This postFollowing on the success of NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), the same team has created Script Frenzy:
Script Frenzy is an international writing event in which participants attempt the creatively daring feat of writing an original, full-length screenplay—or stage play—in a single month. Spurred by a wild deadline and buoyed by a community of countless other writers, Script Frenzy participants can’t be bothered with self-doubt—or editing. They’re too busy writing by the seat of their pants, typing out beautiful, flawed stories that no one else could have dreamt up.
As part of a donation-funded nonprofit, Script Frenzy charges no fee to participate; there are also no valuable prizes awarded or “best” scripts singled out. Every writer who completes the goal of 20,000 words is victorious and awe-inspiring and will get a Script Frenzy Winner’s Certificate and web icon proclaiming this fact. Even those who fall short of the word goal will be applauded for making a heroic attempt. Really, you have nothing to lose—except that nagging feeling that there’s a script inside you that may never get out.
It’s the month of June, and it looks like a lot of fun. Not to mention that it’s only 20,000 words instead of 50,000. ;) I’ve wanted to write a play for a while; here’s my chance. From the website, these are the five basic rules:
1) To be crowned an official Script Frenzy winner, you must write a script of at least 20,000 words and verify this word count on ScriptFrenzy.org.
2) You may write individually or in teams of two. Writer teams will have a 20,000 total word goal for their single co-written script.
3) Script writing may begin no earlier than 12:00:01 AM on June 1 and must cease no later than 11:59:59 PM on June 30, local time.
4) You may write either a screenplay or a stage play.
5) You must, at some point, have ridiculous amounts of fun.
If you end up signing on as well, leave a comment saying so. I wonder what kind of a play I’m going to write… (The agonizing thing is that I can’t start writing till June 1, but I guess I can read up on playwriting until then.)
