Book Description
Writing your life story can be easier than you think.
Do you desire to leave a legacy of your story for your family? Has your church asked you to share your journey of faith? Are you planning to retire and want to share your career story? This simple playbook can help you write a ‘slice’ of your life story quickly and effectively. By charting events related to your family, faith, or career, you can write your life story fast with this concise step-by-step guide. Writing your entire life into one story is unrealistic; focusing your story on a powerful theme present in your life using the techniques in this book is completely achievable.
In Write Your Journey, you’ll discover:
- How to isolate common themes in each of your stories for maximum impact
- How to capture the essence of your unique writing voice
- How to follow three-act structure to create an impactful life story
- How to outline, draft, edit, and complete your story fast
- How to use your family, faith, or career story to bless others
- How to distribute your story within your family, community, and beyond
Write Your Journey will help you detail and write your life story quickly in a way that is fresh, deliberate, and unique.
Praise for Write Your Journey:
“One great place to find your own beginning is with this succinct, simple guide to the memoir-writing process. Hunter offers clear, helpful coaching that will walk you through the process of organizing and crafting the story that only you can tell. From outlining the major events of your life to considering the faith element at work in your history to exploring how to tell a story using the three-act story structure that will you move beyond mere description of events to meaningful, relatable story-telling, Hunter’s crisp guide is an excellent tool that will help you tell the story only you can tell.
michelle van loon, author
“This I know for sure: everyone has a powerful story, and this book will help you write yours. Write Your Journey offers clear, simple, and inspiring guidance on how to share your legacy. It’s like having a writing coach sitting at your elbow, providing wisdom and motivation as you discover the power of putting your own story into words. Highly recommended.”
keri wyatt kent, Author, Speaker, and publishing coach
“This is a wonderful guide to help people write a slice of their life. With a fantastic format, this book is laid out to be helpful and encouraging. The wonderful recommendations, probing questions, and simplified three-act story structure will certainly help prompt each writer’s mind as they tackle their unique story. All-in-all, a wonderful guide!”
BJ Taylor, Author of writing true stories: using the winning formula p ms to a T
“The steps in Write Your Journey are approachable and relatable. Processing our stories by writing them provides a meaningful way to recover, restore, and relate to others. Through Lauren’s ‘fast’ approach, people will feel less intimidated and encouraged to get started.”
katherine beim-esche, director of fellowship of former christian scientists