Making A Point With A Tough Family Memoir
When writing about overcoming tremendous challenges in your life story there comes of point where you must explain why you are recording all this for prosperity.
Still Living Your Life Story During An Epidemic
As states slowly lift their stay-at-home orders and you emerge from your home, don’t rush away from your bucket list of ideas. Consider the following life story questions to write or record your own Coronavirus story
Life Story Roundup – Week of Feb 24, 2020
Dad Crashes the Party in 'A Kind of Weather' Diversionary Theatre smartly pairs nonlinear time with musings on gender and family San Diego Magazine...
Life Story Roundup – Week of January 3, 2020
A weekly summary of life stories, memoirs, ethical wills, biographies and events to inspire you to write your own stories.
52 Writing Prompts – Week 1
The New Year’s Resolution of Life Story Writing. Let’s make time in 2020 for 52 Weeks of Writing Prompts.
Oral History Moment
The Amazing $10 Life Story Gift
For less than $10-15 you can inspire someone to record their life stories with a dedicated set of questions.
Life Story Blog Roundup – Week of Dec 6, 2019
Oral History Topics In brief: Untold stories, bad deeds, record-breaking ballerina, and more C-ville https://www.c-ville.com/in-brief-untold-stories-bad-deeds-record-breaking-ballerina-and-more/ Capturing The Story Of Seeds WYSO (radio)...
Two Writing and Research Tips for Transcribing Video and Audio Files
After hours of transcribing audio or video files of your family stories and events, you may discover that your mind gets into a rhythm: Listen, think, type, edit; Listen, think, type, edit; Listen, think, type, edit. The chorus to this song is when you stop to think...
Life Story Blog Roundup – Week of Nov. 29, 2019
Gift Guide: Biographies and memoirs TED Ideas https://ideas.ted.com/gift-guide-biographies-and-memoirs/ The Nature Writing That Helped Me Fall In Love With Nature Book Riot https://bookriot.com/2019/11/18/nature-writing/ [The following is a great tribute article] The...