Storyworth

Last year for Father’s Day, My son got me a Storyworth account. Dude always gives the most thoughtful gifts.

What happens then is you get a subject to write about every week. You can also add your own questions (I did). You don’t have to write about every question sent. You can skip them. You can also see the queue of questions and delete any that you really don’t want to write about. I did that more than a few times. Not because they were uncomfortable, but because they either didn’t apply, or if they did there wasn’t enough to them in my past to get a decent essay.

You can add people to the account so they get notified when you post. Not unlike Substack.

The end game here is when you are finished, they are compiled into a book that you can give your kin. Mine just came in.

This is a really fine book.

It clicks in at about 220 pages, when all is said and done. The formatting is really good, and the book has the feel of a really nice novel.

What a super idea. Get the old man to write down memories and stories before they are all gone. The account isn’t all that expensive, and neither are the books if you stick to black and white. I told my oldest that they ought to get an account for their mother, Herself. Wouldn’t hurt her to jot down memories and maybe get a little introspection.

I’d have loved to have read something like this from my Dad or grandfather.

So if you have kids, or even nieces and nephews, get an account and start writing.

I may start posting some of the stories.