Course Descriptions
Write Your Life Story
The Theme Roadmap
Terry Northcutt
In this Course:
You discover nine Guided Autobiography themes that tap the most significant aspects of life and living: Turning Points, Childhood Family Influences, Impact of Place, Adult Family and Friends, School Days, Work Life, Historical Influences, Spiritual Matters, Plans and Dreams.
You move from writing an eye-glazing catalogue of this happened, then that happened, then the other happened to a focused two-page story. A story that incorporates why events happened and why they matter—to you and to the reader.
You write five themes--one for each of the first five lessons. For the last lesson you create a plan to complete the remaining four themes for your Life Story Book and explore three options for continuing your life story project.
One-to-one meetings will guide and support you as you begin the work of writing your theme, then share your finished piece.
You create a plan to identify relevant photos and memorabilia e.g. movie tickets, brochures, flyers) for each theme to create your life story book.
You write ten or more short items to be incorporated into a section of your life story book entitled Fun Facts, Interesting Incidents, and Humorous Anecdotes.
Lesson One
Explore how Guided Autobiography differs from Memoir Journals.
Discover how to keep readers turning the pages by incorporating Why events happened.
Write one two-page story about a turning point in your life such as graduation from high school, a back-packing trip across Europe, or an illness, injury, or other reversal that occurred in your life.
Receive practical guidance and support in a one-to one meeting.
Download a Template and a Checklist detailing the key elements of the beginning, middle, and end of your theme.
Lesson Two
Discover how to incorporate the factual and emotional truth in your writing—and why it matters.
Write a two-page story about Childhood Family Influences.
Receive practical guidance and support in a one-to one meeting.
Lesson Three
Discover how to engage readers with specific, concrete, sensory details and by clarifying abstract words with vivid examples.
Write about the Impact of Place to understand and share how where you’ve lived and traveled have shaped your life.
Receive practical guidance and support in a one-to one meeting.
Lesson Four
Discover how the connotation of words adds clarity to your portraits of people and places.
Choose one of the following themes to write: Adult Family and Friends or School Days.
Receive practical guidance and support in a one-to one meeting.
Lesson Five
Discover how figurative language converts passive verbs to active verbs that create vivid impressions of people, places, and objects.
You’ll choose one of the following themes to write: Work Life or Spiritual Matters.
Receive practical guidance and support in a one-to one meeting.
Lesson Six
Create a plan to finish writing your remaining themes.
Create a plan to gather your writing, add relevant photos or memorabilia (movie tickets, brochures, flyers), and create your life story book.
Generate a list of ten short pieces for a section of your life story book entitled Fun Facts, Interesting Incidents, and Humorous Anecdotes
Explore three options to continue your life story journey.
Receive practical guidance and support in a one-to one meeting.
The Theme Roadmap
Terry Northcutt
In this Course:
You discover nine Guided Autobiography themes that tap the most significant aspects of life and living: Turning Points, Childhood Family Influences, Impact of Place, Adult Family and Friends, School Days, Work Life, Historical Influences, Spiritual Matters, Plans and Dreams.
You move from writing an eye-glazing catalogue of this happened, then that happened, then the other happened to a focused two-page story. A story that incorporates why events happened and why they matter—to you and to the reader.
You write five themes--one for each of the first five lessons. For the last lesson you create a plan to complete the remaining four themes for your Life Story Book and explore three options for continuing your life story project.
One-to-one meetings will guide and support you as you begin the work of writing your theme, then share your finished piece.
You create a plan to identify relevant photos and memorabilia e.g. movie tickets, brochures, flyers) for each theme to create your life story book.
You write ten or more short items to be incorporated into a section of your life story book entitled Fun Facts, Interesting Incidents, and Humorous Anecdotes.
Lesson One
Explore how Guided Autobiography differs from Memoir Journals.
Discover how to keep readers turning the pages by incorporating Why events happened.
Write one two-page story about a turning point in your life such as graduation from high school, a back-packing trip across Europe, or an illness, injury, or other reversal that occurred in your life.
Receive practical guidance and support in a one-to one meeting.
Download a Template and a Checklist detailing the key elements of the beginning, middle, and end of your theme.
Lesson Two
Discover how to incorporate the factual and emotional truth in your writing—and why it matters.
Write a two-page story about Childhood Family Influences.
Receive practical guidance and support in a one-to one meeting.
Lesson Three
Discover how to engage readers with specific, concrete, sensory details and by clarifying abstract words with vivid examples.
Write about the Impact of Place to understand and share how where you’ve lived and traveled have shaped your life.
Receive practical guidance and support in a one-to one meeting.
Lesson Four
Discover how the connotation of words adds clarity to your portraits of people and places.
Choose one of the following themes to write: Adult Family and Friends or School Days.
Receive practical guidance and support in a one-to one meeting.
Lesson Five
Discover how figurative language converts passive verbs to active verbs that create vivid impressions of people, places, and objects.
You’ll choose one of the following themes to write: Work Life or Spiritual Matters.
Receive practical guidance and support in a one-to one meeting.
Lesson Six
Create a plan to finish writing your remaining themes.
Create a plan to gather your writing, add relevant photos or memorabilia (movie tickets, brochures, flyers), and create your life story book.
Generate a list of ten short pieces for a section of your life story book entitled Fun Facts, Interesting Incidents, and Humorous Anecdotes
Explore three options to continue your life story journey.
Receive practical guidance and support in a one-to one meeting.
Write Your Life Story
The Master List of Essential Stories Roadmap
Terry Northcutt
This is a six session course customized to your individual interests and needs.
In this course, we collaborate to generate ten to twenty stories that identify the important branching points in your life and other significant experiences. This yields a manageable first life story project with a Story Wish List for later projects.
You work with me one-to-one. This enables me to tailor the life story writing project to your specific needs.
You receive articles and videos about writing techniques that engage readers and yield meaningful stories about where you've been, what you've done, and what you've learned in the process.
You create a plan to assemble your stories with related photos to create your life story book.
You create a plan to generate a list of ten to fifteen short pieces for a section in your life story book entitled Fun Facts, Interesting Incidents, and Humorous Anecdotes.
Write Your Life Story
Five Formats for Writing About People and Places
Terry Northcutt
Course Description Coming Soon
Five Formats for Writing About People and Places
Terry Northcutt
Course Description Coming Soon
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