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Tips on How to Price Your Personal History Project I was recently asked by a few listeners what boils down to the same question: how do you price your projects? It’s no surprise that this is on people’s minds. It’s a common question, one that gets batted around a lot. I remember a conference […]
On the craft and business of personal history and life story writing Some of my favorite personal history resources The first book I bought on personal history. Jennifer Campbell walks you through each step of starting up your new personal history business. A must-have for anyone serious about making a go of this as a […]
My podcast gear kit: Audio Technica 21000 And these are the headphones I use–although pretty much any over-the-ear set will do. Sony MDRZX110/BLK ZX Series Stereo Headphones A (very) inexpensive boom arm. (This minimizes desk bumps and other noises.) For interviews and solo podcasts recorded on the go. Great little lav mic that can be used […]
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How Blake Snyder’s beat sheets can help us structure our personal histories
C. David Milles is a teacher by day and author by night. After stumbling onto Blake Snyder’s Save the Cat! books, Milles began to incorporate the screenwriter’s lessons in his novels and the way he taught middle school English. His keen understanding of story structure landed him a gig as a contributor for the popular Save the Cat! website, where Cory breaks down components of current and past movies to show their inner workings—a great exercise for storytellers in all media. In this episode, he shares how the Save the Cat! system can help us find the story structure in our personal history books.
I found some examples of life story books. Now what? In part 1 of this post, I talked about how important it was for me to find life story books that other people have written. Before this, I wasn’t sure what a personal history should look like. That’s troublesome when you sit down to write […]
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What the initial sales call should look like (but didn’t) In episode 7, I talked about what an ideal initial sales call looks like, everything from the planning session to the sales conversation to the review afterwards. Today I’m going to dissect an actual sales call I went on and show you what worked, what […]
