Share your unique experiences. Pay tribute to someone special. Tell the human story of an ancestor’s life. Leave a legacy of memories and family history.

Choose from a variety of formats to tell your stories, your way. Consider these options to a full memoir. How about short stories or voice-memos to share your experiences?

Ask these types of questions to invite stories of challenge, change and chance. Go beyond basic aspects of life to tell stories of the journey.

Apps, learning resources and services are available to help you capture and share life stories – as you research, write, record audio, arrange visuals – and get your project done!

Bring us on a journey with your main character (you, someone in your life, or an ancestor). What do they want, and what’s at stake? Take us through their ups and downs, until…

What if you have memory gaps, lack details, or your story seems too ordinary…should you make stuff up? No need, when you can tell a real-life story in an engaging way.

Choose which experiences to share, then shape facts and memory into an engaging storyline. You don’t need to stray from the true tale to hold your reader’s attention.

Tell some of your stories and family history through images. Engage your viewers with photo books, slideshows, interactive maps and other visual formats.

My life-storytelling journey has evolved over the years. From letters and poems to short stories and spoken word, here are some of my experiences and take-aways.