by Cathy Fulton
You don't have to be a writing "teacher" to facilitate this kind of writing group. This facilitator's guide will help you with:
To help you begin, detailed exercises are provided for your first six meetings. Those are followed by over 65 quick and easy lifewriting ideas—enough for more than a year's worth of meetings! Many of the writing ideas are accompanied by reproducible handouts. All 38 handouts are also included on a CD-ROM in word-processor format so you can customize them for your group.
The appendix includes a five-page annotated list of additional resources so you will never run out of writing ideas for your group.
Being part of a lifewriting group that meets regularly will help you to continue writing your memoirs and provide inspiration for stories. Don't have a group that meets nearby? Form one of your own!
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Sample Pages
Table of Contents
First page of Chapter 1
First page of Chapter 8
Index of Exercises
This book is available from Capturing Memories for $21.95.
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Collecting Stories and Memorabilia
by Cathy Fulton
For a detailed history and description of the Memory Book Project method, read the Introduction to the book. Also, take a look at the Table of Contents and several sample pages.
This book is available from Capturing Memories for $19.95.
We have now published Memory Book Projects: Collecting Stories and Memorabilia, a director's guide to the collection of community memoirs. This handbook provides detailed instructions for conducting a Memory Book Project—whether you are working for a historical organization, preparing a church or organizational history, or putting together a book of family stories.
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is Available in a Kit!
Timelines are an excellent way to
Use them
We have developed the Life Timelines workshop into a kit which comes complete with
The kits are available from Capturing Memories for $9.95.
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We have published two booklets to help you begin your memoir writing.
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Annotated Bibliography This booklet lists books and other resources on recording personal memoirs and family histories. Over twenty books are referenced (most available at your local library) as well as useful Web sites and a periodical. |
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Remembering Home We spend many, many hours at home. Understandably, our most vivid memories are of homes we have lived in and the events that took place in them. Workshop participants have been amazed at how much they remember as they do these simple (and fun!) exercises. |
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