Personal History
Why do a personal or family history? Events unfold during our lives that can only be captured in memory. Photographs, documents, and recordings provide a great deal of information, but the meaning attached to them is contained with in us. I can help you write your autobiography. Memories and meanings attached to events can differ from person to person, even within the same family. Telling a story is the best way to record the memories and meanings of past events and lives lived. Narrate your personal biography; save your...
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What can the stories be about? The stories can be about any aspect of personal or family history. The client will contract for a general focus. The specific content is up to each story-teller or narrator. The primary questions for the narrator to think about are: “Who is my audience?” “What do I want them to know?” If the entire story is being told by one person, he or she might want to focus on parents, grandparents, or some particular individual; on his or her own childhood or young adulthood; on the early lives of...
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Who might tell a story? Stories can be told by older people with long lives to share or by any person who has compelling experiences that they want recorded while memories are still fresh. Alternatively, you can create a biography of someone special. A group of people, such as members of a family, might want to each tell a portion of a story which then presents a collective narrative from varying points of view. Write a Letter to Your Loved Ones In our culture we often make careful provisions for the disposition of our...
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