The Power of Storytelling
Nan Barnes
Today’s Memoir/Family History Quote
“Storytelling is the most powerful way to put ideas into the world today.”
Robert McKee
Today’s Literary Birthday
Jules Verne, the French science fiction pioneer, was born on this day in 1824.
He wrote 55 books which made many predictions of future inventions like submarines, air and space travel. Books like Journey to the Center of the Earth, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Around the World in Eighty Days, From the Earth to the Moon and The Mysterious Island. His works have been translated 4223 times making Verne the second most-translated author of all time behind Agatha Christie.
Today’s Memoir/Family History Memory Trigger
Each day we offer a question or action to help you trigger your memories of things which will make your memoir or family history richer, more detailed and more interesting. Reflect on the prompt and see what ideas it triggers. Here’s today’s:
Would you like to travel in outer space? Do you imagine living on another planet or in another universe?
“Storytelling is the most powerful way to put ideas into the world today.”
Robert McKee
Today’s Literary Birthday
Jules Verne, the French science fiction pioneer, was born on this day in 1824.
He wrote 55 books which made many predictions of future inventions like submarines, air and space travel. Books like Journey to the Center of the Earth, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Around the World in Eighty Days, From the Earth to the Moon and The Mysterious Island. His works have been translated 4223 times making Verne the second most-translated author of all time behind Agatha Christie.
Today’s Memoir/Family History Memory Trigger
Each day we offer a question or action to help you trigger your memories of things which will make your memoir or family history richer, more detailed and more interesting. Reflect on the prompt and see what ideas it triggers. Here’s today’s:
Would you like to travel in outer space? Do you imagine living on another planet or in another universe?