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 We interrupt writing on the current novel to attempt the stupid. Again.

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.

The 5 Basic Rules of Script Frenzy

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.

Source: What is Script Frenzy? | Script Frenzy

Josh and I are doing a screenplay, and trying to write it all in a month. Whee! While Script Frenzy does allow for two person teams, a dynamic common in in film (one of my favorite screen writers is actually a duo, Ted Elliot and Terry Rossio, best known for the Pirates of the Caribbean movies, Zorro movies, Aladdin and Shrek), we’re actually doing this the hard way. Big surprise, I know.

We’re actually writing the same movie, a romantic comedy called “The Straight Man”. However, instead of collaborating on it from 500 miles apart, we’re each writing our own version of the film and then we’ll merge the best stuff into a single script in July. Although the idea of actually doing this as an online collaboration via Google Docs does interest me…

So if you’ve ever thought you had a movie or a play in you dying to get out, now’s the time. Go sign up and prepare for madness!