Script Frenzy is Coming: The Online Screen Play Writing Site Looks to Make Dreams Come True

Ever dreamed of writing the next great Hollywood screenplay? While not as common a goal as writing the Great American Novel, many writers have at some point thought to themselves "I should write a screenplay." This thought becomes more acute after seeing a really poorly written film actually make it to the screen. Starting June 1^st, you can start the process of making the dream of writing a screenplay a reality.

On June 1, Script Frenzy will begin. It is run by the same writing lunatics who began National Novel Writing Month eight years ago and built that "noveling contest" into a national phenomenon. The premise is similar to NaNoWriMo: write a rough draft of a script in 31 days. Also in keeping with the original model, they give you a target word count you must achieve in order to get a winner's certificate: 20,000 words. Page count is the more typical way of measuring progress with a screenplay, but the Script Frenzy folks believe tracking word count is a better motivator.

Here are the 5 Basic Rules of Script Frenzy direct from their website, www.scriptfrenzy.org:

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.

Sounds pretty easy, doesn't it? And that's what could trip up a number of participants, especially those who have completed National Novel Writing Month one or more times. The word-count requirement for NaNoWriMo is 50,000 words in 30 days, or 1,667 words per day. The 20,000 in 31 days required by Script Frenzy is 646 words per day, less than half the WriMo amount, and about equal to the word count of the average Associated Content article.