This book emphasizes the process of creating your memoirs. This can help you turn writing and thinking about your life into an experience that has a new purpose. It is designed so you can write about one aspect of your life at a time, thus reducing the complexity and removing the stress of trying to create one long continuous story.You will find answers to question you never knew to ask. It is about your family history, social history, to share with your descendants and the world.Babette Jenny, PsyD says this, "As a clinical psychologist, I find this book very helpful for clients who seek a clearer sense of who they are and their personal life journey. It is very flexible and user friendly. This book can be approached from a variety of perspectives, whether it be photos and artwork, narratives, lists, or documents. It allows the user to work at their own pace, dipping in and out of memories, periods of time, events and emotion, gradually assembling a coherent whole that is the story of their life." By Wendy Comstock, "...In addition to being a wonderful way for people to refelect on their past, this workbook is also an outstanding roadmap for younger people just starting their careers and families, reminding us that creating meaningful memoirs and recording them, in emotionally relevant ways is a wonderful way for people to connect across generations.. I envision lingering over this workbook for some time to come, reflecting, remembering, bridging significant memories, and making deeper meaning from the experiences in my life." Wendy Comstock, MD This book is divided into 100 topic with hundreds of questions, 26 A-Z tool sheets to ask about the factual info of your life and then a life calendar you fill in.
Charlotte Donaldson grew up with three sisters enjoying the country farm life of raising farm animals and riding horses experiencing Pony Club, Fox Hunting, riding her pony to her local school Upland Country Day School and riding bareback over the most beautiful rolling hills of Unionville, Chester County, PA. This is where her story begins. These are the memories that started Charlotte to write and photograph endlessly. Charlotte continued her passion for writing and photography throughout the rest of her life. Losing a dear friend who left behind two young boys caused Charlotte to want to write about her life, as she was then a single mother wanting her children to know, who she was if she should pass. She had help raise five step-children starting at age 25. She was then a single mother of her two infant daughters. There has been a great deal of alcoholism in her family and relationships. Being challenged to process the challenges with her optimistic personality she searched for a book that could help her ignite her memories to write about. Not finding the exact kind of book she wanted for guidance she has written LIFE'S WORKBOOK- How to Write Your Autobiography- Through Memoir Writing. A straight forward outline of questions to write short memoirs from all of life's perspectives creating memoirs to create your autobiography. Charlotte currently lives in the Greater Boston area. www.CharlotteDonaldson.com www.CharlotteDonaldsonPhotography.com lifesworbook@gmail.com
