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Here’s a little fun thing I do to keep me active in my writing. I play a BINGO!<\/p>\n

I do this daily – typically as a to do list that I can cross off as I go about my day.<\/p>\n

This time I thought I’d print up a cool-looking graphic to inspire you to keep working on your current Work-in-Progress. It’s call the Mini Bingo Challenge.<\/p>\n

Here’s the challenge:<\/p>\n

See how many of these 9 items you accomplish in a day, a week, or in a month. Cross off each item as you complete it.<\/p>\n

No going backwards, counting yesterday’s or last week’s work.<\/p>\n

As a screenwriter you should be doing all of these things on every project you produce:<\/p>\n

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  1. Daily Edits – a good way to battle writers block is to get in the habit of reading your prior day’s work. Doing this will get you settling into the next scene you are about to write.<\/li>\n
  2. Introduce Characters – not only does this mean describing their actions and writing their dialogue, but also includes giving them that extra insight into their characters which is customary to include after noting their age in brackets.<\/li>\n
  3. Write 2+ Pages\u00a0 a Day – 2 should be your bare minimum. Write more if you can. More is better!<\/li>\n
  4. Research a scene – some scenes do not require research, but they will require you to consider where each character starts the scene, how they tackle the conflict within the scene, and how they end up as a result of the scene.<\/li>\n
  5. Finish an Act – TV pilots have a teaser, acts and tag; standard scripts have 3 acts with act 2 often broken into act 2A and 2B (making this longer act much less scary to write.)<\/li>\n
  6. Enter a Contest – mainly for completed projects so you can gauge how your scripts ranks vs. your peers.<\/li>\n
  7. Read a Script – this could be rereading what you’ve written prior to todays work, but you should also be reading script copies of movies that have been made.<\/li>\n
  8. Write: Fade Out – typically to celebrate completing a draft of your script.<\/li>\n
  9. Kill a Character – this can also be the symbolic death of the antagonist within your story.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Did you get a BINGO?<\/p>\n

    I rarely do in a day or even a week. But in a month, it IS possible!!!<\/p>\n

    Make your own little mini bingo challenge.<\/p>\n

    Use it as something fun on a daily basis to challenge to keep you writing!<\/p>\n

     <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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