Best Write Your Own Book 2012
If you’ve ever said, “I need to write my book,” because you have s story that needs to be told, will hep others or needs to be recorded for posterity…
1. My Life & Times: A Guided Journal for Collecting Your Stories
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- fill-in pages with thought-provoking prompts to capture key moments and favorite memories from childhood to adulthood
- advice and exercises to help reconstructing memories from long ago
- interactive pages for family and friends to share their own stories
- unique binder format lets you add, remove, or rearrange pages
- bonus CD with printable copies of each fill-in page, ensuring you never run out of space
Record the stories of your life—or a loved one’s—in this keepsake that will be cherished for generations to come! My Life & Times makes it easy to save and share the memories that make up your life.
2. The Story of a Lifetime: A Keepsake of Personal Memoirs
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Uniquely personal gift book that expresses to the recipient the elegant sentiment: “Your life is important to me. I value where you’ve been, what you’ve done and who you are. Please tell me more.” Enables the recipient to write his or her life story and perspective with ease by answering almost 500 thought-provoking questions right in the book. Passes along a legacy of wisdom and knowledge gained from experience. Preserves special memories and instills appreciation for family history. Enhances personal growth and strengthens bonds with loved ones. Deepens understanding and communication in the present. Creates a priceless heirloom for future generations.
3. My Story, My Life: A Journal of Self Discovery
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My Story, My Life is an interactive life review journal designed by a psychologist to help families share their life stories with one another. This book has prompts that take you through the different phases of your life with lined space to record your memories, thoughts, and reflections. Each page has an inspirational quote that is relevant to the questions being asked. The questions start out easy (where were you born, who were named for, where did you go to school, etc) and then require more reflection (what was the road not taken, how would you like to be remembered, etc). This journal is meant to be completed as a family project, although each person could write their story alone. It has been used in nursing homes with older adults, in hospice with dying patients, and by younger adults as well. The goal is to reflect on your life by sharing your stories. When the book is complete, you will have a legacy that will be treasured by your family for generations. Adults in the middle of life will find the process helpful during times of transition when reflection is essential in designing the next stage of life.
4. A Grandparent’s Legacy: Your Life Story in Your Own Words
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This grandparent’s memory journal takes you on a journey that will become a cherished family memoir. Designed in a 12-month format, each month features 12 intriguing questions with space to write a personal answer. Questions explore family history, childhood memories, lighthearted incidents, cherished traditions, and the dreams and spiritual adventures encountered in a lifetime of living. The written words become windows to a grandparent’s heart.
5. A Mother’s Legacy: Your Life Story in Your Own Words
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This mother’s memory journal takes you on a journey that will become a cherished family memoir. Designed in a 12-month format, each month features 12 intriguing questions with space to write a personal answer. Questions explore family history, childhood memories, lighthearted incidents, cherished traditions, and the dreams and spiritual adventures encountered in a lifetime of living. Her written words become windows to a mother’s heart.
6. My Story
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What was your best birthday? Who is your strangest family member? What is your greatest fear about falling in love? What is the craziest thing you’ve ever done? My Story is a one-of-a-kind keepsake that asks funny, loving, and tough personal questions and provides space for special photos and memories.
Insightful and often humorous questions about childhood, family, fears, dreams, friends, and relationships help readers discover themselves while they create a cherished record of their lives, hopes, and memories. This book also includes a special front-cover window where a personal photo can be placed.
Couples can use this book to learn about one another. Family members who want to leave behind their life stories can fill it out over the years and pass it on to children and grandchildren. Everyone will enjoy this opportunity for self-expression.
7. A Father’s Legacy: Your Life Story in Your Own Words
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This father’s memory journal takes you on a journey that will become a cherished family memoir. Designed in a 12-month format, each month features 12 intriguing questions with space to write a personal answer. Questions explore family history, childhood memories, lighthearted incidents, cherished traditions, and the dreams and spiritual adventures encountered in a lifetime of living. His written words become windows to a father’s heart.
8. The Book of Myself A Do-It-Yourself Autobiography In 201 Questions
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Strong is the urge to write one’s life story as a keepsake for oneself and one’s family. The difficulty is knowing where to start, and then where to go from there. Carl and David Marshall, a grandfather-grandson team, have created a fine and fun do-it-yourself autobiography. The cover of the journal-sized Book of Myself is intended to resemble handmade paper; the inside pages have the yellowed hue of a keepsake found in a musty attic trunk. The book is not especially pretty. But the questions–one per page, divided into early, middle, and late years, and then again into sections concerning family, friends, education, work and responsibilities, and the world–are good enough that it hardly matters. Among the 201 jumping-off points included here are questions concerning childhood toys, crushes, and forbidden exploits; adult embarrassments, betrayals, and achievements; and how one’s views change over the years.
9. Book of Us: A Journal of Your Love Story in 150 Questions
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For the diehard romantic, there may be nothing so thrilling as chronicling that one true love. The Book of Us presents 150 topics on the subject–ranging from “Before I met you, my love life was…” to “One of the reasons I think we lasted so long as a couple is that…” Like David Marshall’s earlier book, The Book of Myself, which is also a keepsake, this book makes us wish it were prettier. But it is the thought that counts, and a lot of thought will go into turning these empty pages into something a spouse, one’s children, and then their children will cherish. And not to fear: While this is a very sweet book, there is also plenty of room here to ruminate on the less saccharine aspects of life partnership: financial crises, humorous escapades, parenting woes, and home-improvement projects. A word to gay readers: One of the book’s five sections focuses on “Tying the Knot”; some of the questions specifically address elements such as the bachelor party and the wedding dress, but most of the questions are generic enough to apply to any type of commitment ceremony.
10. Your Life as Story
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In Your Life As Story, autobiography expert Tristine Rainer explains how we can all find the important messages in our lives. Like Mary Karr or Frank McCourt, we can shape those stories into dramatic narratives that are compelling to others. Blending literary scholarship with practical coaching, Rainer shares her remarkable techniques for finding the essentials of story structure within your life’s scattered experiences. Most important, she explains how to treasure the struggles in your past and discover the meaning within those experiences to capture the unique myth at work in your life.
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Copyright 2012 David Masters