ScriptFrenzy and Writing Binges

Well, what a productive month April has been….and I've still got a few days to produce Second Skin. I feel like the little writer who thought she could….I think I can…I think I can – No, I KNOW I can. With the aide of chocolate, of course.

Anyway, one of my focuses for April was co-writing a script for ScriptFrenzy. The challenge is put on by the creators of NANO. You have to complete a 100 page script in 30 days, 100 pages being the standard length of a feature film.
While we didn't make the 100 pages, and we ended up writing a completely different script than the one we had intended to start on (simply tabled for the moment, we'll get to it asap) – my writing partner, fellow Alberta based author, Dawn Ius and I did produce a complete script for television – usually about 60 pages – ours was 70. So I consider us winners despite not meeting the ScriptFrenzy official page count.
We had a blast writing the script. We plotted and outlined the whole thing on Google Docs and then Dawn crashed at my place for three glorious days of binge writing. We wrote from 5:30 am to 10:00pm. Many pots of coffee and chocolate Easter eggs later – we had ourselves a brand spanking new baby script.
Someday, I hope you'll hear it roar.

If you've been thinking of branching into scripts – I highly recommend giving ScriptFrenzy a try next year. The forums and cameos from screenwriters provided wonderful advice / tips and tricks on plotting scripts, formatting them, etc.

I'd also recommend investing in Blake Snyder's Save the Cat! The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need and related titles. Invaluable.
His website rocks as well: http://www.blakesnyder.com/