Writing your talk

You've picked a topic, submitted a proposal, & oh dear, it's been accepted. Now you have to write your talk.

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1. Writing your talk C J Silverio, npm, Inc. @ceejbot
2. Structure the bones of your talk
3. Storytelling the flesh over the bones! emotional connections & forward drive
4. Structure + storytelling = screenplay so we’re going to steal from the movies and tell a story in which you are the heroine
5. Syd Field 3-act structure
7. ACT I: setup
8. ACT I: setup inciting incident: your problem
9. ACT I: setup inciting incident: your problem taking on your problem
10. ACT I: setup inciting incident: your problem taking on your problem ACT II: rising action
11. ACT I: setup inciting incident: your problem taking on your problem ACT II: rising action develop your concept
12. ACT I: setup inciting incident: your problem taking on your problem ACT II: rising action develop your concept pinch: reminder of your problem
13. ACT I: setup inciting incident: your problem taking on your problem ACT II: rising action develop your concept pinch: reminder of your problem reversal / revelation: midpoint!
14. ACT I: setup inciting incident: your problem taking on your problem ACT II: rising action develop your concept pinch: reminder of your problem reversal / revelation: midpoint! more development & another pinch
15. ACT I: setup inciting incident: your problem taking on your problem ACT II: rising action develop your concept pinch: reminder of your problem reversal / revelation: midpoint! more development & another pinch ACT III: resolution
16. ACT I: setup inciting incident: your problem taking on your problem ACT II: rising action develop your concept pinch: reminder of your problem reversal / revelation: midpoint! more development & another pinch ACT III: resolution solutions! your final confrontation & victory
17. ACT I: setup inciting incident: your problem taking on your problem ACT II: rising action develop your concept pinch: reminder of your problem reversal / revelation: midpoint! more development & another pinch ACT III: resolution solutions! your final confrontation & victory summarize (denouement)
18. ACT I: setup inciting incident: your problem taking on your problem ACT II: rising action develop your concept pinch: reminder of your problem reversal / revelation: midpoint! more development & another pinch ACT III: resolution solutions! your final confrontation & victory summarize (denouement) tag: walk-away concept
19. Timing ACT I: setup: 1/4 ACT II: rising action: 1/2 ACT III: resolution: 1/4
20. Mechanical? Yes. But the mechanics are hidden behind the emotional drive of story.
21. Tell a structured story. Introduction, development, conclusion.
22. Go forth & write!