Photography and Writing | Don't be scared

Script Frenzy starts today. 30 days. 100 pages.

I’m going to set a goal of 3 pages per day, every day (a few more on the weekends just to make up for the 10 pages). I’m going to use the same approach I used during National Novel Writing Month: plow the row, don’t look back.

If anyone is interested, there are useful resources at their site, including a nice, brief section on how to format a screenplay. In addition to instructions about screenplay formatting, they also include templates for writers using MS Office or OpenOffice.

If you’re going to try it … no pressure … please feel free to post your progress here and let us know how you are doing. But make sure you also register with Script Frenzy so you can get all of the encouragement from other frenzied writers.

I’ll post my progress weekly.

© Ronda Birtha

Writer’s Digest has published the 10th Annual listing of top sites for writers on their site. They’ve organized and expanded categories to make your foraging through the list efficient. Take advantage of this excellent resource.

And if you are not already a subscriber of Writer’s Digest magazine, or a frequent visitor to their website, boo on you.

© Ronda Birtha

CreateSpace has just announced the 2010 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award contest. This contest will award the winners a $15K publishing contract with Penguin USA, along with distribution of the winning novel on Amazon.com.

One award will be given to the writer of an English language, unpublished or self-published manuscript in the General Fiction and Young Adult categories. Submissions are being accepted until February 7th, or until they have received 5,000 entries in each category.

The contest is going to be conducted like a tournament in which contestants will be shuttled through First-round, Second-round, Quarterfinals, Semifinals and Finals. Check out CreateSpace for specific information about the judging and the key dates.

Conducive to Creative Meditation - The porch at the CDS

This award is sponsored through the Center for Documentary Studies (CDS) at Duke University in Durham, NC. A prize of $20,000 is awarded to a writer-photographer team each year. Again, I apologize for the short notice. Deadline is January 31.

Go to the CDS website for more information. This application process is involved so if you’re  going to shoot for it, you need to get moving.