Recipe for a Non Boring Family History
Ingredients:
1 cup of self-raising imagination
Dates
Thyme (endless spoonful)
Researchitus (diluted)
Sprinkles of ancestral curiosity
Pinches of opportunity
Flakes of serendipity
Intriguing title, cover and blurb
zest of reader research
half a litre of language including mixed fruit of adjectives (use moderately)
half a dozen embryonic ideas (egg shaped)
Slurp of suspense, secrecy or drama
dash of inspiration
Method:
Dash inspiration on all pages.
Mix all data and especially dry ingredients in computerised container. Keep for an appropriate time. Heat emotions or ice-over disputes. For special occasions, decorate and display at reunion, anniversary or family gathering.
Result:
Historical readaholic or relative indigestion due to over-much hot air.
From Hazel Edwards' Writing a Non-Boring Family History (Hale and Iremonger) 1997
Thank you for this I have passed it on to a Seniors Forum they loved it.
lol, very nicely written! Thank you :)
Thank you Elainehee & Merly
Good one Margarms.
Now I know where I went wrong, I've been adding a zest of inspiration with only a dash of reader research.
Not hard to do Janilye with every fact needing so much backup!!