Getting Started Writing Your Life Story         Tips for Writing Your Life Story         Oral-History Interviewing Tips         Alternatives to Life-Story Writing         Life-Story Writing Resources     .         Newsletter Forms Bookstore Courses Resources		Tips for Writing Your Life Story By Sharon DeBartolo Carmack • Find a method of writing your life story that suits your schedule and personality. It can be autobiography, memoir, diary-writing or a collection of personal essays. • You don't have to begin with the day you were born. Think about one of the most interesting or exciting episodes in your life, and begin there. • Consider your audience. While it may be mostly family members, if your life story survives for generations, it may also be valuable to a social historian one day. • Try to find a class or writers' group (or start your own) to help motivate you and to give you feedback on your writing. • Read other people's autobiographies and memoirs to get a feel for how other people have written their life stories. • Think of your life-story writing as one of the most important things you can do. Sharon DeBartolo Carmack teaches the Focus on the Personal/Family Memoir workshop at Writer's Online Workshops. For more on writing memoirs and life stories, see the premiere issue of Family Tree Magazine.
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