I Wrote A Screenplay In 48 Hours 

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I'm working on a video just like this one, called "I Wrote A Screenplay In 48 Years"

That old saying “don’t get it right, get it written” helped me tremendously as well.

1. Tyler 2. To write a first draft screenplay in 2 days 3. He brainstorms his story ideas. 4. He begins writing. 5. He's written 35 pages in a day. 6. He is stumped by writer's block on the next day, feeling unsure about the quality of his screenplay. 7. He remembers the true purpose of a first draft, and keeps writing. 8. He finishes his screenplay on day 2.

"As long as the story stays in your head or your outline, it's not real." Thank you, much respect.

First Draft: It doesn’t have to be perfect. It just has to exist.

This is a kick in the pants for all of us who have unfinished first drafts. Thank you.

Somewhere in Germany you inspired a boy to write his first TV series and pitch it to Netflix in a few months. Thanks, Tyler.

"This guy: "I decided to go on something simple and contained that I could create from scratch" Also this guy: submarine, island, space

Tyler: I shouldn't write something I need to do a lot of research for Also Tyler: *writes a story that takes place on the moon with people from all sorts of countries working to make a medical discovery*

*I wrote a screenplay in 48 hours* - ahhh a fellow film studies student. I wrote my final screenplay the night before submission

as someone who’s been stuck on writing a screenplay for a big movie concept i’ve had for a while, and has been stuck at 28 pages for about a few months, this rly helped me. It’s given me an inspiration and motivation to achieve my goal.

My friend Tommy wrote his screenplay for "The Room" in about 12 hours! I'm sure he could give you some tips on speeding things up! 0:)

I can’t even come up with a name in that time.

Act 1: Tyler comes up with ideas He outlines Act 2a: he starts the screenplay He procrastinated He overcomes procrastination and gets 35 pages done Act 2b: Tyler continues writing He’s worried about getting everything perfect He is rewriting the first couple pages over and over, he is at his lowest point Act 3: Tyler overcomes his character flaw of trying to be perfect through a change arc and remembers what the purpose of the challenge was. Tyler finishes the screenplay He then releases a video on it The end

I wrote an one act play in six hours. We did a stage reading of it. I’m now editing it and adding more things to it. Thank you for the video, I find knowing the process of other people helpful and inspiring

I'm a pretty young kid, one who doesn't even know the first step of screenwriting. And I'm trying to write my first ever script for my film "Destiny" (sorry for the self promo) and every time I get a bit unmotivated, I rewatch this video and a few of your others. Your videos have really helped me understand how to build a story and characters. Ive just finished my first draft in just under 2 weeks. Thank you for making these videos and inspiring me and a whole lot of other young aspiring filmmakers. Edit (August 25, 2022): I wrote this comment two years ago and guess what... I'm still doing the same thing. This video is awesome.

This isn't just motivating as a writer but as an artist in general, thank you.

It takes me at least 5 months and 4 mental breakdowns to even write half a script

Meanwhile me: struggles to write one even in lockdown

"Deadlines force us to get things done." You underestimate my power.

Wow this guy wrote an entire script in 2 days, this is about how long it takes me to procrastinate...

Don't post videos with "DRAFT IN 48 HRS" in a WW3 environment. You scared me. Edit: Thanks for the likes

Man really just speedran writing a screenplay's first draft, frickin impressive.

Me being a writer, this speaks to me in volumes. I wrote a screenplay in 48 hours too, and I was glad I did it.

I really like the whiteboard, I'm going to have to get me one.

I know no one will probably read this but I just really wanted to thank you so much for this video. As of two days ago, I began seriously attempting to finish a script which I started three months ago which has been on page 54 ever since. I would write like 10 pages or so a day, get up and walk around and then write again like two weeks later after heavy re-reading and revising. I watched your video three days ago and as of today, March 1st, my birthday, 2:07 PM, I have finished all 105 pages of my script and it is truly due to this video which pushed me to just sit down at my desk and write. Thank you so much Sir and have a great day.

I love how your video about writing a screenplay has a dark night of the soul about 3/4 of the way through, after which you remember your purpose and recommit to your story goal.

This video help me a lot, Thanks man

This couldn’t have randomly popped up at a more perfect time, crazy how things work. Thanks man

as someone struggling to finish a script and starting to hate and question all of it, I REALLY needed this video.

Gaining that focus is something you really need in order to get sucked into writing. I’ve managed to get full episodes done for my series I’ve been writing.

This is such a good way to knock out a first draft. I just finished 90 pages in 48 hours. I’ll definitely be doing this again.

This came out at the perfect time I’m embarking on a new script now!

It's always interesting to me how different writers can have such different processes. I spent so much of this video wondering why you'd skipped developing characters, then realized that you were just making an outline first. I've always done the outline after the characters, letting them dictate where it leads and hoping for some happy surprises along the way, but this also sometimes leads to overdeveloping someone who winds up being unimportant or underdeveloping someone I later realize needs more focus, so there's definitely arguments for both methods.

I couldn't do 48 hours but I finished a full first draft of my first feature length screenplay in 8 days. Thanks for the motivation!!

Okay, well. Its a right time to say this brother, this video pushed my self esteem on the chair and as I was never done it before, I took a half hour shortfilm to write in 24hrs challenge, i took it very seriously, that I didnt even get off chair for lunch and breakfast. My flatmate bff helped me to arrange it at the place. On the earlier day, I shook my bff's self esteem and challenged him to finish a 700 pages book along me in 24hrs. On first morning I started it at 10.30am and left the table at 1am. Not because I was feeling asleep but I finished the screenplay in first 14.5hrs. I was productive for whole 13hrs and used 1.5hrs for dinner and walk. Had a big smile. It felt great. Woke up at 7am on the next morning and sat on the chair at 9am. And repaired some scene for an hour. That was the end 24hrs, I bff finished the book at 11am. We had favorite food and celebrated the small victory. I found my mind is willing to take ghe major challenge. On the same day I sat on the table and started to work on a fresh feature film screenplay. I had this Idea previously on my mind but it was very weak. As I was very Confident at that time I decided to convert it into a strong one. Startes to take some points. Then I realised that wasnt enough so I tried to write 3acts in 1a, 1b with help of your another videos, even that wasnt enough so I wrote 60 one liners for each scene. It took me two days. I was productive for 9hrs on the first day, than 4 hrs, then 4, and 3. I was losing. So tried to repeat the challenge by challenging my another friend and it worked for me I was writing for 10hrs that day. Its a 15th day. I have with me, my first shortfilm (above 10 minutes) screenplay including 26 scenes on 24 pages, ready. Along with my first ever feature film first draft with 110 scenes on 96 pages ready. Its a long journey for me to turn it into the business but the experience I had was must for me and boosted me with a great confidence. Thank You Man Tyler. Pardon my grammar. It did the magic you may have imagined, while making this video. Have shared this video to others. And now, I am just thinking, "which idea should put my finger on and start off my next marathon ;-)"

I would say though, that walking, in the fresh air, could be seen as the most productive form of procrastinating, since exercise and daylight can brighten up our mood, and invigorate us. I often go for a walk when I'm feeling stuck, or my back is aching. This video follows the sentiment of "Turning Pro" by Pressfield; an amateur waits for inspiration and the fear to subside, trapped in procrastination, while the "pro" mindset knows the fear won't subside and simply does it anyway, knowing the inspiration, or "flow state" comes after the artist has started working.

Me: I want to write something simple, contained, that doesn't require research. Also me: I'll write a sci-fi thriller set on a moonbase that involve scientific research and a military conflict between nations.

Mariah: Sandra Bullock Carter: Jason Statham Lee: Sophia Ali Jabari: Menna Massoud Safiyah: Jenna Dewan Barkanov: Vladimir Mashkov casting is done.

This is edited beautifully. It feels like I’m watching “The Social Network.” Short clips, precise edits, and fast transitions. All played with the main characters (you) narration explaining what’s going on. Nice man...

Why does this feel good to watch while also being a personal attack on my storyboard I started two weeks ago

me, still writting draft 1 after 3 years: mmmm ok

It's the way he was so excited and enthusiastic on the 2nd day, but then the cursor just doesn't move. Literally so relatable that it's hilarious. And the voice over just sounds so stressed i had to laugh.

Every time I feel stuck in my writing, I come back to this video to remind myself it’s possible to get a first draft completed in a short amount of time

That moment.. THAT moment when you had it finished. When you just.. stopped, and could finally say that you have all of that behind you, that you made it. It brought me to tears, I felt it, I absolutely felt it, because I am a starting screenwriter who has a huge problem with always starting up a screenplay and then has a huge mind block mid way through.. I had many, MANY screenplays ending up like that. I had barely a few I really finished. And even tho I cannot say I am that great at it, I dare to say that ALL of them had potential. Some of them are already lost in time and data, some of them "put under desk", and now I am trying to revisit one of my older ones just to see if I can finish it. And with this vid it could be more possible than before. Wish me luck. And thank you greatly, you've won my sub.

Last time I was this early I could write a screenplay.

I just wanna say that this video has really inspired me. I like to write screenplays, but I take a long time. This has given me more confidence, and also has taught me not to worry about my first draft.

I've had a TV show idea for 2 years now that I've outlined the shit out of, but have never written more than 3 pages of. I just got the spontaneous idea for a short film, and this just motivated me to hopefully begin and finish a first draft for it in 9 days. Small steps!

So the lesson to me is: No matter how long it takes to write your script, you will go through all of these steps. (1) Confidence in your idea, you map it all out (2) You fall in love with your idea through development (3) At some point while you are writing, you will begin to hate it. Overthink it. (4) This step is either where you decide this isn’t the story for you, give up or keep writing. Great video man!

why does he look like a sims 4 charcter who has mods on him XD

This video helped me when I had to submit a draft for registration and I had less than 50 hrs..and I used studiobinder's story circle even on my earlier script and it helped me to diagnoise the problems in script...and my draft also helped me realise I know more about my characters and story than I actually thought...thank you brother for making this video😊

I swear, writer's block is actually a good thing! It's your brain letting you know that there's so many potential avenues to explore because the story is worth the struggle. It literally motivates you to overcome the block and then when it flows after that, you almost look back and think "I needed that internal struggle, otherwise I wouldn't have come to this conclusion" ... We all like to think that a simple story concept would flow on the page and we never get any writer's block and its perfect, but trust me, hand me a screenplay that resulted from writer's block over one that never did. You'll literally see the difference.

2 years ago, I once wrote a script in about a week. That was the first script I've ever finished. I never re-read it because it's SO bad and embarrassing...

this is some rocky training montage inspiring stuff. that synth had me hyped ahah

very inspiring man, thank you 🤘

This video did inspire me. I’m 54 and have wanted most of my life to be a screenwriter so instead of becoming one i married one. My greatest obstacle now is the judgement I have for myself - how can I possibly be a successful screenwriter at 54. I’m an idea machine my wife tells me but lack the ability to execute on the ideas. I have a pilot almost finished after watching your videos I’ve been inspired to finish it. I love confronting my judgment of you Tyler a young guy not married no kids of course he can write a script in 48 hours. Not true I’m just making excuses. Hopefully one day soon I’ll look back on this comment and have no regrets! Thank you!

Needed to watch this! Thank you! My favorite quote from one of my writing teachers, "You don't have to like your first draft, you just need to write it."

Really good illustration of a creative process.

Seeing your process and hearing the rationale behind them was illuminating and encouraging, especially the importance of not allowing yourself to be distracted or overwhelmed or so discouraged with the quality/perfection instead of just getting to work. Appreciate seeing the way you overcame some of the typical challenges and to see how you produced

That was an awesome video! Thanks so much Tyler. Your feelings of doubt, the inner critic and being stuck resonated with me. I was soooo happy for you when you made it. Very inspiring. Thank you.

I wonder if you or anyone else realized that you could make a story circle with this process LOLOL You are a story teller down to your being!

John Hughes did that most weekends... Home Alone was like 1 of 2 screenplays he wrote over a weekend. Many screenwriters do just start from the first 5 pages till it's a movie, then keep writing the movie. Screenplays are at their core, 1 idea. Just need 1 idea worth writing a feature film about. Something to try also; John Hughes is not talked about enough though, it's insane he's dead.

Tyler! I usually don’t write comments online but I recently discovered your RU-vid channel, I have seen almost all of your videos. They have been very helpful and given me much knowledge of the craft, as you call it very “practical” guidance into screenwriting . In the past i have attended several different schools and well known courses, your videos have been very hands on. Thanks a bunch and keep up the good work!

I just finished reading your script and I could vividly imagine it play out like a movie in my head. You are so talented! If this is your first draft, I'd love to see how much better a second or third draft could go omg

I can see a young guy who is so passionate about his dream. Thanks, you get me inspired by your passion and the way you keep going through.

I recently started to script and narrate my videos more consciously (inspired by a lot of your videos actually), can't even imagine how much time "usually" would go into a full screenplay

This is one of my favourite videos of yours. One as a piece for RU-vid, but also as a demonstration of application and perseverance. Compelling and really quite invigorating!

Dude, this is my 3rd time watching this video, I just read ur script! It's a awesome script! You've inspired me that I can do anything if I put my mind to it, well cuz when I'm older I really wanna be a movie writer

This must be fate, I have two days off with no plans. Dude I admire you so much, I don’t know how you do all this. Making videos isn’t easy, plus editing it all together. Then doing this challenge on top of it. I’m curious about your life man, are you a working writer? I feel like you should be with this much focus and drive. Oh and not to mention this entire online course you created! It’s inhuman!! I’d love to just pick your brain man - because I’m on the complete opposite end of the spectrum. Can’t focus, bad time management, tons of distractions (reddit) and all the while kicking myself as each month passes faster than the previous one. Anyways another great video as always brother. Take care!

This is hands-down the most inspiring video I've watched on screenwriting

Loved this! I have had a movie in my head for years and im finally getting it on paper! You have been a huge help! Thank you, Love your videos! Subscribed!

This video was honestly what I needed to hear. I've been working on a novel but I got stuck at one point so I keep rewriting the first few chapters instead but what you said about just focusing on getting the story down and forgetting about perfectionism was just what I needed to hear. Definitely following

You actually deserve more than a million subscribers for this content. This made me way more excited to write my own story. Thanks to you, I just realized how writing is beautiful. Thank you; All respect.

Tyler you're a genius! That's impressive. I wrote a war script based on a battle and real characters...oh my God! The research alone took me 6 months. I didn't know what I was jumping into. The character biographies alone was about 50 pages! Yikes. You've inspired me! I'm writing a thriller next! My goal? To write it in 48 hours, like you!

This video is a gem! Mostly, we read about story theory and how to fight creative block, but following along someone as knowlegeable as you struggling and commenting on your struggle and thoughts opens up a new perspective. Writing is diffuclt for everyone and understanding how to deal with it on a personal and emotional level is paramount! Thanks for this video!

This was so inspiring even as a designer. It's so easy to want to make the first go perfect, but it's so much better to actually have something done. Thanks, I learned something awesome here and I'm inspired by your mindset.

"Next, I took ALL my adderall over the following 48 hours, I find it to be a fantastic tool to create stories based on rules and circles"

this is gonna be really helpful...yes i am saying it without seeing the video because i trust this guy.

Don't doubt yourself. I read the first few pages and it already hooked me. Thank you for sharing your ideas, script and knowledge 👍

I’m so glad I found you’re channel!! This was great, can’t wait to jump into your other content!

I love that a a writer, he made a full story out of him writing a story. The video had a setup, a conflict, a climax(im not a writer so just think of more story terms haha) but it was a great video and I am now here to stay :)

YES! I needed this, am 40 pages into my first draft of a script and thought it was stupid to think I could get it done by the end of the week. But now I know I can.

Thanks for taking us on the journey and your tips. Great work man, kudos from Australia 🇦🇺

I am so inspired by your hard work and encouragement. This makes me feel like im not alone, and i can push through my bad drafts!

"I need to write something that requires no research - I know! How about a _multi-cultural _*_science fiction_* story!"... - Come on, you know it's funny. Honestly, given the limitations this guy put on himself, I'm surprised he didn't just accidentally rewrite the first "SAW" movie.

Thank you for documenting this! As a writer this definitely motivated me.

I've been keeping the story in my head for like 3 years and this catalyse me moving forward. Thanks!

So much inspiration! I'm struggling too with my first draft, but this has given me an idea on how to solve it. I just breezed through all your videos on character development, arcs, conflicts, and everything. So much learned!

Thanks to this video I just completed my first draft EVER after a solid month of work. At times it was frustrating, but I'm really happy with the result. Thank you Tyler for helping me!

We all think this is like a cool RU-vid challenge when John Hughes would literally write a full script in one weekend. Some scripts include the breakfast club and home alone

Dude! This has rapidly become my favourite screenwriting channel! Amazing video!

This was so inspiring. As someone who's always had this dream, I can always depend on your videos to help me overcome roadblocks. I've learned so much from you and I love your process. I cannot thank you enough for existing!

That's the most motivating video for a me as a screenwriter.Thank you!

"Please ignore my doodling, it helps me think" total Young Sheldon vibes

I cannot thank you enough for this. When you said about the walk, I felt that. This little piece of a video is a great example, that every artist strugles and it is not unique experience. It's not to me, it's not to other writers. It is an universal thing, we all need to overcome and not get swallowed.

Just started school to become a writer and a teacher. I have fallen in love with the idea of writing a screenplay. Loved this video thanks!!

The key to all scripts is a solid outline. Vomit draft comes afterward, then polish, polish, polish.

Interesting. This past week I jumped back into screenwriting. One thing I never realized before is how important it is to LOVE what you write. I technically wrote 3 shorts this week, but only loved 2 of them. It's good to finish what you start, but it's hard for me to commit to a project if i'm no longer in love with the story or characters. I don't want to completely give up on that other story. But i'm not sure how to proceed. Since i'm only writing short

I have so much respect and admiration for this guy. Watching each video gives me motivation to write like no other.