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denim dress The past is now in writing go
Good characters give good pause go
Was Aunt Sally right about Uncle Bobby? go

Record your loved ones' stories in their own words go
You score your own goal when you set a target and meet it go
So you want to be remembered go

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The past is now in writing
The past is the here and now for the writer who must balance today’s values against the values of a time that has passed into history. It would seem it would be easy to write on an incident in a different era; but it is almost more difficult than writing about the present. more

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Good characters give good pause
What do you remember about someone you meet for the first time? What lingers in your mind? If people make a value judgement on you from the first encounter, think how they see your written characters. Think how they see your business in an article. more

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Was Aunt Sally right about Uncle Bobby?
It is always useful to know what you want to write about before you take pen to paper.
This is particularly important when you set out to write a family history. For families are, by definition, a web of relationships. Some are benign, others are not. more

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Record your family's stories in their own words
Within every family are human triumphs, failures and adversities, unique and common to all. more
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Score your own writing goal
Achieving anything requires some action on your part. The more you attempt, the more you will achieve; but especially in writing. For to be a writer, is to write. more

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So you want to be remembered

Every person on the planet is important including you. But you knew that already. As a species we live and prosper by the accumulated knowledge of our times and of those that have gone before. go