| To become successful at blogging you first and | | | | internets ocean and overcoming her small |
| foremost need to be in the right state of mind. | | | | obstacles, along the way there will be a point |
| There is no reason to blog, willy nilly, if your | | | | towards the end of Act Two where our Heroine |
| intention is making a business from it. You will | | | | will begin to flounder. |
| need to dedicate the time and effort to rise to | | | | Yes, my friends her ultimate goal which seemed |
| the challenges and to correct the mistakes you | | | | so near, so close will all of a sudden vanish from |
| will face along the way, and to persevere with | | | | sight and cause our heroine to begin to lose |
| passion and determination. | | | | confidence in her abilities to navigate successfully |
| Now, since the Golden Globes have been dished | | | | to her ultimate destination. |
| out earlier this week and I'm a filmmaker by | | | | Then suddenly a huge wave of guilt will engolf our |
| trade I'll make this article about 'blogging to | | | | Heroine and try and drown her completely and |
| success' slightly more interesting and entertaining | | | | end her journey to success. |
| for you, the way script writers do it for us on | | | | At this point my friends, I would like to pause for |
| the big screen. | | | | a quick second and add that some of us if not |
| For those who don't know anything about film | | | | most of us will come across this same |
| scripts they are normally broken down into a | | | | predicament. |
| three act structure: Act 1, act 2 and of course | | | | Throughout our journey on the blogospheres |
| act 3. | | | | ocean we will reach a similar stage like our Heroine |
| In Act One we are introduced to our heroine (I'll | | | | has, were we will feel that nothing is moving in |
| make her female if you don't mind), who lives in | | | | our favour, as if we're stuck in motion, and that |
| her ordinary life in a predictable world. | | | | all of our efforts up to this point were for nothing. |
| We quickly find out who she is, where she comes | | | | Please, please, please stick with your path and |
| from and perhaps also what she does for a living. | | | | don't give up on yourself yet. Remember I'ts |
| We learn a little about her background and her | | | | always darkest before dawn (yes, I know it's a |
| surroundings and soon realise that she is not | | | | cliche but I had to say it). Okay back to our |
| satisfied with her life or some aspect of it. | | | | Heroine... |
| So, leading a monotonous and predictable lifestyle | | | | So our heroine takes on that major blow from |
| our Heroine soon comes to a point in Act One | | | | the the oceans destructive wave which nearly |
| where she faces a major problem or a dilema in | | | | topples her dinghy into the oceans deep abyss. |
| her life, also known as The Inciting Incident, and | | | | But, she manages to remain balanced and hang on |
| she is somehow coaxed by unseen forces | | | | for dear life because something deep inside of her |
| (maybe the subconscious?) into taking the | | | | tells her that she can't give up now, not after all |
| necessary action and rise to the challenge. | | | | she's been through Plus how will she face her |
| Of course, our Heroine is unsure of whether she | | | | friends and family? And just as she's about to slip |
| should procede and take matters further, after all | | | | and allow the ocean to swallow her whole... |
| she is ordinary and has never come across this | | | | something amazing happens!as if by magic, the |
| type of situation before so she seeks advice | | | | ocean begins to calm itself down and the sea |
| from her closest and dearest to her and is met | | | | becomes tranquil. It seems like our heroine has |
| by 'forget about it' and 'Don't waste your time'. | | | | survived the ordeal but how come? Was it an act |
| Most of her friends and relatives try and peruade | | | | of God that came to the rescue? Maybe. Has the |
| her to avoid it at all costs and try and convice her | | | | internet's ocean great force given up on our |
| to stay where she is, safe and secure in her | | | | Heroine and her dinghy? Perhaps. But what I do |
| ordinary world. And she will probably take heed of | | | | know is this that the moment one definitely |
| their advice at first, but then she will come across | | | | commits oneself, then providence moves too ( |
| the advice of perhaps a stranger or an unforseen | | | | quote by W.H Murray). |
| mentor who will give her that push or nudge that | | | | Which moves us nicely into Act Three. |
| she needed towards taking that first step into | | | | Now that the ocean has calmed itself down our |
| unchartered waters and begin her journey into | | | | Heroine goes through a certain transformation a |
| discovering her true self and, of course, achieving | | | | sort of resurrection if you will. It's as if our old |
| her ultimate goal.this is the point, towards the end | | | | Heroine from the ordinary life has died and now a |
| of Act One, where our heroine decides to take | | | | new more feisty and courageous one is born. |
| up the gauntlet and sail away into the big, | | | | Our Heroine sees land in the distance, an Island in |
| frightening and challenging ocean of the | | | | fact, a beautiful one with the sound of cool calm |
| internet.Which propells us nicely on to Act Two. | | | | and soothing music emanating from it. and as she |
| Now that our Heroine has set sail on her dinghy | | | | nears the shore she can't believe her eyes, along |
| boat unaware of what lurks beneath that deep | | | | the beautiful sandy beach there are hundreds of |
| blue ocean of the internet she has become, in | | | | people clapping and cheering her arrival and a huge |
| some way, accountable for her actions and to her | | | | banner hangs from a above which reads, |
| ultimate goal and sets off to acomplish it. So Act | | | | congratulations (put your name here), you've |
| Two now places many complications in our | | | | made it! And as our Heroine docks her dinghy and |
| Heroines path, how will she overcome these | | | | steps onto the nice sandy shore she cant believe |
| complications which she's not accustomed to in | | | | her eyes when Richard Branson himself comes up |
| her everyday life? | | | | to her and congratulates her for making her |
| Along the sail she will meet many strangers of | | | | journey a truly remarkable achievement of |
| the sea who will be of help and some who will be | | | | success. 'You did it (put name here)', he says with |
| a hindrance and who will do everything within their | | | | his toothy smile and a twinkle in his eyes, 'and |
| power to stop her from reaching her ultimate goal | | | | now its time for you to claim your reward' as he |
| - just for the sake of it. | | | | hands over to her the Elixir of life. |
| Our Heroine will be tested and prodded to see if | | | | And as our Heroine accepts her prize and cheers |
| she can stand them and at some points in her | | | | are heard throughout the island our Heroine now |
| journey she will succeed and in some she will fail | | | | knows that she is a changed person in her |
| (failing forward) but these failures will not deter | | | | behaviour, attitude and actions. She will be forever |
| her from her paths journey. She will ride the | | | | different because of the road or in this case |
| peaks and troughs of the oceans waves and | | | | ocean she's just traveled. |
| have some glorious moments and some miserable | | | | As a true Heroine she will now return with the |
| ones along the way but they will be small in | | | | Elixir from this special place and hopefully bring it |
| comparison to what awaits her further down the | | | | back to share with others in her ordinary world. |
| second act. | | | | And then of course we have... the sequel. |
| After braving some of the elements of the big | | | | |