3 prompts
Filtered by #memoir

Turn my rambling memories into a chapter my grandkids will read

I talk, it shapes. Keeps my exact phrases where they're good, finds the story I didn't know I was telling, and never smooths my voice into anyone else's.

Interview your parents before the stories are gone

i write memoirs for a living and the sentence i hear most is "i wish i'd asked while i still could." this builds you the question list — for YOUR parent, not a generic one, ordered so the easy doors open before the heavy ones.

Organize an Elderly Person's Oral Account into a Family History

While the elderly person is still willing to share and able to speak. Convert the recording into text and send it to me. I'll organize it into a family history that can be passed down, preserving the elder's original words and tone, not written like a composition.