How to write your memoirs using Photomemoirs - an easy and fun way to write and publish your memoirs by recording the stories of your photographs.
How to Write Your Memoirs Using PhotoMemoirs.
The PhotoMemoirs system is a very easy and fun way for people who don’t really consider themselves writers to “write” and publish a memoir. It’s also a wonderful project for families that brings joy to everyone, from the youngest to the oldest generations. Writing memoirs is easy. Anyone can create a PhotoMemoir by writing or recording life stories based on their own photographs. You simply pick your favourite photos and then tell the story of each photo by writing it—or recording it using a dictaphone (and soon our new app; see below).
Then send us your writings or recordings along with the photographs, and leave the rest to us! PhotoMemoirs will transcribe and edit your recordings and put everything together so your memoirs can be published as a paperback book or as a Kindle eBook on Amazon. Your friends and family can then order the book and enjoy your memoirs. You don’t have to order any books upfront, and you don’t have to be a writer or have writing skills. All you have to do is collect your favourite photos and tell the story behind them—just as if you were showing a photograph to friends or family and telling them about it.
For inspiration have a look inside the first published Photomemoirs book which is called "Copenhagen to Ipoh". It tells the story of 2 years spent in Malaysia in the 1950s by a Danish girl who became a British Army wife.
The PhotoMemoirs system is a very easy and fun way for people who don’t really consider themselves writers to “write” and publish a memoir. It’s also a wonderful project for families that brings joy to everyone, from the youngest to the oldest generations. Writing memoirs is easy. Anyone can create a PhotoMemoir by writing or recording life stories based on their own photographs. You simply pick your favourite photos and then tell the story of each photo by writing it—or recording it using a dictaphone (and soon our new app; see below).
Then send us your writings or recordings along with the photographs, and leave the rest to us! PhotoMemoirs will transcribe and edit your recordings and put everything together so your memoirs can be published as a paperback book or as a Kindle eBook on Amazon. Your friends and family can then order the book and enjoy your memoirs. You don’t have to order any books upfront, and you don’t have to be a writer or have writing skills. All you have to do is collect your favourite photos and tell the story behind them—just as if you were showing a photograph to friends or family and telling them about it.
For inspiration have a look inside the first published Photomemoirs book which is called "Copenhagen to Ipoh". It tells the story of 2 years spent in Malaysia in the 1950s by a Danish girl who became a British Army wife.
What can a photo memoir be about
A photo memoirs book can be about a variety of subjects.
It could be, for example,
- a life story,
- a family history,
- a special event or time in your life
- a business that you owned or worked in.
- a person you want to remember or a place you lived.
- a special journey
or something else...
- a family history,
- a special event or time in your life
- a business that you owned or worked in.
- a person you want to remember or a place you lived.
- a special journey
or something else...
Who can write photo memoirs
Anyone can write a memoir using the Photomemoirs.co method. We help make "writing "your memoirs easy and fun because Photomemoirs.co is based on your memories of your photos in your own words. We help you every step of the way with instructions and advice about how to structure your photos and how to record your stories.
How to get started
When you have decided to use the Photomemoirs, then contact us and we will send you a Photomemoirs.co starter pack with the Photomemoirs instruction manual. Then follow the simple instructions to record your stories
It works like this:
- Choose 60, 100 or 120 of your own photographs and arrange them in order.
- Find tips and inspiration in your Photomemoirs User Manual on how to choose the best photos - and how to arrange them in order using the Photomemoirs photosheets
- Use a Photomemoirs photosheet for each photo, so that every photo has a number, a title and reminder notes about telling the story.
- Then write the story of each photo in your own words - just as if you were showing a photo to friends and family.
- Finally send, upload the photos and stories, or recordings ( your photomemoirs editor will show you how to do this) and we will format your memoirs and publish it as a superb Photomemoirs book on Amazon or as a privately published book.
- We will send you a finished paperback book and you can order more at special author prices. If you book is published on Amazon, then friends and family can order directly there for shipment all over the world.
Soon you will also be able to use the new Photomemoirs app for smartphones and tablets. This means that you can take digital photographs of paper photographs and then record your stories using your smartphone or tablet. Then just press a button to send it all to us! Writing a photo memoirs is a fun project that you can do by yourself, with your partner or a family member or friend. Or it can be a joint family project! Contact us for help and advice - the team at Photomemoirs.co will support you all the way.
That's it!
See how a finished PhotoMemoirs.co book can look.
Copenhagen to Ipoh - on Amazon
Contact us by e-mail to get started.
Lisette Williams with son Carl recording her Photomemoirs onboard the cruise ship Symphony of the Seas
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