Working Paper

Building Persuasive Stories with Emotion Sequences

Samsun Knight, Liu Liu, and Laura J. Kornish

Aug 11, 2025

Analyzes over 14,000 online medical fundraising pitches from GoFundMe.com and conducts online experiments to determine which emotions in what sequence make the most effective stories—and how artificial intelligence can enhance them.

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