The story of you
Subtitle: a guide for writing your personal stories and family history
By: John Bond
Publisher: SLACK Incorporated
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Thorofare, New Jersey
Language: eng
Number of pages: 134
ISBN-13: 9781617119798
Subjects: Autobiography; Handbooks, manuals; Authorship; Genealogy
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-130) and index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / by William D. Carrigan; title: Section I. Why write?; title: Why take the time?; title: The reasons not to write about you or your family; title: Section II. How to get started; title: What is a family story?; title: Family trees are important, too; title: Getting started is a snap; title: Section III. What to write about; title: Telling the story of you; title: Telling the story of your family or others; title: Section IV. How to create the stories; title: Expanding the list of classics; title: Finding the right format; title: Conducting an interview; title: Section V. How to finish the stories; title: Revising and editing your stories; title: Accuracy in storytelling; title: Dealing with difficult topics; title: Sharing your work; title: Section VI. What tools are needed and what can be done with them; title: Using the right tools; title: Adding memorabilia; title: How to present or publish your stories; title: Using a personal historian; title: Section VII. Gaining inspiration; title: Reading the stories of other people and oral histories; title: Section VIII. What now?; title: Are you really done?; title: Appendices: Coming up with ideas for stories; title: Appendix A: 219 questions to prime the pump; title: Appendix B: 21 ways to stir up memories; title: Appendix C: Storycorps : a must.