Script Frenzy - NaNoWriMo for Script Writers

Considering our current greater Friday Challenge involves writing a short treatment for a horror film, I thought I'd mention that Script Frenzy, a world-wide challenge to write a 100 page script in a month, starts on March April 1. As with NaNoWriMo, the script can be any genre and any kind of script -- movie, TV, multiple short films, stage play or even graphic novel -- as long as you write 100 pages worth in the month of March April. The Script Frenzy web site even has an Intro to Screenwriting for those of us who are new to the format.

I even think writing a 100 page script will require less time than writing a 60,000 word novel. That's not to say that writing a good 100 page script will be easy, but the final word count will be considerably lower than 60,000. And with the explosion of online outlets for budget movies, both short and long, I would imagine there is a demand for good screenplays. Who knows, you might even be able to get your screenplay produced!

If you write a treatment for our current great Friday Challenge, you'll be one step closer to writing at least some of those 100 pages, too. Don't you love it a plan comes together?

I didn't enter NaNoWriMo, but I'm seriously considering taking a crack at Script Frenzy. Who else is interested?

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Henry is a former comic book writer and current Chief Feline Officer of the Friday Challenge. What he knows about writing screenplays and the market for them can be written on one side of a Post-It note. That doesn't stop him from speculating on the potential market for those things, anyway. Henry can be reached at tabby dot wrangler at gmail dot com.