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Storytelling Tips

September 21, 2016September 21, 2016 clairekluskens Compiled Genealogy genealogy, genealogy writing, storytelling, writing

Here are some useful writing tips from another blogger. Above all, do not be afraid to write. If you can talk, you can write!

There is storytelling, and then there is telling a story that makes sense (even years into the future–long after it’s written). Sometimes as Family Historians, we find that … click on “Storytelling Tips” for more.

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