The Writing Edge: 9/13/19

Sep 13, 2019 | Reading Lists

You’re a businessperson. You may not think of yourself as a writer, but you know that writing well can boost your results and your career. Naturally, you want to do better. Even though writing and storytelling and blogging and SEO aren’t your day job, you want to do them better.

You need to get the most value you can from your reading time. That’s why every week I pick the one post from the web’s multitudes that will help you get better. This week I’m pointing you to a post on storytelling techniques.

From Melanie Meador: Three Storytelling Tools to Make Your Communication Captivating

“But what does it take to actually incorporate storytelling into your next big communication event? After all, it’s one thing to tell stories in a TED Talk or a commencement speech or a wedding toast, but a team meeting? A financial presentation? Believe it or not, storytelling devices have a place in just about any communication setting, and they’ll give every message a boost. o get you started, here are three storytelling strategies to practice in your next presentation.”

Here’s a link to my recent post titled “Better Writing: When in Doubt.”

Sources I Check Regularly

I find the posts and articles that I share with you on The Writing Edge in many places. But there are a few that provide insightful pieces again and again. Here they are.

Ali Luke

Alliance of Independent Authors

Ann Handley

Frances Caballo

Jane Friedman

IngramSpark

Jenn dePaula

Jerry Jenkins

Joel Friedlander

Joanna Penn

Kindlepreneur

Michele DeFilippo

Penny Sansevieri

Daphne Gray-Grant

Becky Robinson’s Weaving Influence