If you have already failed out of this year’s Script Frenzy or have just had an epic fail in year’s past, you’ll love this hilarious day by day breakdown of trying to write a script in a month.
One thing I do want to point out, though, is that as much as the author of this post wastes time, he does actually finish in the end.
My only warning is there is some adult language so consider yourself warned there. Here is a taste:
What happens when you give me a 30 day deadline
Day 1: 30 days to go, but no time to waste. Open Final Draft, new document, title page: TITLE by Phillip Barron and some contact details in the bottom corner.
There, the perfect start.
That’s enough for today, I think.
Day 2: What the hell is this about again? Better look at the treatment.
Hmm.
Ah, right. I see.
That makes no fucking sense. Who signed off on this piece of shit? Better go back to basics, time to get the index cards out.
Where the fuck are my index cards? Right, I’ll go buy some new ones and start fresh tomorrow.
Day 3: Oh there are my index cards, on the index card shelf. What fucking idiot put them there? Never mind, you can never have too many index cards.
Mind you, 47 packets is perhaps edging in the direction of too many.
Right. Index cards. 8 cards, two for the first act, four for the second, two for the third. Give each one a title which describes the action in each sequence.
No, I can’t be arsed.
New plan, jot down some scenes and pin those fuckers up.
After lunch.
And perhaps a film.
Hillary DePiano is a playwright, fiction and non-fiction writer who loves writing of all kinds except for writing bios like this.
