be able to tell stories

I love the ability that some people have where they can tell and coherent, interesting, exciting story or ancedote. I want to be able to do this with praticed skill and ease and not feel awkward or that people are losing interest halfway through. I guess this is kind of a variation of the old public speaking thing. Well I guess I should find/buy that book that I read once “The Quick and Easy Way to Effective Speaking” by Dale Carneige or maybe someother books by him. He seemed pretty cool