How Storytelling Makes a Difference (and How to Do It Well)

Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing

Mignon Fogarty, Inc.

Society & Culture, Education

4.5 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 13 August 2021

⏱️ 43 minutes

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As much as we'd like to believe that people are convinced by facts, years of cognitive research show that we are convinced by stories and emotions (and then we often find facts to support our decisions). Since storytelling matters, we talked about how to do it well. To sign up for my Advanced AP Style webinar, go to http://bit.ly/apstyle21 and use the code MACMIL to save. Subscribe to the newsletter for regular updates. Watch my LinkedIn Learning writing course. Join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter. Grammar Pop iOS game. Peeve Wars card game. Grammar Girl books. HOST: Mignon Fogarty VOICEMAIL: 833-214-GIRL (833-214-4475) Grammar Girl is part of the Quick and Dirty Tips podcast network. Theme music by Catherine Rannus at beautifulmusic.co.uk. Links: https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/ https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/podcasts https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/subscribe https://www.tiktok.com/@therealgrammargirl http://twitter.com/grammargirl http://facebook.com/grammargirl http://pinterest.com/realgrammargirl http://instagram.com/thegrammargirl https://www.linkedin.com/company/grammar-girl

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0:00.0	I'm a young Fogarty and you can think of me as your friendly guide to the English language.
0:10.9	We talk about writing, history, rules, and cool stuff.
0:14.5	I hope you liked the new theme music, another benefit of the 15th anniversary celebration.
0:19.6	It was written and performed by Catherine Rannes out of the UK and she was an absolute
0:25.2	joy to work with. If you need music, she's at beautifulmusic.co.uk.
0:32.3	For today's episode, I have an abbreviated version of a live interview I did with Laura
0:36.4	Bergels about storytelling for Podbean's Storytelling podcast week.
0:42.1	Laura is a good friend of mine, Unlinked in and I've always been impressed with her take
0:45.8	on storytelling and she didn't disappoint me here. She is a business communication coach
0:51.0	and executive trainer and she leads workshops on storytelling. We started with the story
0:56.4	of how I started Grammar Girl and then Laura explained what makes that a good story and
1:01.4	what's missing and we talked about how storytelling is critically important and often overlooked
1:06.4	in business from executive presentations to interviewing for a job.
1:11.7	She tells a wild story in which nothing actually happens but it made me both gasp and laugh
1:17.7	and then we talked about how that could happen. I think you'll love it and I'm dropping
1:22.2	you in a little bit in the middle so you can skip some of the filler from the live presentation.
1:31.5	Why do we all love stories so much and why do we light up and pay attention when someone
1:37.8	starts telling a story and how can we become more better storytellers not just in our
1:44.1	work but in our day to day lives. Today we're going to be talking about stories and storytelling
1:51.2	and Mingyan since we're talking about stories today that Grammar Girl podcast is now
1:57.0	in its 15th year and it's been streamed and downloaded like a gazillion times so you
2:05.2	must have a story about how your wildly popular podcast all got started.
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