Ancestral Stories Support Package
Introducing the Ancestral Stories Support Package – perfect for storytellers who want extra help and guidance while working through this family history storytelling program.
With this tier, you’ll get additional support and resources to assist you in crafting your family’s story, so you won’t have to go it alone. When you choose this package, you’ll still get access to the core program and its bonuses and six extra resources.
Family History Story Review Session
Receive feedback and personalised guidance on your work as you go from the story outline to the first and final draft.
The Story Review Session is the way to get personalised feedback on your family history story from Prudence.
Part 1 : review
Timeframe: 5 to 10 business days
- Submit one story of up to 4,000 words. Receive a confirmation that your story is in the queue and an ETA for receipt of the feedback.
- Feedback will be provided via email. You’ll receive a list of general actions plus comments on specific sections of your story.
Part 2 : Clarification
Timeframe: 5 business days
You’ll have 5 business days after the feedback is sent to submit questions about your story or requests for clarification about my feedback.
Send as many emails as you want during that time.
What you get
- Two (2) individual sessions. These can be used for separate reviews of the same story or two different pieces.
- Review sessions are only available as a part of the Ancestral Stories Support Package.
How it works
- Submit links to the story and outline files via email
- Word or Google Doc links accepted
- Send either emails or Loom videos with questions or requests for clarification
Terms
- Sessions expire 12 months after your enrolment date.
- They cannot be transferred to another student or postponed beyond the expiry date.
- Drops with Module 3
“Your insightful comments, probing questions, and suggestions have been instrumental in shaping my writing.”
DAVID
Writing Family History Stories with Chat GPT
An introduction to setting up your ChatGPT account and using it to write and edit your family history stories.
Get everything you need to go from research discoveries to ancestral anecdotes with an AI-powered writing assistant.
Lesson 1 : Introduction
Meet ChatGPT, discover its limitations, and get the roadmap of how the process works and what you’ll learn in this training.
Lesson 2 : Setup
Sign up for a ChatGPT account and a tour of the interface and how to generate responses, export, or delete conversations.
Lesson 3 : Preparation
Follow the five-step process to organise your research and prepare a basic framework for writing your stories.
Lesson 4 : Writing
Use the framework, research discoveries and the ChatGPT Prompt Starter Kit to create compelling narratives.
Lesson 5 : Editing
Use ChatGPT to check spelling and grammar, restructure sentences, and improve the readability of your story.
What you get
- On-demand video lessons
- ChatGPT Prompt Starter Kits — Editing and Writing
- Easy-to-follow roadmaps
- Lifetime access
How it works
Setup your ChatGPT account, then follow the three-step storytelling strategy
- Step 1 – Organise your research
- Step 2 – Tell yourself the story.
- Step 3 – Edit the story to share.
Terms
- Lifetime access to the core training, including updates
- Drops with Module 4
“It has helped me review my sentences. I've pasted in paragraphs of my present writing to tidy it up with great results.”
Liz
Mindset for Momentum
Boost your mindset with tools to cultivate confidence, sustain momentum, and help you avoid abandoning your project.
Establish a mindset for momentum so you don’t let doubt, overthinking or lack of confidence stop you from writing our family history stories.
Lesson 1 : Managing expectations
Explore the benefits of separating the writing and editing processes and how it can help you become a more efficient and effective writer.
Lesson 2 : Building Confidence
Learn how to establish effective strategies to recognise and overcome confidence blockers to foster creativity and improve your writing skills and abilities.
Lesson 3 : Overcoming Perfectionism
Explore the downsides of perfectionism in writing and provide strategies for overcoming it so that you can become a more confident and productive writer.
Lesson 4 : Restart Your writing
Learn practical strategies for restarting after a hiatus. Explore techniques to keep you accountable and motivated and make the most out of your writing time.
What you get
- Self-paced learning
- Four downloadable PDF lessons
- Exercises and activities
- Lifetime access
How it works
Follow the PDF lessons and explore the strategies to overcome challenges to:
- manage expectations
- build confidence
- overcome perfectionism
- restart your writing habit.
Terms
- Lifetime access to the core training, including updates
- Drops with Module 4
Finding Historical Context for Your Family Stories
Follow-along-with-me workshop that demonstrates how I brainstorm, discover and add historical context to a Story Outline.
What you get
- Seat at the live workshop
- Access to the on-demand replay
- Transcript of the workshop
- Worksheets and other resources
- Two-year access to the replay
What to expect
- Get inspired on how to approach discovering and adding historical context to your story
- Join live to brainstorm ideas about your ancestor’s unique situation.
Terms of use
- Invitation to the live workshop
- On-demand replay (two-year access)
- Date/s announced after Module 5
Using ChatGPT with the Ancestral Stories Framework
Follow-along-with-me workshop as I use the potent combo of a Story Outline and ChatGPT to create a rough first draft.
What you get
- Seat at the live workshop
- Access to the on-demand replay
- Transcript of the workshop
- ChatGPT Prompt Worksheet
- Two-year access to the replay
What to expect
- See how I use the Story Outline with ChatGPT to craft a story draft
- Discover how ChatGPT can help with the four-phase editing process
- Join live to participate in the Q+A
Terms of use
- Invitation to the live workshop
- On-demand replay (two-year access)
- Date/s announced after Module 5
Accountability Check-ins and Co-working sessions
Writing alone can be challenging so set yourself up for success with monthly accountability and dedicated time every quarter to work on your stories.
What you get
- One year of monthly accountability check-ins that arrive in your inbox rain, hail, snow or shine.
- Invite to the quarterly co-working session for one year.
How it works
- Accountability check-in emails in your inbox once a month
- Reply as many times as you like for the next five business days to ask questions, brainstorm ideas and share what’s going on.
- Show up for the quarterly co-working sessions for extra support and quiet time to work on your project.
Terms of use
- Sessions expire 13 months after your enrolment date.
- They cannot be transferred to another student or postponed beyond the expiry date.
- You can opt out of the accountability or co-working sessions anytime.
- Starts with Module 3