Benefits of Life Story School
Questions to ask or answer in your story
Whether you are capturing your own life story, or telling someone else’s, we will provide you with hundreds of starter questions to spark your memory. Pick the questions or topics that matter most to you and share your story from your heart.
Step-by-step instructions
We will provide you with a framework to structure your story so that it is easy for people to follow. More importantly, we provide guidelines to make is easy to capture your story, whether you write it down, speak into a recorder, or record a video.
Supportive online community
Whether you choose to write your story by yourself or we work with you to capture it, help is available should you need it. You can join a weekly Zoom call to get your questions answered or bounce ideas off other members. Working together we’ll help you stay on track.
Helpful resources
The whole point of telling your life story is to share it with others. If you’re doing it by yourself, you can take advantage of Life Story School’s resources to proofread a manuscript, scan photos, publish a book, edit a video, or accomplish whatever you’re trying to do to make it a memorable gift.
Online classes
Life Story School’s classes are designed to be taken at your own pace and in whatever order you wish. Never owned a business? Then skip those lessons. The individual lessons include a video plus handout. If you have a question, feel free to hop onto the weekly Zoom call.
Professional help available
Even as a do-it-yourself student of Life Story School, you can get professional help when needed in these areas:
- Proofreading
- Manuscript layout
- Audio or video editing
- Writing or editing your story
Gift options
When done capturing your life story, present it as an attractive gift.
The manuscript can be readied for printing at a local copy shop, or turned into a book.
The audio and video recordings can be placed on a flash drive inside a customized case.
Or encourage someone to capture and share their life story with one of our gift certificate options.
Affordable plans
Capturing your unique story is the No. 1 priority of Life Story School. eventually, you will can:
- Do it yourself
- Have us do it with you
- Allow us to do it completely for you
Either way, there is an affordable plan for you based on the amount of work you want to do, and how quickly you want the project done.
“Legacy is not what I did for myself. It’s what I’m doing for the next generation.”
─ Vitor Belfort