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Tell your life story through images

August 28, 2024 Susan Hood

If you’d like to preserve your life story or family history but don’t think you’ve got what it takes, discover approaches that don’t require writing skills.

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In design, tips & advice, writing & editing Tags how to preserve my family history if i am not a good writer, can i tell my life story through pictures, how to document my family history through photos and very few words
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My favorite quotes from my favorite life writing books

January 15, 2024 Dawn M. Roode

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.

Get 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.

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In writing & editing, reviews Tags quotes about memoir and life story writing, best books about writing memoir, what books should i read to help with my memoir
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Editing for self-published authors: What are your options?

July 16, 2023 Samantha Shubert
woman's hands editing a paper manuscript

Every writer needs an editor (even—maybe especially—if you think you don't!). See which types of editors will make your memoir or life story book shine.

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In tips & advice, writing & editing Tags what is a developmental editor, do i really need an editor, why you need an editor for your life story book, memoir editors, what kind of editor do i need for my memoir
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How to deal with family secrets and skeletons in your family history closet

June 15, 2023 Clémence Scouten

Should the family secret you’ve newly discovered be locked away in the past, or examined and shared in your family history book or genealogy website?

Every family has long-held family secrets or skeletons in the closet that are revealed during genealogy research. Should you reveal them? Write about them?

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In family history, tips & advice, writing & editing Tags how to include family secrets in memoir, should I write about my family skeletons in the closet, how to write about family secrets with care
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How to preserve your parent’s Holocaust survivor stories

May 15, 2023 Jill Sarkozi

Giving yourself time limits for each of the three steps below, including making lists, helps you both access memories and make an otherwise overwhelming task approachable.

Children of Holocaust survivors can preserve their parents’ life stories using this three-step process created by a longtime story facilitator.

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In writing & editing, tips & advice, memory keeping Tags second generation holocaust stories, family history of Holocaust survivors, how to preserve the stories of my parents who survived the Holocaust, preserving my family's Holocaust history
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6 ways to use letters in your memoir projects

January 15, 2023 Anna Brady Marcus
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How to take the boxes of old letters you’ve been saving and use them to write and illustrate your memoir.

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In writing & editing, tips & advice Tags how to use letters in my memoir, letters help tell family history stories, handwritten letters as part of my personal history, book ideas
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Is it writer’s block, or just procrastination?

November 15, 2022 Samantha Shubert
senior woman sitting on floor with open laptop while petting cute dog

There just might be a reason behind your “writers block”—maybe it’s part of your creative process.

Having trouble completing your memoir or family history? It’s worth figuring out why. An inability to write might actually be part of your creative process.

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In tips & advice, writing & editing Tags getting past writers block, i am stuck with my memoir writing, causes of writers block, how to get over writers block for my memoir
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