Chances are, if you’re a writer, you’ve experienced a story emergency.
Back in 2014, I was a budding screenwriter trying to find his way in Hollywood, and even more importantly, on the page. So I donated to a Kickstarter for something called the “Writer Emergency Pack.” The deck of cards was created by screenwriter, author, app developer, and Scriptnotes podcaster John August.
Those cards proved to be very helpful for me in my time of need. Their basic principle is that they feature prompts to break you out of a funk or hard place. They make you recalculate your plan of attack by forcing you to think about your story in a brand-new way.
Well, it’s been eight years since those cards came out, and it’s time for an update. John August contacted us and offered to send us the new Writer Emergency Pack XL, a new set of cards that are larger, more expansive, and have all new prompts and ideas to challenge you to do your best writing.
As NFS’ resident screenwriting nerd, I jumped at the chance to test these cards out as I developed new ideas.
Author: Jason Hellerman
This article comes from No Film School and can be read on the original site.
