Writing Histories
Creative non-fiction histories written with a journalistic style.

Stories inhabit every part of life, from the family home to the workplace, people have narratives to tell.

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Writing histories

Writing histories and organizational stories is a labor of love. It requires planning, information gathering, and research, as well as time and passion too.

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Organizational storytelling

Organizations are a treasure-trove for stories. Some stories are fact-based, others fiction. From individuals to teams, stories:

  • Inspire change.
  • Support training.
  • Empower leadership.
  • Sell products and services.
  • Strengthen proposals.

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Local histories

Stories thrive in local communities. They bring communities together. And they drive tourism too with stories about:

  • Intriguing people or places.
  • Founders who built your community.
  • The people who came before.
  • The land.

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Family history and memoirs

The sharing of a family history enriches lives. It provides a sense of belonging and insight in the past. Family history:

  • Crafts creative stories about people from the past.
  • Records short biographies of your relatives.
  • Shares memoirs of the living.

[Creative] Nonfiction and Historical fiction

Writing historical narratives to arouse deep emotions

While many of these tales contain facts, they’re often incomplete. When writing histories, a skilled writer identifies the themes in the information. They take the mundane, give it meaning and infuse it with emotion.

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Stories connect people.

As a skilled writer, I use the information you gather to research and find something new to tell. Your story needs an aim. Such as:

  • To persuade listeners to aspire to be better people.
  • To give a sense of belonging and hope.

And a great story also needs:

  • Structure.
  • Goals.
  • Well defined characters.
  • Conflict.
  • Purpose.
  • Themes.

Do you want a collection of unforgettable stories about your ancestors to pass down to your children? Or a story to empower change in your employees? Or, perhaps you’re after an anthology of stories about the founders and pillars of your community. I can assist you with all of these as a freelance writer writing histories. But I don’t do this alone. Your story needs you to shape it. We work together to mold the information you have into a story you want to share.

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Create memorable stories

With facts from reliable sources and prose

As a freelance writer writing histories, my services start before the first word in the first scene stains the page. In addition to the information you have gathered, I may also:

  • Collect additional archival data.
  • Organize surveys and questionnaires.
  • Visit places to get a sense of the past.
  • Conduct ethnographic research including the study of people and interviews.
  • Facilitate creative research including workshops.

Writing histories requires thoughtful and carefully considered choices. My aim is to reconstruct a fact-filled, life-like past regardless of whether you want a journalistic style article or a historical fiction.

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