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Demo #2 The Effective Log: It’s More Than Just Lumber

Tommy Jolly The only really good place to buy lumber is at a store where the lumber has already been cut and attached together in the form of furniture, finished, and put inside boxes. —Dave Barry. Demo #2 The Effective Log: It’s More Than Just Lumber. The Inquiry Question.

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Demo #2 The Effective Log: It’s More Than Just Lumber

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  1. Tommy Jolly The only really good place to buy lumber is at a store where the lumber has already been cut and attached together in the form of furniture, finished, and put inside boxes. —Dave Barry Demo #2The Effective Log: It’s More Than Just Lumber

  2. The Inquiry Question • How can I make yesterday’s news engaging for today’s audience? • I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts . —Will Rogers

  3. Step 1: Provide Breakfast • Quiche is effective! • Flavorful • Sophisticated • Healthy • Delivery (of food) is really a combination of two of my favorite activities: eating, and not moving. • Jim Gaffigan

  4. Step 2: Set the Bar High • …So that everyone else can walk under it comfortably. • Hard work pays off in the future. Laziness pays off now. —Steven Wright

  5. Step 2 (Continued): Go the Extra Mile • Dolleen and Kristen • Photos + Barry Manilow = Inexplicably Awesome • My father carries around the picture of the kid who came with his wallet. —Rodney Dangerfield

  6. Step 2: Believe Everything Lorraine Wynn Says • She’s fond of comedy. • She knows brain research. • She loves the English language.

  7. Lorraine (Continued) • She knows cartoons. • She makes banana dances accessible to the general public. • No other characteristics are necessary.

  8. Step 3: Write and Share • We wrote. Then we read it. • I guess I just prefer to see the dark side of things. The glass is always half empty. And cracked. And I just cut my lip on it. And chipped a tooth. —JaneaneGarofalo

  9. Step 4: Innovate! • Why read another rewrite of The Notebook when you can read Nick Sparks 2.0? • Summarize a career’s worth of experience in twenty minutes. • Wonder to yourself what crazy David Milch stories our guest might have…

  10. Step 5: You Can’t Sum Up Writing Time • So don’t try. Just quote somebody: • I think I did pretty well, considering I started out with nothing but a bunch of blank paper. —Steve Martin

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