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From my bookshelves overflowing with writing books, these are the five I would select as essential titles for anyone endeavoring to write about their life, whether the end goal is a full-fledged memoir or a series of family history stories.
Read moreGet a taste of authors’ perspectives and writing styles through a curated selection of quotes from the best books to help you write your life story or memoir.
In Fast-Draft Your Memoir: Write Your Life Story in 45 Hours, author Rachael Herron weaves writing exercises and personal anecdotes to guide you on the path to finishing your own memoir.
Read moreThe subtitle to Rachael Herron's motivational memoir writing book doesn’t overdeliver—you can write a first draft of your life story in 45 hours.
Read moreLove real-life stories beautifully told? “We Share the Same Sky,” a new memoir, and “Lives Well Lived,” a film now available to watch on PBS, are for you!
Read moreI love reading memoirs that encompass family life, witnessing how children develop over time, hearing about how couples met and deepened their relationships, and how other family members persevered during hardships. I also really love knowing about the nest of all these beginnings and memories: the houses that became homes.
Read moreWhether or not you believe the stories behind the Day of the Dead, there is a mythic truth to the central idea: when we remember our ancestors, they do live on. Storytelling is a continually evolving activity: even if you think your ancestors’ stories are fixed in time, actively remembering and retelling the stories may strike you differently as you grow older. Maybe a different part of the story resonates. Maybe you learn new information through research or other voices, which create a new narrative or shift the old one.
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