Go Into The Story Resource: Dumb Little Writing Tricks That Work
20 writing tips which actually are quite smart… because they work!
20 writing tips which actually are quite smart… because they work!
On May 16, 2018, Go Into The Story turns 10 years old — you can read the very first blog post here. I led with this paragraph:
Welcome to Go Into The Story! Right now, it’s nothing but a humble, threadbare blog, but I hope it will evolve into an active resource for aspiring screenwriters, as well as a community for anyone interested in storytelling and the creative life.
And evolve it did! To the point where it was recently named “Best of the Best” Scriptwriting Website in the 20th Annual Writer’s Digest Best Websites for Writers list.
To celebrate 10 years of blogging about screenwriting, writing, Hollywood, movies, TV, and the creative life, each day in May, I’m going to feature a piece of Go Into The Story trivia, plus a writing resource you can find in the site’s archives. This is not an exercise in self-congratulations so much as I figured readers could use some tips about how to best use the site. With — to date — 24,072 articles and over 100 archive topics, there is a LOT of content here. Hopefully, these posts for the next 31 days will clue in more recent followers and remind long-time readers about resources you can use to facilitate deepening your understanding of the writing craft.
Today’s trivia: Go Into The Story is featured prominently in the latest issue of MovieMaker (Spring 2018) in the article “Flipping the Script” about the current state of the spec script market.
Today’s Go Into The Story resource: Dumb Little Writing Tricks That Work.
This is a series which goes all the way back to 2008. Seeing as I had picked up several simple, even seemingly dumb writing tricks over the year, I posted them occasionally over the first the few years of my blog. Then I started looking for more, even thinking them up. Eventually, I ended up with 20 Dumb Little Writing Tricks That Work:
Adopt a different writing persona
What To Do After You Finish Your First Draft
To download a free eBook for this series, click here.
Each day this month, I want to take the opportunity to thank you for supporting Go Into The Story. I’d love to hear from you in RESPONSES. When did you start following the blog? What are your favorite features? And as always, if you have any suggestions, feel free to suggest away.