We’ve fleshed out the idea for our family history book. We’ve outlined the process with our milestone goals. We’ve identified the tasks we need to carry out our milestone goals
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How Scrivener Can Help You Complete ‘The Challenge’How Scrivener Can Help You Complete ‘The Challenge’
If you haven’t heard of Scrivener before or maybe you have, but you’re not sure how it works or what all the fuss is about, then I would like to
10 Tips to Score Big with the Family History Writing Challenge10 Tips to Score Big with the Family History Writing Challenge
Create a daily target goal. It’s important to understand how much time you can dedicate to writing each day and how many words you can write in that timeframe.
Creating a Family History Book: An Action Plan with TemplateCreating a Family History Book: An Action Plan with Template
Now that you completed the Milestone Goal Planner that we provided for in Part 2 our series on Planning a Family History Book in 2018. You should feel much more
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In part one of our series Creating a Family History Book, we looked at identifying our dream of creating a family history book in 2018 along with recognizing our
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Do you dream of creating a family history book? Has your book been just that, a dream? I’m a big believer that to accomplish your dreams you need goals and
Finding Story Seeds: A Mini-WorkshopFinding Story Seeds: A Mini-Workshop
All too often when we think about writing our family history stories, we contemplate writing about those big story ideas. We want to write an ancestor’s life story from
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Everybody has a story. That’s true. But no question some stories are better than others. Why? Because they are built around great conflict. The bigger the battle, the
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I’ve heard it preached many times, write for yourself. While this is a lovely thought, it can be very misleading advice. While it is important for you to be emotionally
Are You Suffering From “As Soon As” Syndrome?Are You Suffering From “As Soon As” Syndrome?
There are many benefits from writing our family history stories. First, the opportunity to share our research in a format that our family will read. Watching out families be moved