LifeWriting:
How to Write Your LifeStory

Each of us has a history and our own unique story. From time to time, photographic slides of the past, both good and bad times, click in our brain. Memories continually dance around in our heads. There may come a time when you may want to preserve these moments on paper. That is why we designed the LifeWriting program to help people of any age write a memoir, their LifeStory.

By participating in the LifeWriting program, you can create a record of your life for your family. Children, grandchildren and other relatives would surely enjoy learning about your real story. Provide generations to come a history of what you contributed to your family and your community. Tell them how you lived your life and the truths that led to your choices and experiences. Show them how you faced life’s joys and challenges. Share how you loved, cried, struggled and survived it all.

Your motivation may be different. Perhaps you want to write a book that might help or inspire others outside your family. You may want to write down your experiences to heal your own soul or come to terms with a difficult emotional past. On the other hand, you may simply want to leave a lasting voice that celebrates your life!

From concept to completion, LifeWriting helps you meet your goal. We can help you develop your story through interviews, including researching the information. We can help you write your story or write it for you. Our skilled editing can bring it to life. We can even help you print and bind your book for gifts, presentations and even publication.

Finally, we provide you the inspiration and motivation to finish the task. We work with you until you have produced a LifeStory that will make you proud. If you are writing it for your children and grandchildren they will surely cherish and appreciate it in the years to come.

In any case, you will get a chance to tell your story, your version of your life experiences as they were felt personally and individually only by you. These are the memories and moments that you have kept inside, but you know that it is now time that they be told.

How to Write Your LifeStory

• Start writing in a journal or notebook
• Make a list of important dates and events in your life
• Make a list of your life experiences
• Jog your memory with photos and mementos
• Research as many details as you possibly can
• Determine your goals
• Write what inspires you
• Decide if you want to write about one particular time or all of your life
• Prepare to tell the truth
• Read at least several “Memoir” books
• Don’t let the negative opinions of others deter you
• Keep writing
• Seek assistance editing, proofing and marketing your book

LifeWriting
Work Sessions, Presentations and Workshops

• Individual Sessions (2 hours)
• Group Sessions (2-3 hours for up to 10 people)
• Workshop Series (1½-2 hour sessions for 4-8 weeks)
• Home/Party Workshops (1-1½ hours)
• Library and Organization Group Presentations (1½-2 hours)

To schedule a personal consultation and get a copy of
"Free Book Marketing Tips", e-mail Marcia or call (505) 293-2122.