My 7 Worst Public Speaking Experiences, Ranked

Plus, tips on how not to implode in front of an audience

The Whiskey Kid. While speaking to an auditorium full of high schoolers, plenty of whom definitely were not interested in hearing an author speak about writing, I was relieved to see one kid raise his hand. A young person keen to develop his literacy! I couldn’t hear his question, so I asked him to repeat it several times. I finally realized what he was…