From the Author: When I launched my career as a personal and corporate biographer who helps clients preserve their experience in heirloom-quality books, I searched for a how-to book that could introduce my clients to the process. I didn't find the clear, practical guide I wanted, so I wrote Your Memoirs: Saving the Stories of Your Life and Work. Because conserving our experiences and life lessons for current and future generations is such an important aspect of making the most of being alive, I wrote the book for people writing memoirs alone or with a group as well as for those working with a personal historian. What makes Your Memoirs different from the many books I looked at before I wrote it? First, it gives readers (in a concise and lively form) key information about how to bring you, the storyteller, to life on the page. Second, it offers readers not only comprehensive lists of memory triggers for each stage of life but also non-chronological questionnaires for recording the most important and meaningful aspects of a life story. Third, it provides phase-by-phase lists of questions that guide small-business owners in preserving their company's history, which is key for partners as well as for family and board members. And fourth, Your Memoirs includes guidelines both for working with a videographer and for creating a book with a personal historian like me. In short, Your Memoirs can save time and improve the results of a personal or professional history for a wide variety of people. The guide encourages and supports readers who want to share their experiences with those who matter most to them.