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To be a person is to have a story to tell - Isak Dinesen

Last week I introduced you The Six Stories You Need To Know How To Tell
and told you why writing story-like blog articles are important. Today I will tell you more about the importance of stories.

My Quest on Storytelling

My quest on Storytelling started with one single question “How can I add stories into my daily blog posts?” While I was trying to find answers to that question, I traveled around the Web in 80 days, from one website to another, until I found some good answers and resources.

I thought my answers and the online storytelling resources I found could be valuable for your blogging too. Therefore I decided to start writing a weekly post series titled The Six Stories You Need To Know How To Tell.

Here we go…

Why Stories Are So Powerful Today?

Life has become more complex than before. People need guidance. They are even ready to pay money and attention in return for a valuable guidance. Information overload, global organizations, personal development books, TV series, blogs. They all create stress for people.

It isn’t possible for us to read our favorite books, and monitor the websites in our favorites folder anymore. It is even getting more difficult to complete half of the items in our To-Do lists.

Most of the people are not open to learning new things anymore. They don’t spend time on the quest for truth. They don’t care about their role in the big picture.

How To Influence Them?

And now you are trying to influence these people who solely focus on protecting their own benefits. They might be happy in their little worlds or feel like they are destined to an unhappy fate. But, most of them are suspicious about you, and your hidden agenda. If you tell a good story which sparks curiosity in them, or fix the complexity in their life, they will listen to you.

If you help people understand what is going on around them, and let them see the real facts, they will follow you. You can create a winner team from a group of losers with a good story.

Help People Find Their Path In Complexity

While the complexity increases, people are willing to listen to the people who tell the most meaningful stories or things. If you are trying to convince people with logical analysis, then you certainly have a serious problem: People don’t give decisions based on logical analysis. They think they do, but in fact they usually give decisions based on their feelings. If you catch their feelings with a good story, they will pay attention to you.

Next week I will tell you more about stories. Until next week, please tell me your own life stories by leaving a comment to this post.

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April is the month in which the playwright and poet William Shakespeare was born and baptized in 1564, as well as the month in which he died some 390 years ago. You can read more about Shakespeare here : Encylopedia Britannica’s Guide to Shakespeare

I bet you are thinking that this post has nothing to do with blogging at this moment. On the contrary, storytelling and blogging have very strong ties. If you are willing to increase your blog’s readership and traffic, storytelling is one skill you should improve as quickly as possible.

I am not an expert in English. Like every Turkish guy, I use English as a second language. But I do know that If I aim to build a popular blog, then I should certainly improve my English. To achieve this I usually watch CNN, BBC World, read some English grammar and writing books, and follow blogs like Copyblogger, Daily Writing Tips.

I think I must also tell you that I am a good writer in Turkish. I mean I have the creativity and imagination fully loaded since early childhood. I have a very rich library as you can see herebelow (this is only one part of my personal library at home!)

A few months ago I discovered that in order to write better blog articles in English, I should blend my storytelling and blogging skills. Because people don’t want more information. They are already overloaded. They want faith- in you, your story, and your blogging. This makes a blog much more interesting for them.

How Can You Write Story-like Blog Posts?

My quest started with one single question “How can I add stories into my daily blog posts?” While I was trying to find answers to that question, I travelled around the Web in 80 days, from one website to another, until I found some good answers and resources.

I thought my answers and the online storytelling resources I found could be valuable for your blogging too. Therefore I decided to start writing a weekly post series titled The Six Stories You Need To Know How To Tell.

What Will You Find In This Post Series?

• The six types of stories you need to learn to influence others
• Online storytelling resources
• How to write story-like blog posts
• How to write a story-like About me or About section for your blog
• Suggested websites & blogs

Your Homework Until Next Week:
Until I post the following part next week, let me give you a homework:

• You wish to influence your readers, however they already have two questions which need to be answered by you: “Who are you?” and “Why are you here?”. Think about the answers to these questions and write a post in your blog or leave a comment to this post.
• Check your previous posts, and look at the beginnings. Imagine as if you are telling a story to your readers. How should you begin the first sentence?

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