How the best life story vignettes are powerful ways to capture your past, and why writing short pieces from your memories is a smart way to begin your memoir.
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Family photos can be useful tools to jog memories and call forth stories. We share how to determine which images will elicit the best family stories.
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Each of these powerful podcasts comes in at under an hour: Listening recommendations on memoir, narrative structure, family secrets, writing prompts, and more.
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A wistful look at how my affinity for epiphanies led me to become the founder of Modern Heirloom Books—and how “moments of being” transform our heirloom books.
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Why write your life story when telling your life stories is likely to be more compelling? Thoughts on memoir, biography & the power of first-person narrative.
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Under One Roof at NYC’s Tenement Museum is a must-see exhibit: First person testimony (and authentic furnishings) bring 3 families’ immigrant experiences to life.
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Sometimes it’s not a long narrative that most interestingly tells your story, it’s a simple list. How to use lists to add texture to your life story heirloom book.
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Meet Josh: He plans to write his biography someday. Yet he has told his adult kids none of his life stories. How about you—are you waiting for “someday,” too?
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