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In a new venture, our intrepid Chicago Writers Association professor, Marlys Marshall Styne, has come up with a blog to help seniors and boomers “Discover, Heal, Reinvent, and Share” through writing their memoirs. The site is called “Write Your Life!” and includes a variety of assignments and commentary. Marlys evens gives examples of her own work so you can get a feel for how you might approach the assignment.

Readers who wish to share what they’ve written on the blog or simply receive feedback can contact Marlys directly. Her reason for doing this:

“I hope to be able to show you how writing about our lives, whether in a private or public way, can help us to discover, to heal, to reinvent, and to share our valuable memories, lessons, and experiences with future generations.”

• Assignment 1: Observations
• Assignment 2: Photographs
• Assignment 2: What Would You Do?
  [This is one is kind of interesting - you get $5,000 with the stipulation that you can only spend it on yourself.
• Assignment 4: Mementos or Souvenirs