For All Time: A Complete Guide to Writing Your Family History - Softcover

Kempthorne, Charley

 
9780867093810: For All Time: A Complete Guide to Writing Your Family History
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0867093811 ISBN 13: 9780867093810
Publisher: Boynton/Cook Publishers Inc US, 1996

Synopsis

Family history writing can take many forms--a short essay or narrative introduction to a collection of family letters, long captions comprising a family photo history, a biography of parents and a narrative of their life together, an autobiography, or even a family newsletter. This sensible and accessible book is for those who want to do a little writing as well as for those who want to do a lot.

Kempthorne shows how easy it is to write family history and how much fun it can be. He illustrates in detail how to:

  • write narratives and dialogue
  • use physical details in a scene to make it come alive
  • create suspense
  • use many other techniques frequently employed by historians and novelists.

    • By the end of the book, readers will not only gain a thorough understanding of how to write family history, but will have completed a number of sketches to entertain and enrich their families.

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    About the Author

    Charley Kempthorne, a former teacher, is the founder and editor of LifeStory Magazine, an interactive workshop by mail for family historians. He also teaches workshops in journaling and writing family history through his LifeStory Institute in Manhattan, Kansas.

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    Publisher
    Boynton/Cook Publishers Inc US
    Publication date
    1996
    Language
    English
    ISBN 10 
    0867093811
    ISBN 13 
    9780867093810
    Binding
    Paperback
    Number of pages
    176