Product Description: Making Memories That Last a LifetimeThe Story of You: A Guide for Writing Your Personal Stories and Family History is a practical guide for the novice writer about how to chronicle the stories of his or her life. The book encourages the reader to write the classic stories that everyone has, whether just for themselves, or for their family and friends or the future...read more

Product Description: Works of art move and inspire us to think in new ways. And their creation is within your reach — the techniques required to create works of art simply take time, thoughtfulness, and a willingness to experiment. This sequel to Selling's popular Writing from Within includes a summary of his basic method which teaches you to write using the subject you know best: yourself...read more

Product Description: Writing a memoir is more than making a list of life's big moments. A good memoir tells a true story in the same way as a novel tells a fictional one. Therefore, memoirists must employ the same tactics as novelists to tell a unique personal story...read more

Product Description:           This is a practical—and encouraging—how-to book from a long-time teacher of personal and family history writing. Katie Funk Wiebe helps beginning memoir writers get started collecting the stories of their lives...read more

Product Description: EVERY LIFE HAS A STORY. HOW WILL YOU TELL YOURS? "The Heart and Craft of Lifestory Writing" provides you with all the tools and encouragement you need to preserve the memorable tales of your life. Within these pages, you will learn effective methods and discover insightful tips to create meaningful stories and collections that will be treasured, not only by you, but by generations of your descendants, as well...read more

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Product Description: The best guide available for remembering and writing stories that turn regular photo albums into lifestory photo albums. 128 pages of helpful text, hands-on exercises, and lifestory examples. The Photo Scribe helps to recall the stories of your life and will show you how not only to write better captions but to go beyond captions into lifestory writing...read more