Write Your Life Story
Get the stories that made you down on paper — one small memory at a time.
Included in Morning Post membership — $79 a year · Cancel anytime
You’re the last person who remembers most of it — the street you grew up on, how you met, your mother’s kitchen. This class turns “I should write that down someday” into a working method: small pieces, gathered into something your family will keep.
It’s for everyone with unwritten stories — and every adult child who’s been meaning to ask.
The eight lessons
1Why Your Story Matters (and Why Now)You are the last archive — and done beats perfect.2You Don’t Need to Be a WriterWrite like you talk; your voice is the heirloom. The school-English ghost, exorcised.3Starting Small: The Postcard MethodOne memory, one page, finished in one sitting — the engine of the whole class.4The Places: Homes, Streets & KitchensWalk the reader through the childhood house — places unlock memory better than dates.5The People: Portraits in ParagraphsA person in three details — how they laughed, what they always said, what their hands did.6The Hard PartsGrief and wrong turns are part of the record — you choose the depth, and what stays private.7Photos, Letters & the ShoeboxThe shoebox under the bed is a co-author — every photo gets its story.8Finishing & SharingIt’s done when it’s shared, not when it’s complete — and sharing while you’re here.How to get it
Morning Post membership
This class and the other 17 — plus both Morning Post workbooks, all four mysteries, and everything we build next. Covers your household.
Become a member — $79 a yearNo password — we email you a link · Any phone, tablet or computer · Cancel anytime
Pairs well with My Life Story (workbook) and Trace Your Family Tree.
Questions worth asking
I’m not a writer.
Lesson 2 exists to retire that sentence. If you can tell a story at the kitchen table, you can do this.
Do I need the My Life Story workbook?
No — any notebook works. The workbook is the beautiful place the writing can land, and the two fit together if you want them to.
Handwriting or typing?
Either — or neither. The speak-first method lets you tell it to your phone and copy it down.
Morning Post Classes — friendly general guidance for your own kitchen, garden and family. Narration and illustrations are AI-assisted under human editorial review — editorial policy.