How Authors Can Use a Personal Story to Emotionally Engage an Audience

Personal stories engage readers and audiences in a way that nothing else can. This is why author, speaker, and media personality Pamela Christian recommends that authors who have booked speaking engagements plan to begin their talk with a personal story. This helps the audience relate to you and open their heads and hearts to the message you want to share. By telling a relatable, interesting story, audience members will look to you as a credible, trustworthy source, and will want to hear what you...