Many are overwhelmed at the premise of writing a family history book, and it can be a big project. However, don’t count yourself out. My theory is if you feel overwhelmed then generally a little education is in order. By acquiring more knowledge about the process your confidence to get started will begin to emerge. I can tell you from personal experience, writing a family history book is very rewarding.
Therefore, I want to take a few minutes to tell you about the upcoming session at Family Tree University. It starts next week, August 16th. Therefore, there is no time to procrastinate. Sunny McClellan Morton is instructing this course. Sunny is going to help you to reveal your ancestors the same way a fiction writer would build a character in a book. Makes for much more interesting reading.
The course syllabus takes you from developing a plan, learning to bring your facts and characters to life, plotting and planning your story and finally developing that first chapter through to the first draft. You can download the syllabus here.
Writing Your Family Memoir: Creating a Captivating Record of Your Family Story is a four-week class that will leave you with an outline and structure for your family history book at the cost of only $99.00. Good value.
You can then move on to Creating a Family History Book by Nancy Hendrickson, which covers the self-publishing process of making a family history book. This covers more of the mechanics of creating a book . This course will help you manage your project from the interviews and research through to the final product, a completed family history book.
Both these classes are a great step if you’re serious about creating a family history book. I encourage you to check them out at Family Tree University.