A Genealogist’s Guide to Storytelling: Two Types of Editing

Reblogged from Brandy Heineman:

In this series, we're talking about how to craft your genealogical research into engaging stories to share with family.

  • The first post covers the facts, clues, and in-between bits that form the backbone of your story, and you can find it here.
  • The second post discusses the character, conflict, and cost of your story, which you'll find here.

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This is the last post in Brandy's excellent series on how to tell your family stories. I've really enjoyed this and now I'm going to apply these to the story book I'm working on about Mary Taylor, my great-great grandmother. I'm excited to see how I can improve that book with Brandy's advice.

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