What “The 3 Little Pigs” Can Teach You About Blogging

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You may think I am skating on even thinner ice than when I wrote The Albert Einstein Approach to Successful Blogging when saying that you can actually learn a great deal about blogging from reading fairy tales. Perhaps am I just obsessing, but I would claim that you indeed can learn something from practically everything you read regardless of the subject and the quality of writing as long as you read it with an open mind. If it is not on subject try transposing it and when it is of poor quality try to learn from the mistakes. If you will can you thus see this article as a tribute to imagination, curiosity and all the other skills you need to be a successful blogger. Moreover is this circular communication at work. Communicating about communication while simultaneously applying what you are communicating about. Think about it and try making use of it yourself. You will be surprised how much fun it can be weaving more layers of communication into each other.

You probably know the fairy tale about “The Three Little Pigs”. Even if you do let me recap it for you as I chose to focus on the kindest of the many versions. The one where the two less prudent pigs escape to the house of the third pig while the wolf escapes rather than being eaten. Basically it is about 3 pig siblings who are old enough to move out and build their own houses. The first little pig built his house out of straw because it was the easiest thing to do. The second little pig built his house out of sticks, while the third little pig built his house out of bricks. One night the big bad wolf, who dearly loved to eat fat little piggies, came along and saw the first little pig in his house of straw. He blows the house in only to find that the first pig escaped to the second pigs house. Hence the wolf follows him there, threatens to blow the house in and as the pigs don’t let him in he indeed does. The two first pigs now seek refuge by the third pig that built his house of bricks. As the wolf arrives he again makes his threats. He blows and blows, but to no avail. The brick house still stands. Finally, he attempts to enter the house through the chimney, but the third pig takes off the lid of a boiling pot of water placed in the fireplace, and the Wolf falls right into it. Howling in pain, the wolf runs away never to be seen again. In the Disney movie from 1933 this is the part where all three pigs together sing: “Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?”

As you have probably noticed do all classic fairy tales have a morale. You should walk away with something having read it. Usually it is something seemingly trivial and obvious, but since most fairy tales are also entertaining and leave a lot of room for interpretation does it still work. Here is the idea however not only to let the fairy tale make it’s point, but also to expand on it and make it relevant for anyone blogging. So what can we learn from the tale of “The Three Little Pigs”? Apart from the morale of the story, which basically is that the way to get along in the world is to do everything you do as well as you can, I believe there are three basic truths about blogging successfully, which can be extracted:

1. A strong foundation in the right location is essential when building.
Had the third pig not chosen the right location and laid the right foundation the rest of the house would not have held out the wolf for long. Related to blogging a strong foundation is your thoughts, beliefs, knowledge and skills, while the location is what you chose to write about. You need to think about what you know and what you don’t. About what you can and what you can’t and about what you believe in and what you don’t. You have to find your passion to define your purpose. You need to have something on your mind as well as something at heart. If you cannot do everything yourself don’t hesitate asking for help, but do think everything through first.

2. A structure is only as strong as it’s elements.
The main difference between the pigs was their choice of building material. While it may be more convenient and quicker to opt for something lighter and easier to build with as bricks and cement you read what happened. Hence don’t. Not when you are blogging either. You may not end up having to flee or risk getting eaten, but you will certainly not have a great time, as you otherwise will either. Consider your content to be virtual bricks while interaction; conversation and community will serve you well acting as cement. So take the time and put in the effort putting up original and timeless content. Even if you tire try to keep going. Involve and appreciate your readers. Ask questions and give answers. Be creative if you like, but don’t use creativity to cut corners.

3. A closed construction is of little use to anyone.
You need an entrance that welcomes those you like and keep out those you don’t. Without one the other two pigs would have suffered a terrible fate because they couldn’t get in or the wolf would have gotten in because it would not have kept it out. Either way it would not have ended in bliss. When it comes to blogging you have to consider every page a point of entry, as you never know where people enter. The software and design have to work both for you and your readers. You should consider all plugins that will make it a more pleasurable experience visiting while installing all measures to keep trolls, spammers and scrapers out. Reach out, be helpful, open and responsive and use a tone of voice fitting to your subject and your audience.

The question is why all three pigs didn’t approach building their house this way. Most interpretations put it down to the third pig being older, wiser and more experienced, which to me is just another way of saying that his traits and skills can be developed and honed by practically anyone with the desire to do so. I am sure the third pig wasn’t acting as he did by chance. He obviously educated himself and thought things through before he started. Knowing the day would eventually come where he would have to accomplish something he prepared for it. As he started building did he not let himself get distracted, but understood that to accomplish something you need to separate work and play, which however shouldn’t prevent you from having pleasure working or taking pleasure in what you accomplish. Having finished his house and enjoying the joy of having built his own home could he have settled for that, but as the others come to him for refuge he forgave and welcomed them. Not only because they were his brothers, but also because a life in solitude is undesirable. In defeating the Wolf and scaring it away his ingenious yet simple solution is an excellent example of how imagination can come to your aid. That he hasn’t forgotten that there is more to life than working shows as he at the end is enjoying himself with the others. Knowing that his passionate dedication and persistence not only saved the day, but indeed their lives he is surely enjoying himself even more.

Finally let us look at the cast of characters. You are of course the third of the little pigs. At least I hope you are because there are plenty of bloggers playing the roles of the first two pigs already. The mother could be the blogger or someone else who inspired you to start blogging. She could also represent the event or desire that made you decide to start blogging. Everything in life has a trigger and here is the mother representative of that. As far as who or what the wolf represent do I see more possibilities. The obvious answer would be that it is the blogging competition or the isolation that creeps in on every blog that isn’t built like the third pigs house. He could thus also represent any of the literally hundreds of mistakes that you can make, which will prevent your blog from succeeding. Mistakes are however only deadly if you don’t learn from them. Therefore I prefer this version of the tale. It doesn’t predict anyone’s demise, but rather gives everyone hope. Even if you don’t get off to the best of starts at least you can still learn from your mistakes. Thus making your virtual escape by realizing that to enjoy blogging you need to approach it like the third pig approached building his house.

If you want more or simply came here expecting something else check out the entire gruesome story, the lyrics for “Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?”, “The Three Little Pigs” interpreted as a story about the pleasure principle versus reality principle and the fairy tales background information. This post is an entry in Daily Blog Tips’ Three Blog Project. Hence the choice of this particular fairy tale. I look forward to reading all the other entries and getting to know some new blogs and people on my journey through them.

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