Synopses & Reviews
This user-friendly book helps any adult write an autobiography. The questions cover all areas of life, from early years to later years, the writing tips provide practical guidance, and the excerpts from autobiographies of real men and women provide inspiration.
Synopsis
Writing Your Life will help you write down the stories of your life for present and future generations. Even if you never considered yourself a writer, you will find yourself writing enthusiastically as you work through this thought-provoking, easy-to-follow guide.
Writing Your Life includes:
- practical advice for getting started and staying motivated;
- questions to stimulate your memory;
- activities to help you remember the past, or look to the past in a new way;
- selections from the autobiographical writings of ordinary men and women;
- sample writing tips;
- reading suggestions, quotations, historical tidbits and other food for thought; and
- instructions for "publishing" a book for family and friends.
This book is ideal for anyone college age or older.
About the Author
"Senior-education teacher Mary Borg...provides lively questions on family, career and friendships, designed to tease out memories." New Choices Magazine "A comprehensive, easy-to-follow guide for assisting anyone on the path to completing a first-class autobiography." Elderview"One of the most usable and creative self-help books on the market." Rocky Mountain News