To me a sob story becomes a bummer if you use it to play with people's emotions!
A tear jerker is the lowest form of emotional blackmail! Especially if you use it to sell your book!
My solution?
Tell your sobbi sob tale as a matter of fact story!- If, 10 years later you still need to tell the same story, doesn't that mean you are still not over it?
You clever sober you: you use the audience to feel sorry for you, the audience becomes your substitute for therapy, your shrink!
And, it sells your book!
Why is that?
Why do we feel compelled to weep with the sobber rather than celebrate with the doer?
Just asking?
My story, No Reason, No Purpose; a sob story turned into a sober story with a positive ending.
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Love, hugs and prayers...ME and the Boss
Thanks for the magazine tip, I am checking it out right now! Have a good night / day!
ReplyDeleteIF the 'sob' story is sharing challenging, extreme past circumstances but ends with triumphant happy results, courageous people, full of hope & lessons learned , it's cool with me..
ReplyDeleteIf it was a sob, 'feel sorry for me', ... end of story, ya, that is not very rewarding nor worth listening to or buying the book :P
Yes, you are right! We all have some sob in our life- it's all about the delivery and how we moved on from it - hopefully! Thanks for your insight!
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