Videotape Your Memoirs: The Perfect Way to Preserve Your Family’s History

If you had your father’s or mother’s autobiography, wouldn’t you consider it to be among your most prized possessions? While you may no longer be able to fill this particular void, you can ensure that your heirs will not suffer the same sort of loss. Everyone of us has a story to tell, yet, for various reasons, writing is so daunting a task that most people never get around to starting their memoirs—let alone finishing them. Well, today, thanks to the modern videotaping technology, this barrier to leaving one’s memoir is gone. By videotaping your memoirs, you will give your loved ones the chance to see you as a real person during the various stages of your life and to learn about the significant events and changes of your life. Everyone’s life’s journey is unique, interesting, and important. Unfortunately, many of us hedge on this. “Oh, my life has been ordinary,” we say. “There’s nothing special about it.” On the contrary, each person’s life is too valuable to go unrecorded or to be forgotten. Your experiences are your own greatest treasure. Leaving your memoirs is a gift that only you can give, one that those close to you will treasure. One that will be cherished and passed down generation to generation. Remember, if you don’t record the stories about the events of your life, no one will, and knowledge of these events will disappear for all time. Videotaping Your Memoirs, The Perfect Way to Preserve Your Family’s History, the first book of its kind, is your guide to recording the times of your life. Let your memories lead the way! Learn how to: • Choose your equipment • Organize your thoughts • Enlist the help of others • Be at ease during your videotaping sessions • Use photos and other memorabilia to illustrate your video • Create a personal monologue • Include friends and family • Use scene and setting to add interest • Archive your tapes

About the Author
Suzanne C. Kita is a writer, editor, teacher, and education consultant. She has taught both in public and private schools and in community colleges. She lives in the Rocky Mountains near Bailey, Colorado, where she facilitates workshops for writers of all ages and writes on environmental issues for children and adults.

Harriet Kinghorn was honored as “Teacher of the Year” in East Grand Forks, Minnesota, and received the Doane College Alumni Educator of the Year award. She has authored and coauthored more than thirty educational books. In 1995, her Every Child a Storyteller: A Handbook of Ideas, written with Mary Helen Pelton, won the Storytelling World Award.

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