Can you write your script in one month? The answer is yes. Will your project be ready for production? Probably not. But the key to writing a producible story is actually writing!
Goalpost is the month-long writing challenge where you join together with other BlueCat writers and write a new draft in the month of August. By committing to writing pages every day, writers encourage and inspire each other to stay on track and get a ton of work done. Whole projects come alive, old drafts are rewritten, and new ideas blossom. Most importantly, Goalpost sometimes changes how writers create their work forever.
If you want to join our writing challenge, here’s how to get ready for Goalpost:
Join Goalpost on Threads
BlueCat is now on the new social media app, Threads. It’s owned by Facebook and Instagram, and it’s nice place to congregate and post our writing progress. It’s easy to join, and super easy if you have an Instagram account. Our writers are a brilliant, supportive and polite community that works together to help fellow writers get their work done. During Goalpost, our community will be alive with support and focus. Most importantly, we will make a daily thread for all writers to post their progress, making sure they’re accountable to each other and stay on course to finish their script.
Get Your Idea
Pick your project! Isn’t this exciting? This is going to happen. Have you had an idea for awhile, but have been unable to get it started? Now’s the time. Maybe it’s a script you want to pull out from the files and rework with fresh eyes. Or it’s a crazy idea you want to force yourself to explore. Goalpost gives you the framework and discipline to write your script and not get off course. Remember—–you can work on anything you want!
Share Your Vision
Not sure what idea to work on? Have something on your mind, but would like some feedback? Jump into the group and run your crazy stuff by other writers. BlueCat writers are exceptional and they professionally respond to others asking for help.
Before you get going with Goalpost, work through your anxieties with some support for your fellow story tellers. Goalpost is opportunity to try a new approach to creating a story.
Set Your Goal
What do you want from Goalpost? A new rough draft out of thin air completed by September 1st? Sounds good. That’s what most are aiming for. But perhaps you want something specific from this writing challenge. Maybe you want to improve the dialogue in your current project. You might need to fix a relationship within your story.
Think about what you want from Goalpost and set your goals high. Why not? You’re going to get reach them in August. It’s going to happen. Either way, when you participate in Goalpost, you win.
Prepare To Succeed
Everybody has fear about Goalpost because writing is hard and writing every day can be weird for people who are not professionals and have never written a lot in a short period of time. It’s thrilling and scary at the same time. That’s why it’s a writing challenge! Set that aside and know that any work you do will be a success. You are going to do something wonderful for yourself —–change the writer within you. This process will do great things for your project and yourself as a writer. Focus on your goal and make a plan to write some pages!
Commit
Okay, you wanna do this thing and write your script. But are you ready to make that extra commitment and finish? Don’t tell yourself I don’t know I might be busy in August so I’m not sure. Your writing life is now. This summer. It’s this year. Not some other day in the future. You have dreams and those dreams are your future. It’s the future telling you where you are going if you’re ready to say yes.
Goalpost is about yes. It’s about now. It’s about getting ready for August 1st and writing your face off into a new reality for your story and your career. If you have any hesitation, let us know. It’s free, it’s for you, and for your audience.
I look forward to joining you on this wonderful adventure!
Let’s go!
Gordy Hoffman
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