Less Is More, and More is Better: Size Matters, by Ike Pigott

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Ike Pigott

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10 Things you didn’t know


Actors did stunts

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Actors did stuntsPeople were funnyWhoopi = Buttercup?

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Actors did stuntsPeople were funnyWhoopi = Buttercup?It was a book

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Actors did stuntsPeople were funnyWhoopi = Buttercup?It was a bookNo Iocaine powder

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Actors did stuntsPeople were funnyWhoopi = Buttercup?It was a bookNo Iocaine powderReal Dread Pirate

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Actors did stuntsPeople were funnyWhoopi = Buttercup?It was a bookNo Iocaine powderReal Dread PirateCary Elwes Gets Hurt

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Actors did stuntsPeople were funnyWhoopi = Buttercup?It was a bookNo Iocaine powderReal Dread PirateCary Elwes Gets HurtAndre gets slapped

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Actors did stuntsPeople were funnyWhoopi = Buttercup?It was a bookNo Iocaine powderReal Dread PirateCary Elwes Gets HurtMandy is an asshole

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Actors did stuntsPeople were funnyWhoopi = Buttercup?It was a bookNo Iocaine powderReal Dread PirateCary Elwes Gets HurtMandy is an asshole

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Actors did stuntsPeople were funnyWhoopi = Buttercup?It was a bookNo Iocaine powderReal Dread PirateCary Elwes Gets HurtMandy is an assholeFencing school

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Size Matters

Size Matters

Size Matters

Size Matters

Retsyn

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?


So what goes in there?

What elements cannot be replaced?moments?photos?videos?



What elements cannot be replaced?What order do they need to be in?

chronology?priority?slow reveal?



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?



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?

Writing for the Screen(s)








Editing StepsLay the EggFit the Nest to the EggPaint the EggHatch the EggTidy the Shell Fragments

START WITH THE END IN MINDEDIT WITH THE END IN MIND

One Thing?

Mandy Patinkin is a sphincterbecause he slapped Andre the Giant

for being a less-talented actor

Ike Pigott@ikepigott

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Less Is More, and More is Better: Size Matters, by Ike Pigott