Living Legacies: How to Write,
Illustrate, and Share Your Life Stories
by Coleen Ledrew
Long Over Due
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 persons full life, in all of its highs and lows, magic moments,
and simple pleasures. The books 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.

Personal Review: Living Legacies: How to Write, Illustrate, and
Share Your Life Stories by Coleen Ledrew
All of us have personal life stories to share, but many of us don't really
know how to best preserve those stories for future generations. Living
Legacies: How to Write, Illustrate, and Share Your Life Stories, from
Duane Elgin and Coleen LeDrew, is filled with practical suggestions on
how you can "uncover the seeds of stories in your life, [and] follow a simple
process for writing them." Elgin and LeDrew on focus on what they
call the "life story," which is more than photographs or a biography. Life
stories delve into feelings about what happened or why it mattered. They
incorporate visual images and memorabilia as well as the written word. As
well as sharing events with others, "when we record our life stories, we
enter a process of self-reflection that often leads to new insights about our
lives." Recording a life story can be very simple, and often only takes only
a page or two. Elgin and LeDrew provide step-by-step instructions for
deciding what stories to share and how to get to the essence of each one.
They also explain how to choose the visual images that best illustrate the
story, with lots of examples. Stories can be simply typed out on plain
paper, or they may incorporate fonts and backgrounds that enhance them.
The authors explain how to choose what materials and techniques that
best communicate what you want and how to best use your personal
information and style. Life stories aren't just for the older generations-
one chapter is devoted to helping children tell their special stories. The
authors present their guidelines in a practical, easy-to-understand manner
that allows lots of room for individual creativity. They also provide a
resource guide with additional tips, organizations, and vendors of speciality
materials. Your life is filled with unique and priceless experiences. Living
Legacies provides all the information and tools you need to share those
experiences with others.
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