What you'll learn
- Organizing timelines, stories, photos, anecdotes, recipes, and memorabilia into a flowing narrative
- Different styles of narratives
- Interviewing other for their histories
- What is a true story?
- How to handle painful memories
- Printing, publishing, and distributing your memoir
Requirements
- Understanding the basics of reading and writing
Description
Writing Your Story may be the most healing work you have ever done.
In this course, you will build a timeline and learn the different types of life experiences and how they are best captured. You will come away with lots of stories, remembered ideas, and techniques. It will be fun, I promise.
Who Should Attend?
Those who want to leave an "Ethical Will" which is an ancient method of leaving guidance for your children and your children's children.
Those who want to preserve the stories of their parents, grandparents, and other loved ones.
Those who already started their memoirs but need help organizing and finishing them.
Those who have a deep desire to understand themselves and see the value of a life well-lived.
Participants Will Learn:
To organize timelines, stories, photos, anecdotes, recipes, and memorabilia into a flowing narrative.
About different genres of narratives and which are best for them.
About choosing a particular subject, a section of time or person to concentrate your efforts on.
About interviewing others for their histories.
What is a true story? Whose version is truer?
How to handle painful memories.
How to print, publish, and distribute your memoir
Class Requirements
Anyone who desires to capture their memories or the story of a loved one is welcome and congratulated for taking this important step. Because this is self-paced, you can do a section at a time, or you can set aside an entire weekend to complete it in one sitting.
Who this course is for:
- Anyone who have a desire to understand themselves and see value of a life well lived
- Those who have already started their memoirs but but want assistance in organizing and finishing them.
- Those who would like to preserve the stories of their parents, grandparents, and other loved ones.
Course content
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Instructor
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You will find this wise woman to be very gifted at helping you along your life's journey. She has a wealth of experience and study in understanding the human connection. Author of over 25 books, hundreds of articles, and many workshops and training.
You will find that she knows how to help you reach the heart of the story in the journey of life.
You will learn more about "Who is Judy Helm Wright and What's With The Artichoke" on any of her many websites.
She and her husband of 50 years live and love in beautiful Montana. They stay connected with their extended family with a Zoom call every Friday night.
You will enjoy your classes taught by Judy Helm Wright, and rest assured that she walks the walk, not just talks the talk.
Blessings to you and yours wherever you are in the world right now.
Fondly, Judy