Storytelling
3 Worldbuilding Details Your Fantasy Story Needs (and 3 It Doesn’t)
If your story doesn’t hook your audience early, they won’t keep reading. Here are three assets every good story needs, and three more that make readers (okay, me) quit.
Storytelling
The Story Problems in Molly’s Game
Molly’s Game is missing three key ingredients that keep the story from being truly satisfying.
Social Media
7 Blog Traffic-Boosting Lessons
After not actively blogging for several years, here’s what I learned (and remembered) while doubling the blog traffic increase for two different websites.
Armchair Sociology
17 Storytelling Moments That Defined 2017
From Donald Trump to The Last Jedi, here are 17 of the stories that defined us politically, culturally, scientifically, financially, and socially in 2017.
Storytelling
The Secret to Never Getting Writer’s Block Again
Writer’s block is every storyteller’s worst nightmare. Here’s how to retrain your brain to get through it, including tips for some of the most common cases.
Business Advice
Why Your Donation Pitch Isn’t Working
How to turn the 4 critical components of every good donation pitch into a story that works.
Business Advice
6 Tips for Telling Better Stories with Data
People mistakenly believe that data speaks for itself. But numbers aren’t a story. Here’s what your audience really needs to make good data-informed decisions.
Storytelling
10 Tips to Easily Improve Your Writing
10 tips to make your writing faster, easier, and more compelling for audiences to read, enjoy, and share.
Business Advice
How to Make Webinars That Don’t Suck
I don’t ever want to suffer through another terrible webinar. Are you with me? Good. Let’s fix this.
Armchair Sociology
The Cure for Imposter Syndrome
There’s a better way to fix imposter syndrome than “fake it til you make it.”