“Writing Wednesday” started as a way to stop overthinking and just write something.
Every week, I get three random words from a friend of a family member (or AI if I feel like I'm one more text away from getting blocked from a loved one) and give myself five minutes to turn them into a short script. No outlining, no editing, no second-guessing. I open the laptop and see what happens. The main idea is that I 'clickity clack' from start to finish - my fingers hovering over the keyboard non-stop. I don't allow myself to delete sentences - only words if I misspelled them.
I don't give myself time to prep. As soon as I get the words, I open Screenwriting Software and just have at it.
The goal originally was to prevent writer’s block and take a break from whatever bigger project I'm working on at the moment. But it’s also become a fun creative exercise, a reason to stay consistent, and occasionally an excuse to text people I haven’t talked to in a while.
Some scripts end up funny. Some make absolutely no sense. Some accidentally turn into ideas I genuinely want to expand into something bigger (that almost never happens).
Point is, it's a cool exercise to clear my head and get creativity flowing.
Here are some of my favorites: