The Story System Author:Jay Speyerer Writers and writers-to-be: — The Story System is a one-of-a-kind, personalized storytelling method that gives genealogists and memoir writers -- especially those who might have a hard time writing their stories or family histories -- the organizational and discovery tools they need to pass along their legacies to friends, family, and generation... more »s to come.
Use the dozen templates as many times as you need when organizing the events in your life. They'll help you to drill down to the buried memories, distill the remembered conversations, and structure your true stories the same way fiction writers do theirs. And the accompanying articles will give you more information on how to get the most out of the Story System.
Your templates
Section I Memories
The Era-Episode-Event Template. Use my memory focusing method to uncover your stories.
The Senses Template. Use more than just sense of sight to describe people, places, and events.
The Day-In-The-Life Template. Record a typical day.
Interview Template. Interview yourself and others to find the lost stories.
Section II People
Personality Template I. Match the people in your stories to their personality types.
Personality Template II. Sketch out the ways the people demonstrate their personality types.
Facets Template. How many sides do you have in your personality? How many do you show the world and how many are hidden?
Aspects Template. The four building blocks of your character.
The People Map Template. Connect the people in your life to each other to reveal the forgotten stories.
Section III Stories
The People-Problem-Payoff Template. A great way to record the basic components of your stories before you forget them.
The Reporter's Template. Ask the questions of a reporter to get the facts of a story.
The Structure Template. Build your stories in a way that keeps your readers turning the pages.« less