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Write Your Life Story Or Memoir
Welcome and getting started
Intro to this course (3:18)
How to get the most out of the course
Connect With Dale (1:58)
Facebook (1:41)
Lessons learned from other memoirs and life stories
Rebirth - The Phoenix Rising (8:07)
The Wall Of Shame (8:35)
Dales memoirs (9:10)
My book exercise
My book exercise (2:10)
Things to think about before you start
Support (7:18)
How long will it really take? (6:03)
Your planners
90 day plan outline (2:50)
Complete book roadmap (3:34)
Trello (2:15)
Before you start to write
Before you start your resources (7:35)
Starting your story - knowing your why (12:56)
Introduction to making space and time (4:36)
Your truth and secrets (10:25)
Envisioning and values
Visualisation for your book
Vision (2:47)
Your perfect day - make it real (5:04)
Values (5:50)
The book framework document
The book framework document (5:08)
Starting to write - Find your one memoir idea exercises
Before we start the brainstorm (3:02)
Brainstorm ideas (6:00)
Evolution of your book (7:50)
The story journey (9:22)
Finding themes (6:56)
Memoir exercise workbook
Read other peoples memoirs 1
Read other peoples memoirs 2
Your ideal reader
Who is your ideal reader? (12:17)
What Questions Is Your Reader Asking? (6:23)
Map the customer journey (7:54)
Research on Amazon (1:13)
Getting to first draft - Outlining and structure
Do you have clarity? (0:58)
Intro to outlines (4:14)
The outlining process (7:48)
Visualisation for your book outline (15:32)
Outlining demonstrations
Demo: Step it out (1:39)
Using mindmaps to create an outline (5:53)
DEMO: Timelines and turning points
DEMO: The outline in WORD (7:49)
DEMO: Outline in WORD -subheadings (9:54)
After the outline what's next? (2:07)
What is my story?
The journey of your story (7:50)
What is my story writing exercise? (2:04)
Chapter frameworks
Chapter frameworks (14:46)
Chapter frameworks 2 (9:21)
Other parts of the chapter framework (2:42)
First chapter trial write (4:53)
Get writing
Let's make a date (2:19)
Get writing - before you start (3:46)
DEMO: WORD - design, style sheets and the navigation pane (10:53)
What can I repurpose? (3:05)
Getting to first draft (6:23)
Ways to get to first draft (17:09)
Is this the right book? (7:17)
Other things to think about (5:04)
The writing tracker (6:21)
DEMO: The Excel Writing Tracker (4:45)
New Lecture (3:45)
Editing and Proofing
Editing (9:52)
The editing process (7:47)
Editing - Making sense of your work (12:03)
Demo: WORD - Read aloud (2:22)
Editing - Words, spelling and grammar (7:23)
DEMO: Grammarly add-in (3:32)
Editing - Check your formatting (4:12)
Help I've got into a mess (7:02)
Engaging with your reader
Creating rapport with your reader (12:05)
Engaging with your readers - finding your voice (10:06)
Engaging with your readers - show don't tell (7:11)
Engaging with your reader - emotions (8:14)
Engaging with your reader - your first lines (4:13)
Finishing Touches - Margins, page numbers and table of contents
DEMO: Interior margins and book size (2:51)
DEMO: Page numbers (4:37)
DEMO: Table of contents (5:19)
DEMO: Word - your final checks (7:47)
Woohoo you are ready to publish (2:58)
DEMO: Getting Your ISBN Number (2:06)
Working with your proof reader, beta readers and editor
Working with your proof reader, beta readers and editor (6:38)
The Style Guide (1:47)
Finishing touches - Titles, cover and blurb
Getting your ISBN (2:38)
Titles and subtitles (13:26)
Cover design (11:36)
DEMO: Cover design specification (2:38)
Your book blurb (7:37)
Publishing
Set up your Kindle Direct Publishing account (0:54)
Upload to Kindle Direct Publishing (6:07)
Ordering books (5:41)
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