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9781573245524

Living Legacies: How to Write, Illustrate, and Share Your Life Stories

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    9781573245524

  • ISBN10:

    1573245526

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2001-01-01
  • Publisher: Red Wheel/Weiser
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Summary

Creating stories allows individuals and their families to see and honor their connection to older and younger generations. The authors believe that through such writing, individuals not only communicate the meaning and spirit of their lives to their loved ones but also gain perspective on the larger world.

This beautifully designed and illustrated guide escorts readers through the process of writing down their stories and illustrating them with photographs, memorabilia, and other images, including digital format. By offering readers questions to draw out events and memories, the book emphasizes a person's full life, in all of its highs and lows, magic moments, and simple pleasures. The book's supportive approach will inspire even first-time writers to forge a collection of stories to share and pass on to the important people in their lives.

Table of Contents

Foreword 13(4)
Angeles Arrien
Why Create Stories?
17(12)
Story: ``Remembering Merke''
20(2)
Creating Your Life Stories
22(1)
Our Approach to Recording Stories
23(3)
A life story can be short and simple
24(1)
A life story can recreate the experience
25(1)
A story is a journey
25(1)
The Purpose of This Book
26(3)
How to Begin
29(12)
Making Time for Your Stories
30(1)
Why Create This Story?
30(2)
How to Include Your Family and Friends
32(3)
Join with others who are creating stories
32(1)
Create a book of stories with others
33(1)
Invite family and friends to create stories for your collection
34(1)
How to Keep Track of Your Ideas
35(1)
How to Record Your Stories
35(6)
Scrapbooks
35(1)
Acid-free materials
36(1)
Audio and videotapes
36(1)
Supplies for the scrapbook approach
37(1)
Using a computer
38(3)
Creating Your Time Line
41(10)
Example Time Line: ``Genevieve Shannon Tyler''
46(5)
Writing Your Life Stories
51(20)
Finding Your Voice and Style
52(1)
Making It Personal
53(1)
Choosing a Topic
54(1)
Allow Your Story to Blossom
54(1)
There's a First Time for Everything
55(1)
Putting Pen to Paper
56(1)
Visualize the story
56(1)
Create a first draft
56(1)
What to Do if You're Stuck
57(3)
Reveal the essence
58(2)
An Early Draft of Elaine's Story
60(4)
Add details that give life to your story
61(2)
Trim your story
63(1)
Elaine's Revisions of Her Story
64(7)
Ask a friend for feedback
66(1)
Completing your story
67(1)
Story: ``Beach Blush''
68(3)
Discovering Your Life Stories
71(36)
My Childhood
72(4)
Story: ``Saving Jenny''
74(2)
People Who Have Inspired Me
76(2)
Animal Friends
78(4)
Story: ``Our Dog Ziggy''
80(2)
Loves of My Life
82(2)
Home Sweet Home
84(4)
Story: ``Dear Emma and Ryder''
86(2)
Nature's Gifts
88(4)
Story: ``June Snow in the Sierra''
90(2)
Unforgettable Memories
92(4)
Story: ``When Daddy Died''
94(2)
Heart Openings
96(4)
Story: ``Soulful Eyes in Sao Paolo''
98(2)
Small Miracles
100(2)
Moments of Awakening
102(5)
Story: ``My Life-Changing Experience''
104(3)
Collecting Life Stories
107(20)
Exploring My Family History
108(8)
Recording family stories
108(2)
Creating a family tree
110(2)
Example: ``The Carreno Family Tree''
112(2)
Story: ``Herein Lies Forgiveness''
114(2)
Interviewing Family and Friends for Great Stories
116(2)
Remembering a Child's Life
118(6)
Record the story of your child's birth
118(1)
Recount first times
119(1)
Interview a child or teenager
120(1)
Have a child create a story
120(2)
Story: ``For Isabel: The Story of Your Birth''
122(2)
Honoring a Special Person
124(3)
Illustrating Your Life Stories
127(38)
Seven Steps in Creating an Illustrated Story
128(5)
Do a preliminary search for visual materials
128(1)
Notice the images and feelings that the story elicits
128(1)
Generate ideas with others for communicating the story visually
129(1)
Choose a visual theme
130(1)
Select materials
131(2)
The Importance of Acid-Free Materials
133(7)
Create a layout
134(4)
Complete your illustrated story
138(2)
Suggestions for Working with Photographs
140(2)
Cropping photographs
140(1)
Framing photographs
140(1)
Creating captions
141(1)
Working with old photos
141(1)
Basic Guidelines for Simple Text and Photo Layouts
142(2)
A One-Page Collage with a Historical Theme
144(8)
Story: ``Of Cod and Men''
144(1)
We did a preliminary search for materials
145(1)
We generated ideas
145(1)
We chose a visual theme
146(1)
We selected materials
146(1)
We created the layout
146(2)
Sample Collage: ``Of Cod and Men''
148(2)
Illustration: Photographs used in ``Of Cod and Men''
150(1)
Instructional Example: ``Of Cod and Men''
151(1)
A Collage with Artifacts
152(6)
Sample Collage: ``My Time in Vietnam''
154(2)
Instructional Example: ``My Time in Vietnam''
156(2)
A Two-Page Collage with Playful Theme
158(7)
Sample Collage: ``Playing Boat''
160(2)
Instructional Example: ``Playing Boat''
162(3)
Your Legacy
165(4)
Questions for Considering Your Legacy
166(1)
A Letter to Future Generations
166(3)
Resource Guide
169(10)
Types of Scrapbooks
170(2)
Three-ring binder
170(1)
Scrapbook with removable pages
171(1)
Bound scrapbook
171(1)
Preserving Your Scrapbook
172(1)
Distributors of Acid-Free Supplies and Materials
172(1)
Internet Resources
173(4)
Scrapbook supplies
173(1)
Scrapbook book and product reviews
173(1)
Recording life stories
173(1)
Writing family stories, family trees, and genealogy
174(1)
Archival preservation
175(1)
Family Web site
175(1)
Digital storytelling
176(1)
Recommended Reading
177(2)
Acknowledgments 179(3)
About the Story Creators 182(2)
About the Book Designer 184(2)
About the Authors 186

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