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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/utility/feedstylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><channel><title>Telling Highly Personal Stories for Highly Powerful Impact</title><link>https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/writing/i-have-an-idea/w/outlining-your-story/7967/telling-highly-personal-stories-for-highly-powerful-impact</link><description /><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 10</generator><item><title>Telling Highly Personal Stories for Highly Powerful Impact</title><link>https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/writing/i-have-an-idea/w/outlining-your-story/7967/telling-highly-personal-stories-for-highly-powerful-impact</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 20:00:58 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">809ccca5-04d2-44bf-8f5c-ff0a6d33c80b:85f12af0-4659-44ea-80c2-5c897151f7d0</guid><dc:creator>Allie Pleiter</dc:creator><comments>https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/writing/i-have-an-idea/w/outlining-your-story/7967/telling-highly-personal-stories-for-highly-powerful-impact#comments</comments><description>Current Revision posted to Outlining Your Story by Allie Pleiter on 4/2/2026 8:00:58 PM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;People respond to stories. Compelling stories of real life experiences impact audiences and readers in ways no other words can. You may want to write a book about an important episode of your life. You may want your fiction to reflect your own experiences. After all, everyone says &amp;ldquo;write what you know,&amp;rdquo; right? Yes...and no. It&amp;rsquo;s important to be wise about how you use personal experiences. The impact can be enormous, but so can the risk. Join bestselling fiction and non-fiction author Allie Pleiter for a lesson in how to best use highly personal stories in your writing. Get your pen and paper or download the handout, there&amp;nbsp;are some writing exercises!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Here is the handout referenced in the session:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-63/4578.Telling-Highly-Personal-Stories-ALC_5F00_Handout.pdf"&gt;www.authorlearningcenter.com/.../4578.Telling-Highly-Personal-Stories-ALC_5F00_Handout.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-63/TellingHighlyPersonalStoriesforHighlyPowerfulImpact26.mp4"&gt;www.authorlearningcenter.com/.../TellingHighlyPersonalStoriesforHighlyPowerfulImpact26.mp4&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;About the Presenter:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Award-winning bestselling author Allie Pleiter writes both fiction and non-fiction working on as many as four books at a time. She teaches writers how to achieve the consistent, dependable productivity today&amp;rsquo;s market requires. The author of over 70 published titles, Allie has spent a decade in the publishing profession with over 1.9 million books sold worldwide. In addition to her own writing career, Allie maintains an active writing productivity coaching practice and speaks regularly on faith, the creative process, women&amp;rsquo;s issues, and her very favorite topic&amp;mdash;The Chunky Method of time management.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

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</description></item><item><title>Telling Highly Personal Stories for Highly Powerful Impact</title><link>https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/writing/i-have-an-idea/w/outlining-your-story/7967/telling-highly-personal-stories-for-highly-powerful-impact/revision/6</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 19:56:22 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">809ccca5-04d2-44bf-8f5c-ff0a6d33c80b:85f12af0-4659-44ea-80c2-5c897151f7d0</guid><dc:creator>Author Learning Center</dc:creator><comments>https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/writing/i-have-an-idea/w/outlining-your-story/7967/telling-highly-personal-stories-for-highly-powerful-impact#comments</comments><description>Revision 6 posted to Outlining Your Story by Author Learning Center on 4/2/2026 7:56:22 PM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;People respond to stories. Compelling stories of real life experiences impact audiences and readers in ways no other words can. You may want to write a book about an important episode of your life. You may want your fiction to reflect your own experiences. After all, everyone says &amp;ldquo;write what you know,&amp;rdquo; right? Yes...and no. It&amp;rsquo;s important to be wise about how you use personal experiences. The impact can be enormous, but so can the risk. Join bestselling fiction and non-fiction author Allie Pleiter for a lesson in how to best use highly personal stories in your writing. Get your pen and paper or download the handout, there&amp;nbsp;are some writing exercises!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Here is the handout referenced in the session:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-63/4578.Telling-Highly-Personal-Stories-ALC_5F00_Handout.pdf"&gt;www.authorlearningcenter.com/.../4578.Telling-Highly-Personal-Stories-ALC_5F00_Handout.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-63/TellingHighlyPersonalStoriesforHighlyPowerfulImpact26.mp4"&gt;www.authorlearningcenter.com/.../TellingHighlyPersonalStoriesforHighlyPowerfulImpact26.mp4&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;About the Presenter:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Award-winning bestselling author Allie Pleiter writes both fiction and non-fiction working on as many as four books at a time. She teaches writers how to achieve the consistent, dependable productivity today&amp;rsquo;s market requires. The author of over 70 published titles, Allie has spent a decade in the publishing profession with over 1.9 million books sold worldwide. In addition to her own writing career, Allie maintains an active writing productivity coaching practice and speaks regularly on faith, the creative process, women&amp;rsquo;s issues, and her very favorite topic&amp;mdash;The Chunky Method of time management.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

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</description></item><item><title>Telling Highly Personal Stories for Highly Powerful Impact</title><link>https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/writing/i-have-an-idea/w/outlining-your-story/7967/telling-highly-personal-stories-for-highly-powerful-impact/revision/5</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Jun 2023 20:19:46 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">809ccca5-04d2-44bf-8f5c-ff0a6d33c80b:85f12af0-4659-44ea-80c2-5c897151f7d0</guid><dc:creator>Allie Pleiter</dc:creator><comments>https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/writing/i-have-an-idea/w/outlining-your-story/7967/telling-highly-personal-stories-for-highly-powerful-impact#comments</comments><description>Revision 5 posted to Outlining Your Story by Allie Pleiter on 6/6/2023 8:19:46 PM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;People respond to stories. Compelling stories of real life experiences impact audiences and readers in ways no other words can. You may want to write a book about an important episode of your life. You may want your fiction to reflect your own experiences. After all, everyone says &amp;ldquo;write what you know,&amp;rdquo; right? Yes...and no. It&amp;rsquo;s important to be wise about how you use personal experiences. The impact can be enormous, but so can the risk. Join bestselling fiction and non-fiction author Allie Pleiter for a lesson in how to best use highly personal stories in your writing. Get your pen and paper or download the handout, there&amp;nbsp;are some writing exercises!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Here is the handout referenced in the session:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-63/Telling-Highly-Personal-Stories-ALC_5F00_Handout23.pdf"&gt;www.authorlearningcenter.com/.../Telling-Highly-Personal-Stories-ALC_5F00_Handout23.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-63/TellingHighlyPersonalStoriesforHighlyPowerfulImpact23.mp4"&gt;www.authorlearningcenter.com/.../TellingHighlyPersonalStoriesforHighlyPowerfulImpact23.mp4&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;About the Presenter:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Award-winning bestselling author Allie Pleiter writes both fiction and non-fiction working on as many as four books at a time. She teaches writers how to achieve the consistent, dependable productivity today&amp;rsquo;s market requires. The author of over 60 published titles, Allie has spent a decade in the publishing profession with over 1.6 million books sold worldwide. In addition to her own writing career, Allie maintains an active writing productivity coaching practice and speaks regularly on faith, the creative process, women&amp;rsquo;s issues, and her very favorite topic&amp;mdash;The Chunky Method of time management.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

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</description></item><item><title>Telling Highly Personal Stories for Highly Powerful Impact</title><link>https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/writing/i-have-an-idea/w/outlining-your-story/7967/telling-highly-personal-stories-for-highly-powerful-impact/revision/4</link><pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2022 13:00:04 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">809ccca5-04d2-44bf-8f5c-ff0a6d33c80b:85f12af0-4659-44ea-80c2-5c897151f7d0</guid><dc:creator>Allie Pleiter</dc:creator><comments>https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/writing/i-have-an-idea/w/outlining-your-story/7967/telling-highly-personal-stories-for-highly-powerful-impact#comments</comments><description>Revision 4 posted to Outlining Your Story by Allie Pleiter on 3/16/2022 1:00:04 PM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;People respond to stories. Compelling stories of real life experiences impact audiences and readers in ways no other words can. You may want to write a book about an important episode of your life. You may want your fiction to reflect your own experiences. After all, everyone says &amp;ldquo;write what you know,&amp;rdquo; right? Yes...and no. It&amp;rsquo;s important to be wise about how you use personal experiences. The impact can be enormous, but so can the risk. Join bestselling fiction and non-fiction author Allie Pleiter for a lesson in how to best use highly personal stories in your writing. Get your pen and paper or download the handout, there&amp;nbsp;are some writing exercises!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Here is the handout referenced in the session:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-63/Telling-Highly-Personal-Stories-ALC_5F00_Handout.pdf"&gt;www.authorlearningcenter.com/.../Telling-Highly-Personal-Stories-ALC_5F00_Handout.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-63/TellingHighlyPersonalStoriesforHighlyPowerfulImpact22.mp4"&gt;www.authorlearningcenter.com/.../TellingHighlyPersonalStoriesforHighlyPowerfulImpact22.mp4&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;About the Presenter:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Award-winning bestselling author Allie Pleiter writes both fiction and non-fiction working on as many as four books at a time. She teaches writers how to achieve the consistent, dependable productivity today&amp;rsquo;s market requires. The author of over 50 published titles, Allie has spent a decade in the publishing profession with over 1.5 million books sold worldwide. In addition to her own writing career, Allie maintains an active writing productivity coaching practice and speaks regularly on faith, the creative process, women&amp;rsquo;s issues, and her very favorite topic&amp;mdash;The Chunky Method of time management.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

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</description></item><item><title>Telling Highly Personal Stories for Highly Powerful Impact</title><link>https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/writing/i-have-an-idea/w/outlining-your-story/7967/telling-highly-personal-stories-for-highly-powerful-impact/revision/3</link><pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2022 12:58:19 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">809ccca5-04d2-44bf-8f5c-ff0a6d33c80b:85f12af0-4659-44ea-80c2-5c897151f7d0</guid><dc:creator>Allie Pleiter</dc:creator><comments>https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/writing/i-have-an-idea/w/outlining-your-story/7967/telling-highly-personal-stories-for-highly-powerful-impact#comments</comments><description>Revision 3 posted to Outlining Your Story by Allie Pleiter on 3/16/2022 12:58:19 PM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;p&gt;People respond to stories. Compelling stories of real life experiences impact audiences and readers in ways no other words can. You may want to write a book about an important episode of your life. You may want your fiction to reflect your own experiences. After all, everyone says &amp;ldquo;write what you know,&amp;rdquo; right? Yes...and no. It&amp;rsquo;s important to be wise about how you use personal experiences. The impact can be enormous, but so can the risk. Join bestselling fiction and non-fiction author Allie Pleiter for a lesson in how to best use highly personal stories in your writing. Get your pen and paper or download the handout, there&amp;nbsp;are some writing exercises!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Here is the handout referenced in the session:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-63/Telling-Highly-Personal-Stories-ALC_5F00_Handout.pdf"&gt;www.authorlearningcenter.com/.../Telling-Highly-Personal-Stories-ALC_5F00_Handout.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-63/TellingHighlyPersonalStoriesforHighlyPowerfulImpact22.mp4"&gt;www.authorlearningcenter.com/.../TellingHighlyPersonalStoriesforHighlyPowerfulImpact22.mp4&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;About the Presenter:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Award-winning bestselling author Allie Pleiter writes both fiction and non-fiction working on as many as four books at a time. She teaches writers how to achieve the consistent, dependable productivity today&amp;rsquo;s market requires. The author of over 50 published titles, Allie has spent a decade in the publishing profession with over 1.5 million books sold worldwide. In addition to her own writing career, Allie maintains an active writing productivity coaching practice and speaks regularly on faith, the creative process, women&amp;rsquo;s issues, and her very favorite topic&amp;mdash;The Chunky Method of time management.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

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</description></item><item><title>Telling Highly Personal Stories for Highly Powerful Impact</title><link>https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/writing/i-have-an-idea/w/outlining-your-story/7967/telling-highly-personal-stories-for-highly-powerful-impact/revision/2</link><pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2020 22:09:06 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">809ccca5-04d2-44bf-8f5c-ff0a6d33c80b:85f12af0-4659-44ea-80c2-5c897151f7d0</guid><dc:creator>Allie Pleiter</dc:creator><comments>https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/writing/i-have-an-idea/w/outlining-your-story/7967/telling-highly-personal-stories-for-highly-powerful-impact#comments</comments><description>Revision 2 posted to Outlining Your Story by Allie Pleiter on 12/9/2020 10:09:06 PM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;p&gt;People respond to stories. Compelling stories of real life experiences impact audiences and readers in ways no other words can. You may want to write a book about an important episode of your life. You may want your fiction to reflect your own experiences. After all, everyone says &amp;ldquo;write what you know,&amp;rdquo; right? Yes...and no. It&amp;rsquo;s important to be wise about how you use personal experiences. The impact can be enormous, but so can the risk. Join bestselling fiction and non-fiction author Allie Pleiter for a lesson in how to best use highly personal stories in your writing. Get your pen and paper, there will be some writing exercises!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-63/TellingHighlyPersonalStoriesforHighlyPowerfulImpact.mp4"&gt;www.authorlearningcenter.com/.../TellingHighlyPersonalStoriesforHighlyPowerfulImpact.mp4&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;About the Presenter:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Award-winning bestselling author Allie Pleiter writes both fiction and non-fiction working on as many as four books at a time. She teaches writers how to achieve the consistent, dependable productivity today&amp;rsquo;s market requires. The author of over 50 published titles, Allie has spent a decade in the publishing profession with over 1.5 million books sold worldwide. In addition to her own writing career, Allie maintains an active writing productivity coaching practice and speaks regularly on faith, the creative process, women&amp;rsquo;s issues, and her very favorite topic&amp;mdash;The Chunky Method of time management.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

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</description></item><item><title>Telling Highly Personal Stories for Highly Powerful Impact</title><link>https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/writing/i-have-an-idea/w/outlining-your-story/7967/telling-highly-personal-stories-for-highly-powerful-impact/revision/1</link><pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2020 22:05:42 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">809ccca5-04d2-44bf-8f5c-ff0a6d33c80b:85f12af0-4659-44ea-80c2-5c897151f7d0</guid><dc:creator>Author Learning Center</dc:creator><comments>https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/writing/i-have-an-idea/w/outlining-your-story/7967/telling-highly-personal-stories-for-highly-powerful-impact#comments</comments><description>Revision 1 posted to Outlining Your Story by Author Learning Center on 12/9/2020 10:05:42 PM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;p&gt;People respond to stories. Compelling stories of real life experiences impact audiences and readers in ways no other words can. You may want to write a book about an important episode of your life. You may want your fiction to reflect your own experiences. After all, everyone says &amp;ldquo;write what you know,&amp;rdquo; right? Yes...and no. It&amp;rsquo;s important to be wise about how you use personal experiences. The impact can be enormous, but so can the risk. Join bestselling fiction and non-fiction author Allie Pleiter for a lesson in how to best use highly personal stories in your writing. Get your pen and paper, there will be some writing exercises!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-63/TellingHighlyPersonalStoriesforHighlyPowerfulImpact.mp4"&gt;www.authorlearningcenter.com/.../TellingHighlyPersonalStoriesforHighlyPowerfulImpact.mp4&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;About the Presenter:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Award-winning bestselling author Allie Pleiter writes both fiction and non-fiction working on as many as four books at a time. She teaches writers how to achieve the consistent, dependable productivity today&amp;rsquo;s market requires. The author of over 50 published titles, Allie has spent a decade in the publishing profession with over 1.5 million books sold worldwide. In addition to her own writing career, Allie maintains an active writing productivity coaching practice and speaks regularly on faith, the creative process, women&amp;rsquo;s issues, and her very favorite topic&amp;mdash;The Chunky Method of time management.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

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