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Details in Family Stories: How Many Is TOO Many?

By Rhonda Lauritzen Premium

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Courtesy the Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs at the New York Public Library. Illustration by L. Leslie Brooke When writing a family story, too many flowery words can drag down a narrative. But stark facts alone won’t ignite your reader’s imagination. What is the right amount of detail to View Website VIP Subscription

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Rhonda Lauritzen is a professional biographer at Evalogue.Life and a regular speaker at international conferences. She has written a dozen books and has been hired to help tell the stories of families, cities, and nonprofits. You can find her website here: https://evalogue.life/rhonda-lauritzen/

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