Write your life story, one chapter at a time
Written by Tarmo Henri Tamm
Most people who want to write their life story, or a parent’s, never get past the first sentence. Not because they don’t have anything to say. It’s because “write your life story” is such a big, empty instruction that it’s hard to know where to even put the pen down. That’s exactly the problem the … Continue reading “Blank Page? Start With One Question.”
Written by Tarmo Henri Tamm
You’re writing about the summer your family drove to the coast every August. You remember the car, the radio station, the smell of sunscreen โ but there’s a gap only your mother can fill. This is where you invite parents to write with you: not a separate project, just one more voice in the story … Continue reading “One Email Invites Your Parents to Write With You”
Written by Tarmo Henri Tamm
Not sure where to start writing your story? You are not alone โ it is the single biggest reason people put off writing altogether. My Story is the feature we built to answer exactly that question, so the page in front of you does not have to stay blank. We hear the same thing from … Continue reading “Stuck on Where to Start? Let My Story Help You Find the Words”
Written by Tarmo Henri Tamm
Some of the best family stories aren’t shared stories yet, even though they don’t belong to just one person. The summer everyone remembers differently. The road trip where your brother swears it rained the whole time and your sister swears it didn’t. The story your mom tells one way. Your grandmother tells it completely differently. … Continue reading “Some Memories Aren’t Yours Alone to Write”
Written by Tarmo Henri Tamm
Some of the best stories we hear from Tale of Life members never actually get typed, because the person chose to speak instead of typing. A parent describes their own parents out loud, the way they’d tell it to a grandchild at the kitchen table. The words just appear on the page. That’s not a … Continue reading “Don’t Want to Type? Just Talk. Tale of Life Will Write It Down.”
Written by Tarmo Henri Tamm
If you’ve started your Tale of Life profile and then just… stopped, staring at an empty Achievements or Family section, you’re not alone, and it’s not because you don’t have anything to say. It’s because write your life story is a huge, vague instruction, and huge, vague instructions are hard to start. That’s exactly what … Continue reading “Free Download: 60 Questions to Help You Write Your Life Story”
Written by Tarmo Henri Tamm
Almost every life story runs into the same wall eventually: a chapter that hurts. A divorce, a death, a year you’d rather forget, a mistake you never told anyone about. It’s tempting to skip straight past it and keep writing about the easier parts. But if you want to know how to write about painful … Continue reading “How to Write About Painful Memories in Your Life Story”
Written by Tarmo Henri Tamm
Almost everyone who wants to know how to start writing their life story gets stuck at the exact same point: the blank page. Not because they don’t have anything to say โ usually the opposite. They have decades of memories, and no idea which ones to start with, or how to turn “my whole life” … Continue reading “How to Start Writing Your Life Story When You Don’t Know Where to Begin”
Written by Tarmo Henri Tamm
Learning how to preserve family memories starts with paying attention while there’s still time. Every family has someone who remembers things no one else does โ the name of a great-grandmother’s hometown, the story behind an old photograph, what a grandfather actually did during the war instead of the vague version everyone repeats. When that … Continue reading “How to Preserve Family Memories Before It’s Too Late”
Written by Tarmo Henri Tamm
If you’re looking for questions to ask your parents about their life, most of us know less about our parents’ lives than we think. We know the version they’ve told us a hundred times, the highlights, the stories that come up at holidays. What we usually don’t know are the small, specific memories โ the … Continue reading “20 Questions to Ask Your Parents About Their Life”
