever after.”
It’s free! It’s fun! It’s Fade In to Fade Out!
For everything you need to know to join, click here.
To help prepare writers for the #ZD30SCRIPT Challenge, this week I’ll be running a series on Story Prep.
Today in Part 1, we begin at Ground Zero: The Story Concept.
The two most important words I know in the process of generating story ideas are these: what if? An example from screenwriter James V. Hart:
The secret, the great key to writing Hook, came from my son. When he was six, he asked the question, ‘What if Peter Pan grew up?’…
