Category: Story Planning
3 Nonfiction Story Structures3 Nonfiction Story Structures
Chronological – In Cold Blood by Truman Capote Parallel – Devil in the White City by Erik Larson, The Colour of Water by James McBride Immersion – House by Tracy Kidder
Where to Begin and End a StoryWhere to Begin and End a Story
Join the Wait List for Our Next Virtual Writer’s Retreat. Coming this Fall Jump Start Your Story Writing!
What is a Plot and Why Your Story Needs One?What is a Plot and Why Your Story Needs One?
If you’re not a member of our Facebook Family History Writer’s Group, then you’re missing out on our Facebook Live videos. Every other week, I offer a small writing lesson
How to Write a Family History Short Story in 10 StepsHow to Write a Family History Short Story in 10 Steps
Family stories don’t have to be epic novels or mammoth books that tell a tale from birth to death of ancestors and their families. They can be short stories.
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