How Would You Like Your Script? Frenzied, Please.

In one week, Script Frenzy (SF) begins. SF is a month-long project created by the same folks who brought us NaNoWriMo a few years back. Think of it as yet another sequel (of the non-movie variety) in this long summer of sequels (ooh, that would make a good entry).

Instead of writing a 50,000-word novel in one month, SF challenges people to write a 20,000-word screenplay in one month. It sounds relatively easy by comparison (30,000 words easier), but when Elkit and Silvia first mentioned it at a blogger gathering not so long ago, I had no intention of signing up.

At the time, I felt a once-a-year workout in November was all my imagination could handle. Plus, I was in something of a creative funk (in other words, I was feeling lazy), so the idea of exercising my brain in June didn't sound appealing.

But two weeks ago, something changed. I don't know what triggered it, but the challenge of trying to write a screenplay in thirty days suddenly became alluring. Perhaps the attraction was there all along and I had been in denial. In any case, I signed up.

So far, my screenplay is called Missing in Mallville and its logline reads, "In a peaceful town, a private investigator is hired to find a missing child and stumbles upon a troubling town secret in the process." It's going to be interesting to see if I can inject any humor and excitement into that dull premise. One can only hope.

If you want to join in on the fun, you have seven days to decide before the frenzy begins.