There's More You Should Know [electronic resource] : A Journal of My Life

This beautifully illustrated interactive journal offers helpful questions and prompts for anyone interested in writing their life story. There are so many compelling reasons to write the story of your life. Whether you want to preserve treasured stories and traditions, or simply record valuable family information, the process can be immensely rewarding. Yet for many it can also be a daunting project to begin. In There's More You Should Know , writing coach Jennifer Basye shares thoughtful questions, quotations, and writing advice designed to inspire your inner memoirist or family historian. This journal-style book will help you rekindle memories, consider life lessons, and organize your thoughts. Sander guides you through the process, first chronologically from childhood to adulthood, then thematically, exploring work and education; love, marriage, and children; family and traditions; beliefs and values; historical events; and more. Whether their children have asked them to recapture treasured moments, stories, and traditions, or simply to record valuable family information, many seniors are now sitting down to write about their lives. But how does one get started on such a daunting project? That's where writing coach Jennifer Basye Sander steps in. In Before I Go, There's More You Should Know , she has developed one hundred questions to prompt fledgling memoirists and family historians on their way. From simple questions such as “What was your favorite family vacation as a child?" to more thought-provoking ones such as “What do you think happens to us after we die?" this journal-style book will allow writers to roam far and wide inside their own memories for stories to share, life lessons that were learned, and beliefs that grew over time. Sander's questions and prompts will help writers tell generations to come all about their childhood and teen years; their education, relationships, and marriage; their careers, religious experience, and involvement in their communities; their beliefs, values, and opinions; and much more. Beautifully designed with full-color illustrations throughout, this book is a special place for parents to record the most significant reflections and remembrances of their lives, and it is sure be a treasured keepsake for their children and grandchildren for many years to come. Includes 100 questions to help write the story of your life