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March 26, 2011
Script Frenzy Recommended Reading: The Best Screnzy Links for the week of 03-19-2011 to 03-25-2011
Script Frenzy Recommended Reading: The Best Screnzy Links for the week of 03-12-2011 to 03-18-2011 http://goo.gl/fb/gxBim #ScriptFrenzy ->Get a professionally designed poster for your Script Frenzy script before it's even finished with 30… http://goo.gl/fb/tQzWk #ScriptFrenzy ->Comic: What it's like reading your draft for the first time when you're a pantser http://goo.gl/fb/MychJ #ScriptFrenzy ->What is a logline? How do you write one? http://goo.gl/fb/G05th #ScriptFrenzy ->
March 25, 2011
My 2011 Script Frenzy script: Codename, TheLibrary
Image via Wikipedia
Yes, just one word. TheLibrary. Why? Well, because I want to name a key thing within the book that and my husband says it's stupid. (He may be right. This happens from time to time.) But, in my head, I keep thinking of this story as the one with "TheLibrary" in it and so I believe it will make a serviceable nickname.
What's it about? I'm going to give you exactly as much of a hint as I gave on my Screnzy profile.
Kindle meets Kindling.
If you're saying, does ...
March 24, 2011
Popping in for updates on TLOTO, MLP: FiM, hand pain & Screnzy
The gif above represents me popping in. I would call this a post of quickies but I know that's going to be an absolute lie. I'm only on the first sentence in this post has long massive update written all over it. 
My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
Can you believe, as long as I've been using this dictation program, that it still doesn't know I want it to capitalize My Little Pony? It's like it barely knows me at all. Anyway, there's a new My Little Pony show on television...
How many words are in 100 pages? Is Script Frenzy less words than NaNoWriMo?
If you're a veteran of NaNoWriMo, one of the biggest questions you may have about Script Frenzy is how many words do I have to write? Even though Screnzy is based on the number of pages you write, for many of us judging our progress by word count is a habit and you may find it easier to track your progress that way. You may also be wondering how it compares to NaNoWriMo's 50,000 words in a month goal.
There is no hard fast rule about how many words per page you'll be...
March 22, 2011
What is a logline? How do you write one?
Image via Wikipedia
Wikipedia says:
A log line or logline is a brief summary of a television program or film, often providing both a synopsis of the program's plot, and an emotional "hook" to stimulate interest.
But for many of us, that isn't enough info to get started on writing one.
I love this quote about it from TheScriptLab:
The thing is, in Hollywood, nobody reads. Scripts live and die everyday from "the pitch". And there's a big difference between a logline used to...
March 21, 2011
Comic: What it's like reading your draft for the first time when you're a pantser
(Click the comic to make bigger)
Huge, massive, sloppy shout-out to Witty Comics for existing so art challenged hacks such as me can make comics. Love!
(By the way, feel free to repost any comic I have here on your own site. Just maybe give me a link back, OK?)
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Get a professionally designed poster for your Script Frenzy script before it's even finished with 30 Posters, 30 Days
Image by ezioman via Flickr
NaNoWriMo veterans may have heard of 30 Covers, 30 Days, which is a November challenge run by The Office of Letters and Light. While the rest of us toil to write our 50,000 words, 30 designers take on an even crazier task: designing a book cover for a not-even-finished-yet NaNoWriMo novel for every day in November. You can see the results of past year's 30 Covers, 30 Days here.
But this year, for the first time, they're extending this idea to...
March 19, 2011
Script Frenzy Recommended Reading: The Best Screnzy Links for the week of 03-12-2011 to 03-18-2011
Script Frenzy Recommended Reading: The Best Screnzy Links for the week of 03-05-2011 to 03-11-2011 http://goo.gl/fb/O8s0J #ScriptFrenzy ->For people on who are also doing #scriptfrenzy: I created a Tumblr with daily links, inspiration & advice about #Screnzy http://j.mp/frp0Od ->#ScriptFrenzy HQ: How to Get Started by Alan Swyer: So how does a film story – especially… http://goo.gl/fb/Ly0YZ ->#ScriptFrenzy HQ: Fuel the Frenzy!: With Script Frenzy less than three weeks away...
March 18, 2011
Help me raise money for the Earthquake in Japan by bidding on books and banner ads to benefit the Red Cross
I wanted to do something to benefit the victims of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan and, after I made a donation on my own, I thought it might be nice to see if I could raise a bit more with your help. So I've donated some stuff and created three different eBay Giving Works listings with 100% of the final price going to the Red Cross so they can do some good in that region.
To sweeten the deal, the bidding on every listing starts at lower than the actual retail price so...
March 15, 2011
Is this something? (Would you be willing to do me a favor and read something for me?)
I've always wanted to do a series on this blog called "Is this something?" In my imagination, the way this works is I post excerpts from work in progress and I ask you where you think it's going and whether it's worth my time. I always thought it would be a great way to get some feedback , create more of a community feel to this blog, and help to make readers of the blog feel more invested in my various works in progress.
Unfortunately, I'm really weird about sharing work I...
