NaNoWriMo is National Novel Writing Month, where the challenge is to write a 50K word novel in one month - essentially, the first draft. (They used to have a sister site called Script Frenzy for screenwriters to write 100 pages in a month in April.)
Are any screenwriters going use November 2023 to write their scripts?
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I had hoped to finish an erotic thriller script I've been writing for the last year during a similar event over the summer, but I moved to the NYC area instead which took up all my time.
So, now that I'm moved? Yes, I think I will, if I don't miraculously finish the script during a fit of the ambitions before then. Then maybe I can work on ZERO SHARK THIRTY, about genetically-modified sharks than swim under the sands of the Arabian Desert as a Terrorist-hunting weapon...an idea that can only end well....
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I might, Chris Lilly. Stage 32 had a November Write Club last year (www.stage32.com/blog/join-us-for-the-8th-annual-november-write-club-3162). It was great to be part of it.
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Hey Chris! I don't go as hard as a novel but I DO participate in Stage 32's November Write Club! Set a goal, weekly check ins over on the Stage 32's Instagram page and more support here in the lounges. Plus, we give out prizes to people who are positive, active, and participating!
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ZERO SHARK THIRTY. Great title, Timothy Liebe!
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Hi Chris. I am definitely going to do NanoWriMo this year and it will be my first time. And also, definitely going to to November Write Club and it will be my third year.
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Timothy Liebe Wow! Keep up the creative work! Zero Shark Thirty sounds fun to work on during NaNoWriMo!
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@Maurice Vaughan - I will definitely lookout that link! Thanks!
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@Emily J - That sounds like fun! I will have to check this out!
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@Alicia Vaughan - This November Write Club is something I'm definitely going to have to check out!
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Chris Lilly and Maurice Vaughn—it's an idea my best friend Raquel Starace and I were blueskying while I drove her to Syracuse from NYC. At that time she knew somebody who knew somebody who was supposed to be producing a slate of very low-budget horror movies, and we originally came "Zombies on a cruise ship returning from the Middle East versus SEAL Team Six!" I figured if we could get an old cruise liner to shoot on (or do what Soderbergh did with LET THEM ALL TALK, and shoot on shipboard as the ship sailed on a cruise), it could be done cheaply....
The friend of a friend was mostly worried about getting a cruise ship to shoot on, so I told Raq, "Okay, how about SNL's Land Sharks versus SEAL Team Six? We can call it ZERO SHARK THIRTY!" After we laughed ourselves sick at the idea of Chevy Chase going "Telegram...Candygram...." outside of a military base in the Persian Gulf, we started plotting it out.
Thesy Surface I haven't put my books out either. Is there a reason you haven't put yours out yet?
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You're welcome, Chris Lilly.
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That's a great backstory, Timothy Liebe! Maybe work some of that into the pitch when you're pitching.
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Not until the nationwide adderall shortage is resolved...jk.