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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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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