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Title: Legacy : A Step-By-Step Guide to Writing Personal History by Linda Spence ISBN: 0-8040-1003-X Publisher: Ohio Univ Pr (Trd) Pub. Date: October, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Literally Step by Step
Comment: This is a great book for writers whether or not you really intend to write a personal Legacy. I bought it on a whim (because I liked the concept) at Restoration (yes, the furniture store). I read through it and started writing. While working in through the book, an idea for a story I was already woriking on came to me. I became side-tracked with that idea and finshed the story which then became a series of short stories. In the meantime, I passed the book on to a friend who had retired and was thinking about writing something. I went back to some of the notes I had made while browsing through Legacy and decided to use the exercises and questions to build a set of characters, that intertwined. I used that as the base of a novel I am working on now. (I did a similar thing with the short storeis). Eventually, I do plan to go back and write a "personal" history about my family (sans me), but in the meantime, I bought another copy of Legacy for myself to use when building characters and another to spare in case I decide to pass the book on to someone else, I'll still have a copy of my own. It will get anyone writing and better yet, talking to your family. It will get you to learn about your family in a way we never really do. It's a very touching way to connect yourself to your family, yourself and to the world through great periods of time. You'll be surprised by what you learn and more so by how easy the writing comes to you. Thank you Linda for writing the book.
Rating: 5
Summary: While There Is Still Time!
Comment: This book is a valuable resource for families to use when preserving the legacy of a loved one who is dying. My mother has brain cancer, yet has full use of her faculties and has LOVED going through the book of questions and leaving behind a history of her life. We have used the book as a guide for a *very long* audio interview. I ask the questions from the book - she reaches back and tells the stories. It has been a wonderful experience for me and my mother in these days we know will be cut short due to her illness. Preserve the legacy of your loved ones now - before it's too late! Thank you Linda Spence for helping my mother leave us a wonderful gift.
Rating: 5
Summary: Quoted from "Booklist" 10/15/97, Vol.94, No.4, pp.380
Comment: This review was written by Alice Joyce. As memoirs become increasingly popular reading material, so do individuals of the baby-boomer generation increasingly hunger for details about their own multigenerational family histories and the long-buried stories that, in accumulating, make up an essential heritage. Spence creates a compelling context for recording the stages of one's life. In each section, from childhood through grandparenting, Spence compiles a wealth of penetrating questions to help guide the novice and more skilled writer alike. An inward journey, it is meant to uncover intimate memories and experiences that shape the very foundation, walls and interior spaces of a personality. Quotes from authors associated with a style of mesmerizing and revelatory writing illustrate just how moving are the episodes and scenes that create the fabric of our everyday lives.
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Title: How to Write Your Own Life Story: The Classic Guide for the Nonprofessional Writer by Lois Daniel ISBN: 1556523181 Publisher: Chicago Review Press Pub. Date: August, 1997 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: How to Write the Story of Your Life by Frank P. Thomas ISBN: 0898793599 Publisher: Writers Digest Books Pub. Date: September, 1989 List Price(USD): $14.99 |
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Title: To Our Children's Children Book by BOB GREENE ISBN: 0385467974 Publisher: Doubleday Pub. Date: 01 February, 1993 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: From Memories to Manuscript: The Five-Step Method of Writing Your Life Story by Joan R. Neubauer ISBN: 0916489566 Publisher: Ancestry Publishing Pub. Date: March, 1997 List Price(USD): $5.95 |
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Title: One Memory at a Time : Inspiration & Advice for Writing Your Family Story by D.G. Fulford, Bob Greene ISBN: 0385498705 Publisher: Doubleday Pub. Date: 17 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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