an interesting anecdote could be the antidote for your failing blog post

Is your blog post lacking

a certain something?

Anecdotes are a great

way to capture your

reader’s attention and

enhance your posts.

As with most things,

there are things to keep

in mind when using

anecdotes.

But…

TELL ME

MORE!

1 Don’t use anecdotes as

filler.

Anecdotes are meant to

enhance your posts.

Don’t use them to stretch

your word count to some

artificial number.

2 Start in the middle of

your story.

Start your anecdote at its

peak.

Jump right into the funny

or exciting part.

3 Be descriptive.

They say a picture is

worth a thousand words.

Paint a mental picture

for your readers.

4 Add adversity.

Inject some levity into

your blog.

Adversity comes in

many forms, but they

each have one thing in

common:

They give us something

to overcome.

5 Keep it short.

Don’t go on and on and

on with your anecdotes.

Keep them concise.

Short even.

6 Use the five senses.

What did you see? How

did it feel? What did you

hear? How did it taste?

What did you smell?

Make your readers feel

like they’re there.

7 Don’t overuse them.

Too much of a good thing

is still too much.

Too many anecdotes in a

single story will annoy

your readers.

Use them sparingly.

8 Practice, practice, and

practice.

As with all aspects of

writing, writing good

anecdotes takes time

and practice.

You’ll get the hang of it.

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