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I WANT TO WRITE YOUR STORY

Minnesota

PHOTOS CAN BE AWE-INSPIRING. Like this one of my daughter and granddaughter, some photos do indeed tell a thousand words. Yet, a photo rarely captures the entire story.

Your life story is more than a single picture produced by the click of a camera. A well-written life story not only records events and times and places, it also inspires the reader why those events and times and places matter.

Want your story told but need a trusted professional to write it for you? Let’s talk.

JANET CLARK SHAY, writing through the lens of a Christian worldview "For Such a Time as This."

WHY YOU MAY NEED A LIFE STORY

 

WHILE EVERYONE has a life story, not everything about your life needs told. Often there is a particular focus a person wishes to convey. Here are just some of reasons to provide a life story.

  • To leave your family legacy
  • To preserve your story for the next generation 
  • To share your Christian faith
  • To focus on a skill or achievement
  • Story text for your special event
  • Narrative to complement your travel photos
  • Text for your audio or video promo
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"WORDS: SO INNOCENT AND POWERLESS AS THEY ARE, AS STANDING IN A DICTIONARY, HOW POTENT FOR GOOD AND EVIL THEY BECOME, IN THE HANDS OF ONE WHO KNOWS HOW TO COMBINE THEM."
- Nathaniel Hawthorne

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