Yours Truly: An Obituary Writer's Guide to Telling Your Story

Yours Truly: An Obituary Writer's Guide to Telling Your Story

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  • Create Date:2022-12-04 01:21:04
  • Update Date:2025-09-06
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  • Author:James R Hagerty
  • ISBN:B09YLF84NV
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Summary

In a surprisingly upbeat, heartfelt book about a serious subject, The Wall Street Journal's veteran obituary writer, award-winning journalist James R。 Hagerty, shares his unique skills with those who want to have the last word with flourish, honesty, and even humor。 Whether in-brief for future newspapers and websites, or as a more complete mini-memoir for friends and family, Yours Truly is a guide to making sure your story is told the way you want - and how the process of preparing your own life story can help you live a better life。

Someday, your life story is likely to be boiled down to a few lines。 If you leave things to chance, your obituary is almost sure to be solemn, formulaic, and full of errors--an obligatory final chapter written in haste by others。 James R。 Hagerty, longtime obit writer for The Wall Street Journal, knows how to get the job done right: Do it yourself, starting now, while you still can。 In this heartfelt and reassuring guide, Hagerty explains how to preserve your personal history--from crafting a brief obituary for newspapers and websites, to a more thoughtful and detailed mini-memoir for those close to you。 Through his personal stories, on-the-job anecdotes, and insights, you will learn what to include, what to leave out, and how to provide historical context, record oral histories and make the most of details, all with candor and wit。 Best of all, you'll find that reviewing your life story helps you think about what you're doing with your time on Earth and whether you're on the right path。 It isn't too late to improve the narrative with a stronger ending。 Telling your story your way can be the best gift you ever give to friends and loved ones--and yourself。

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Anne

*****Publishing December 27, 2022*****⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ James R。 Hagerty is an obituary writer for the Wall Street Journal。 His purpose in writing this book is to teach the general public how to write a more accurate obituary as often obituaries are written by a family member or friend who is grief stricken。 Their grief might often cause the obituary to be dull or lack details。 A good point that he made was, does the family member or friend even know important dates or life events? Therefore, this auth *****Publishing December 27, 2022*****⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ James R。 Hagerty is an obituary writer for the Wall Street Journal。 His purpose in writing this book is to teach the general public how to write a more accurate obituary as often obituaries are written by a family member or friend who is grief stricken。 Their grief might often cause the obituary to be dull or lack details。 A good point that he made was, does the family member or friend even know important dates or life events? Therefore, this author recommends writing your own or leaving notes on what you want said in your obituary。 Writing it at a younger age can help reevaluate how your life is going and what you still want to accomplish。 This book is fascinating and informative! It sheds some light on what it takes to write an informative and meaningful obituary! This book gives great guidance with questions to think about, information to include/not include, and whether or not to include humorous parts of their lives or their personality。 Not only does this book give great advice on how to write an obituary, but also how to write your own life story。 This author also included his own experiences with writing obituaries for his job, family and even himself。 This book can be read all at once or one that you read over time。 I loved how this author included humor in such a serious topic, it made this book more relatable! A highly informative book that that I encourage anyone who is wanting to write their own life story or obituary to consider reading! Thanks to Kensington Books (Citadel), I was provided an ARC of Yours Truly by James R。 Hagerty via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review。 。。。more