I Know I was supposed to talk about character development but I wanted to take a moment and talk about the short screenplay contest that we host every month. We are now day 3 into the very first Monthly Writing Madness competition. It is a small group but I am so excited to get the great screenplays written by our contestants.    This competition will be every month on the 15th. I love alliteration. 5 days to write 5 pages for a change to win $150 all for the low entry fee of $15. Plus 25% goes right to the International Child Art Foundation, which I will bring up later on in the podcast. Competition has done so much for so many people throughout the ages. Just think how the Olympics were able to create peace time among waring countries, if only to come together and show their best. The same can be done with writing. As writers, we get so stuck in our heads. The characters, the words for bar/restaurants, or even the damn dog that is the favorite of our antagonist. We get lost in the details and that amazing story we've been waiting to write for years gets pushed to the back of the drawer.   

I believe that competition can help break through that barrier. If not to help with your current project, than to inspire something completely new. Stop for 5 days, and write something that will get you out of your comfort zone. Get back to the story!

Since we are into the competition, I want to bring up how competition can truly inspire you. This is the main reason I started these monthly competitions.

I'm going to share how I got the inspiration. This is from the last blog I wrote. You can find it on www.ink2screen.net

I also want to talk about the amazing charity that 25% of all proceeds goes to. International Child Art Foundation. You can look them up at www.icaf.org.