31 Plays in 31 Days 2024 begins!
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breakinglight11Well, it’s that time again!
Another August, another 31 plays written in 31 days, a month-long writing challenge where I write one new dramatic scene for all thirty-one days. I’ve done it consistently every year since 2012, and even when it’s felt like a hassle or not the best use of my writing time, I’m always happy to have done it by the time I’m through.
I’ve found that the challenge is the most productive for me when I use it to force myself to draft for a specific planned project. While I don’t have anything as outlined as I prefer to when I start drafting, I do have a few things that I have been turning over in my brain that I could use motivation to actually put on paper. I’ve got an episode of Dream Machine, some shorts for Little Monsters, some Texts from Avengers Tower, a scenes for prose fics and original pieces, and of course, Mrs. Hawking part 8. If I can direct the creative energy it takes to come up with thirty-one scenes in a month— and it takes a fair bit —it will accomplish a lot for those projects.
As I’ve done for the past number of years, I adapt the rules of the challenge to my own purposes. I can write scenes of larger work instead of full plays, and the length doesn’t matter as long as the scene has a complete arc. The scene also has to be fresh drafting, not just an edited version of something I’ve already written. It’s a lot of work, but it’s served me well over the years, if only to generate some interesting pieces. But it’d be really nice if I can make some progress on important stuff, rather than just fill out my little listy list of what I wrote year after year.
Another August, another 31 plays written in 31 days, a month-long writing challenge where I write one new dramatic scene for all thirty-one days. I’ve done it consistently every year since 2012, and even when it’s felt like a hassle or not the best use of my writing time, I’m always happy to have done it by the time I’m through.
I’ve found that the challenge is the most productive for me when I use it to force myself to draft for a specific planned project. While I don’t have anything as outlined as I prefer to when I start drafting, I do have a few things that I have been turning over in my brain that I could use motivation to actually put on paper. I’ve got an episode of Dream Machine, some shorts for Little Monsters, some Texts from Avengers Tower, a scenes for prose fics and original pieces, and of course, Mrs. Hawking part 8. If I can direct the creative energy it takes to come up with thirty-one scenes in a month— and it takes a fair bit —it will accomplish a lot for those projects.
As I’ve done for the past number of years, I adapt the rules of the challenge to my own purposes. I can write scenes of larger work instead of full plays, and the length doesn’t matter as long as the scene has a complete arc. The scene also has to be fresh drafting, not just an edited version of something I’ve already written. It’s a lot of work, but it’s served me well over the years, if only to generate some interesting pieces. But it’d be really nice if I can make some progress on important stuff, rather than just fill out my little listy list of what I wrote year after year.
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