Writing Activities to Preserve Your Precious Memories

Identify your most memorable life experiences and transform them into compelling stories that your family and friends will appreciate for years to come.

Over the past 20 years, Patti and David have helped hundreds of leaders, managers, and graduate students learn how to tell their personal stories with lasting impact.

Through a series of fun and fulfilling activities, participants will learn how to "mine" their life in order to decide what stories they want to develop. Through the next set of activities, they will select one story, learn how to create a strong opening, develop the action, and end it with lasting impact.

People will occasionally work in small groups and share their creative feedback. By the end, participants will be able to use the same process to transform other life experiences into memorable stories.

It's desirable to have a minimum of five (more is desirable) sessions depending upon the number of participants. Required equipment is pen/pencils and notebook, tablets or laptop.