5 thought on “How to Write Meaningful Description”
I found this very useful and realise I’ve been writing descriptions more through my lease than that of the ancestor. Thanks!
Thank you.
Hi Lynn- Your thoughts on how to write meaningful ancestor descriptions are some of your most important. They are important in order to get and to maintain the reader’s interest. After research, it is the part that consumes me the most. I wonder if you could write one or two examples of a sentence or two that illustrate your point- maybe a “before” and “after. Thank you. -Suzanna
Hi again- I forgot to mention one element that is most important to why the writing of ancestor descriptions is difficult. It is because I have few artifacts like journals from which I can think about them. For some, I know only the things that genealogical research has brought forward and the history of the times in which they lived. Sometimes I know their occupation and/or the denomination of religion they followed and/or their political party. It seems possible to write something, but my writing becomes non personal to that person (and boring) quickly. Maybe there is just a limit to what a descendent can say about someone who left nothing personal behind? -Suzanna
Hi Lynn- Your thoughts on how to write meaningful ancestor descriptions art some of your most important. They are important in order to get and to maintain the reader’s interest. After research, it is the part that consumes me the most. I wonder if you could write one or two examples of a sentence or two that illustrate your point- maybe a “before” and “after. Thank you. -Suzanna
It’s one of the hardest things that new family history writers struggle with; how to show instead of tell. How do we turn our dry boring summary into an entertaining
I found this very useful and realise I’ve been writing descriptions more through my lease than that of the ancestor. Thanks!
Thank you.
Hi Lynn- Your thoughts on how to write meaningful ancestor descriptions are some of your most important. They are important in order to get and to maintain the reader’s interest. After research, it is the part that consumes me the most. I wonder if you could write one or two examples of a sentence or two that illustrate your point- maybe a “before” and “after. Thank you. -Suzanna
Hi again- I forgot to mention one element that is most important to why the writing of ancestor descriptions is difficult. It is because I have few artifacts like journals from which I can think about them. For some, I know only the things that genealogical research has brought forward and the history of the times in which they lived. Sometimes I know their occupation and/or the denomination of religion they followed and/or their political party. It seems possible to write something, but my writing becomes non personal to that person (and boring) quickly. Maybe there is just a limit to what a descendent can say about someone who left nothing personal behind? -Suzanna
Hi Lynn- Your thoughts on how to write meaningful ancestor descriptions art some of your most important. They are important in order to get and to maintain the reader’s interest. After research, it is the part that consumes me the most. I wonder if you could write one or two examples of a sentence or two that illustrate your point- maybe a “before” and “after. Thank you. -Suzanna