12 of the Most Popular Go Into The Story Articles from 2024

Jump-start your screenwriting in 2025 with inspiration from these articles which generated the most buzz on my blog.

Go Into The Story had another successful year. While turning 16 years old, the site generated 2M+ unique visits. Here are the current stats covering the blog’s lifetime:

2024 was another year where I posted articles every single day. In fact, the only time since the blog’s launch in May 2008 in which I did not upload articles on a daily basis was two months in the summer of 2020 when I was recuperating from major shoulder surgery.

People sometimes ask why I do this every day. Here’s one reason. Over the years, I’ve interviewed nearly 300 writers. Perhaps the most common piece of advice they offer to aspiring screenwriters:

Write every day.

And so I blog every day. It’s my way to encourage the Go Into The Story community to get in the habit of putting fingers to keyboard or pen to paper … and write. Today. The next day. The day after that …

We get better at writing by writing. By writing every day, we not only become more productive … we also hone our writing skills.

Which leads me to the focus of this article: Here are 12 of the most popular blog articles from 2024.

Begin with character. End with character. Find the story in between.

Writing Tip: 6 Old Grammar Rules That Are Finally Going Out of Style

Writing Tip: When 3-Act Structure is 4-Act Structure

The State of the Spec Script Market

Dumb Little Writing Tricks That Work: Create an argument

30 Things About Screenwriting: Learn the craft

Test Your Story Concept

Reader Question: What makes a stellar logline?

Reader Question: Are there movies where the Protagonist is the Nemesis?

Writing Aids: 90 Words for “looks” and 115 Words for “walks”

Writing Advice from Matt Stone and Trey Parker

Screenwriting Tip: How to Handle Blocks of Scene Description

There you go! 12 Go Into The Story articles from this year to inspire you. Well, not so much The State of the Spec Script Market, although by the end of 2024, it had started to show signs of life. Fingers crossed for 2025!

Thanks to each of you loyal Go Into The Story followers. All the best with our creative endeavors in 2025 … and beyond!

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