Ike Pigott
Y'all Connect Presented by Alabama Power
June 13, 2014
Birmingham, Alabama
This session on writing for blogs covers the process of turning content into narrative. Learn the steps that ensure you have what you need, and no more.
It’s not about fitting a template, or blogging for the sake of blogging, but content that engages from beginning of post to the last word. In as few words as possible.
10. 10 Things you didn’t know
Actors did stunts
People were funny
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11. 10 Things you didn’t know
Actors did stunts
People were funny
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12. 10 Things you didn’t know
Actors did stunts
People were funny
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13. 10 Things you didn’t know
Actors did stunts
People were funny
Whoopi = Buttercup?
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14. 10 Things you didn’t know
Actors did stunts
People were funny
Whoopi = Buttercup?
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15. 10 Things you didn’t know
Actors did stunts
People were funny
Whoopi = Buttercup?
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16. 10 Things you didn’t know
Actors did stunts
People were funny
Whoopi = Buttercup?
It was a book
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17. 10 Things you didn’t know
Actors did stunts
People were funny
Whoopi = Buttercup?
It was a book
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18. 10 Things you didn’t know
Actors did stunts
People were funny
Whoopi = Buttercup?
It was a book
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19. 10 Things you didn’t know
Actors did stunts
People were funny
Whoopi = Buttercup?
It was a book
No Iocaine powder
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20. 10 Things you didn’t know
Actors did stunts
People were funny
Whoopi = Buttercup?
It was a book
No Iocaine powder
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21. 10 Things you didn’t know
Actors did stunts
People were funny
Whoopi = Buttercup?
It was a book
No Iocaine powder
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22. 10 Things you didn’t know
Actors did stunts
People were funny
Whoopi = Buttercup?
It was a book
No Iocaine powder
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23. 10 Things you didn’t know
Actors did stunts
People were funny
Whoopi = Buttercup?
It was a book
No Iocaine powder
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24. 10 Things you didn’t know
Actors did stunts
People were funny
Whoopi = Buttercup?
It was a book
No Iocaine powder
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25. 10 Things you didn’t know
Actors did stunts
People were funny
Whoopi = Buttercup?
It was a book
No Iocaine powder
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26. 10 Things you didn’t know
Actors did stunts
People were funny
Whoopi = Buttercup?
It was a book
No Iocaine powder
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27. 10 Things you didn’t know
Actors did stunts
People were funny
Whoopi = Buttercup?
It was a book
No Iocaine powder
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28. 10 Things you didn’t know
Actors did stunts
People were funny
Whoopi = Buttercup?
It was a book
No Iocaine powder
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29. 10 Things you didn’t know
Actors did stunts
People were funny
Whoopi = Buttercup?
It was a book
No Iocaine powder
Real Dread Pirate
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30. 10 Things you didn’t know
Actors did stunts
People were funny
Whoopi = Buttercup?
It was a book
No Iocaine powder
Real Dread Pirate
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31. 10 Things you didn’t know
Actors did stunts
People were funny
Whoopi = Buttercup?
It was a book
No Iocaine powder
Real Dread Pirate
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32. 10 Things you didn’t know
Actors did stunts
People were funny
Whoopi = Buttercup?
It was a book
No Iocaine powder
Real Dread Pirate
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33. 10 Things you didn’t know
Actors did stunts
People were funny
Whoopi = Buttercup?
It was a book
No Iocaine powder
Real Dread Pirate
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34. 10 Things you didn’t know
Actors did stunts
People were funny
Whoopi = Buttercup?
It was a book
No Iocaine powder
Real Dread Pirate
Cary Elwes Gets Hurt
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35. 10 Things you didn’t know
Actors did stunts
People were funny
Whoopi = Buttercup?
It was a book
No Iocaine powder
Real Dread Pirate
Cary Elwes Gets Hurt
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36. 10 Things you didn’t know
Actors did stunts
People were funny
Whoopi = Buttercup?
It was a book
No Iocaine powder
Real Dread Pirate
Cary Elwes Gets Hurt
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37. 10 Things you didn’t know
Actors did stunts
People were funny
Whoopi = Buttercup?
It was a book
No Iocaine powder
Real Dread Pirate
Cary Elwes Gets Hurt
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38. 10 Things you didn’t know
Actors did stunts
People were funny
Whoopi = Buttercup?
It was a book
No Iocaine powder
Real Dread Pirate
Cary Elwes Gets Hurt
Andre gets slapped
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39. 10 Things you didn’t know
Actors did stunts
People were funny
Whoopi = Buttercup?
It was a book
No Iocaine powder
Real Dread Pirate
Cary Elwes Gets Hurt
Andre gets slapped
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40. 10 Things you didn’t know
Actors did stunts
People were funny
Whoopi = Buttercup?
It was a book
No Iocaine powder
Real Dread Pirate
Cary Elwes Gets Hurt
Andre gets slapped
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41. 10 Things you didn’t know
Actors did stunts
People were funny
Whoopi = Buttercup?
It was a book
No Iocaine powder
Real Dread Pirate
Cary Elwes Gets Hurt
Mandy is an asshole
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42. 10 Things you didn’t know
Actors did stunts
People were funny
Whoopi = Buttercup?
It was a book
No Iocaine powder
Real Dread Pirate
Cary Elwes Gets Hurt
Mandy is an asshole
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43. 10 Things you didn’t know
Actors did stunts
People were funny
Whoopi = Buttercup?
It was a book
No Iocaine powder
Real Dread Pirate
Cary Elwes Gets Hurt
Mandy is an asshole
Fencing school
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44. 10 Things you didn’t know
Actors did stunts
People were funny
Whoopi = Buttercup?
It was a book
No Iocaine powder
Real Dread Pirate
Cary Elwes Gets Hurt
Mandy is an asshole
Fencing school
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45. 10 Things you didn’t know
Actors did stunts
People were funny
Whoopi = Buttercup?
It was a book
No Iocaine powder
Real Dread Pirate
Cary Elwes Gets Hurt
Mandy is an asshole
Fencing school
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46. 10 Things you didn’t know
Actors did stunts
People were funny
Whoopi = Buttercup?
It was a book
No Iocaine powder
Real Dread Pirate
Cary Elwes Gets Hurt
Mandy is an asshole
Fencing school
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47. 10 Things you didn’t know
Actors did stunts
People were funny
Whoopi = Buttercup?
It was a book
No Iocaine powder
Real Dread Pirate
Cary Elwes Gets Hurt
Mandy is an asshole
Fencing school
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48. 10 Things you didn’t know
Actors did stunts
People were funny
Whoopi = Buttercup?
It was a book
No Iocaine powder
Real Dread Pirate
Cary Elwes Gets Hurt
Mandy is an asshole
Fencing school
That smile is creepy
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49. 10 Things you didn’t know
Actors did stunts
People were funny
Whoopi = Buttercup?
It was a book
No Iocaine powder
Real Dread Pirate
Cary Elwes Gets Hurt
Mandy is an asshole
Fencing school
That smile is creepy
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50. 10 Things you didn’t know
Actors did stunts
People were funny
Whoopi = Buttercup?
It was a book
No Iocaine powder
Real Dread Pirate
Cary Elwes Gets Hurt
Mandy is an asshole
Fencing school
That smile is creepy
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51. 10 Things you didn’t know
Actors did stunts
People were funny
Whoopi = Buttercup?
It was a book
No Iocaine powder
Real Dread Pirate
Cary Elwes Gets Hurt
Mandy is an asshole
Fencing school
That smile is creepy
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52. 10 Things you didn’t know
Actors did stunts
People were funny
Whoopi = Buttercup?
It was a book
No Iocaine powder
Real Dread Pirate
Cary Elwes Gets Hurt
Mandy is an asshole
Fencing school
That smile is creepy
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58. Your post about YC ‘14
Your goal:
What do you want people to know?
How do you want them to feel?
What are they going to do with the information?
59. Your post about YC ‘14
So what goes in there?
What elements cannot be replaced?
moments?
photos?
videos?
60. Your post about YC ‘14
So what goes in there?
What elements cannot be replaced?
What order do they need to be in?
chronology?
priority?
slow reveal?
61. Your post about YC ‘14
So what goes in there?
What elements cannot be replaced?
What order do they need to be in?
What do you need to do to be the glue?
transitions?
breaks?
62. Your post about YC ‘14
So what goes in there?
What elements cannot be replaced?
What order do they need to be in?
What do you need to do to be the glue?
Does this need to be more than one post?
70. Writing for the Screen(s)
Editing Steps
Lay the Egg
Fit the Nest to the Egg
Paint the Egg
Hatch the Egg
Tidy the Shell Fragments
START WITH THE END IN MIND
EDIT WITH THE END IN MIND
71. One Thing?
Mandy Patinkin is a sphincter
because he slapped Andre the Giant
for being a less-talented actor