WAGS members and the public are invited to attend any of our Life Story Writers Group Meetings. These meetings create supportive spaces for members to share writing about their personal life stories, or those of their family members and ancestors. Attendees are welcome to share their writing or to listen to others for inspiration.
Writing prompts are offered each month to help inspire your writing. The writing prompts are meant to be suggestions only. Members are welcome to share their writing on any topic related to their own lives or the lives of their family members. The writing prompts are listed below.
June 2025 Writing Suggestions
Every Family Has One - or Two - of Those ONE-OF-A-KIND RELATIVES
Write a story about on of your relatives that is:
- The Crazy Aunt/Uncle
- The Practical Joker
- The Storyteller
- The Drama Queen/King
- The Aging Jock
- The Life of the Party
- Calamity Jane/Calamity Jack
- The Experimental Cook
As you craft your story, consider the following information:
- When and how did you come to the realization that this relative fits the role you have assigned them?
- Would they embrace the designation or be horrified by it?
- What specific incidents or actions led you to come to the conclusion that your relative fits this description?
- Do all of your other relatives see this person in the role you have assigned them, or might some of them disagree? Why?
- Do you have more than one of the same type of those "one-of-a-kind relatives?" Do they try to outdo one another or do they complement each other?
- Do you have another type of "one-of-a-kind" relative we have missed? Let us know about them, so we can see if we have one of those, too!
