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It's really important that you set your time zone before the end of the event. If it's not set to the date and time where you are, you might not be able to validate your script to win on April 30.
You can set your time zone by going to "Edit Account Settings." Then, scroll down until you see the time zone drop-down menu and select the date and time where you are. If you don't know what your time zone is, ask your parent or teacher.
You're free to write about anything you want. The content of your script is completely up to you.
But anything you choose to post on the YWP site in the forums or on your profile must be PG-rated.
Si! Ja wohl! Ndiyo! We welcome international participants and foreign language scripts.
Yes! As long as you write a script, reach your page-count goal, and upload your script by midnight on April 30, you win!
We don't encourage our participants to write sequels, but if you honestly feel that most of the writing you're doing is original, go for it!
Yes! There will be Script Frenzy groups all around the world. In March and April participants get together in classrooms, coffee shops, libraries, community centers, and living rooms to work on their scripts. A great place to meet other writers is in our YWP forums. If you don't have access to the forums, make sure you are signed-up and signed in!
Adding a buddy is easy. You can either search for a buddy using the Search function, or find them in the forums. Once you click on their username and enter their profile, you will see the option under their picture to "Add them as a buddy!"
Yes. If you are working with a partner this April, you want to link your accounts by April 15. You can do this by entering your partner's username in the "Writing Partner" box under "Edit Writer Info." As soon as your partner does the same thing, you'll both be officially linked. That means when one person updates the page count for his or her script, it will change the number for both partners.
Sometimes. There are distinct advantages and disadvantages to writing solo or as a team. You will have to communicate a lot if you choose to write with a partner, and you may have to compromise a little on storyline, but you will have someone to bounce ideas off the whole way. Writing solo, you can write whatever you want whenever you want, but are responsible for the entire page-count goal yourself.
You can choose how many words you want to try to write when you register. If you're writing with a partner, up your word-count goal a little.
Unlike Script Frenzy's main website, which requires that you write a 100-page script in April, Script Frenzy's Young Writers Program website allows you to set your own challenging, yet attainable, personal page-count goal.
If you're not sure what goal to set, check out this Page-Count-Goal Calculator.
You can set your page-count goal starting March 1, 2012.
You can change your goal on "Edit Writer Info" page. Make sure to set an attainable, yet challenging page-count goal. You will need to set your target by April 30 or your goal will be locked at 100 pages.
The page-count feature is open from April 1 through April 30. Page-count controls are under "Script Info" on the "Edit Writer Info" page.
There are two ways to update your page count. The first is the honor system: just enter your current page count into the field.
The second is the page-count validator. Save your manuscript as a PDF and upload it to the validator.
You will also use the page-count validator after April 25 to become a winner once you've reached your word count goal.
If you are using Word, Open Office, or another program on your computer: If you have Adobe Acrobat, you can go to "Print" and choose "PDF" as the printer.
If you are using Google Docs: Go to the File menu, and choose "Download as" > PDF.
You can also use these free websites:
Starting April 25, you can upload a version of your awesome script for official page-count validation. Click here to find out how you validate your script.
Note: You will not be able to win until April 25
When you register, you will select a page-count goal. During the month of April we will have a progress meter for you to track and share your page count.
In order to become a winner, you will need to write to your page-count goal, then submit a PDF file of your draft to our page counting robots to verify its length.
You can find your script validator on the "Edit Writer Info" page.
Absolutely! Verification simply confirms that you have crossed the 100-page mark. You can continue to add to your page count in the usual fashion until 11:59:59 pm on April 30.
Yes! If you accidentally uploaded a winning PDF you can un-win simply by changing your page count in the input field. When you are ready, don’t forget to re-win!
Our super-computers check your PDF for total page count and then delete it.
More specifically, this is the hike your beautiful PDF will take:
Nope. Unfortunately, we don't even get to read all the scripts that are uploaded. Our servers just check your script, and then automatically delete it.
Yes, but we don't have the ability to officially validate your page-count for handwritten documents! However, verification is just icing on the chocolaty cake of completion.
Yes. Scripts are all formatted the same so they are easy to read and understand. Your final formatted script will include your dialogue, and the short descriptions of what's happening in the background. The audience will never see your script, but it's important that you learn to write in the language of scriptwriters, so the director, actors, and artists can understand your script when they bring it to life!
Script formatting looks scary at first, but it's actually easy. Check out the boot camps and articles in the Writer's Resources section to find out how!
Luckily it's pretty easy to format your script within Microsoft Word or to use an open-source program. Plus, some script formatting software is free. You will learn how to do this in Week Four of the Script Frenzy Boot Camp located here.
Of course you can! Scriptwriting is new to everyone at some point in their life. We provide all the information you’ll need to get started. Check out all the scriptwriting How-Tos in the Writers Resources section. You'll also be able to ask for help and support in the forums.
Technically it is possible, and there are always one or two delightful people who try. They then spend the rest of their life haunted by the knowledge that instead of simply writing a script, they chose to bamboozle themselves and the community.
We are! Script Frenzy is run by the Office of Letters and Light, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit based in Berkeley, CA. All donations made to us—in the form of cash and in-kind donations of helicopters and lavish chocolate fountains—are fully tax-deductible.
Interested in hearing more about making a donation to Script Frenzy? Just drop us a line!
You can sign up anytime! Ready? Do it!
