Give Someone You Love the Gift of Their Life Story
What if you could sit down with Mum, Dad or a grandparent and discover the story behind their life?
More Than a Book. A Journey Through a Life.
Family Assisted is about more than creating a book. It is about spending time with someone you love, listening to their memories and discovering the stories behind their life.
The Conversations
The conversations create the memories. A family member sits down, listens, encourages and records.
The Memories
The memories reveal the people, places, experiences and moments that have shaped a life.
The Story
Matt brings those memories together, adds research and context, and turns them into a beautifully written life story.
HOW FAMILY ASSISTED WORKS
More Than a Book. A Journey Through a Life.
Family Assisted is about more than creating a book. It is about spending time with someone you love, listening to their memories and discovering the stories behind their life.
Along the way, you may hear stories you've never heard before, discover parts of their life you never knew existed, and share conversations that become memories in their own right.
The book is the finished product — but the journey is part of the gift.
Initial Contact
We have a conversation about the person whose story you want to preserve and how the Family Assisted process works.
Choose the Story Partner
A family member or someone close to the storyteller becomes the Story Partner and has the conversations with them.
Receive the Road Map
Matt provides the simple Road Map to help guide the conversations and make sure the important parts of the story are not overlooked.
A simple journey from conversation to a story your family can keep.
You share the memories. The conversations are recorded. Matt turns those memories into a beautifully written life story. You and your family review the finished manuscript, and once you're happy, the book goes into production.
WHAT YOU RECEIVE
Everything you need to turn a lifetime of memories into a finished book your family can keep.
Professional Writing
Matt writes, edits and shapes the memories into a polished life story, with care given to the voice and character of the storyteller.
Research & Context
Matt adds relevant historical, geographical and social context to help place the story within the time and world in which it was lived.
The Finished Book
Five professionally produced copies of the finished life story, created and designed to look and feel like a book you'd find in a bookstore.
WHY LIFE STORIES MATTER
A life story is more than a collection of memories. It is the story of a person living through a particular time in history. The people, places and events around us help shape the world we experience — and capturing those details helps future generations understand not only what happened, but the world in which it happened.
THE FINISHED BOOK
Your memories, stories and experiences are carefully shaped into a beautifully written book — something tangible that you and your family can hold, read and treasure for years to come.
Bookstore Quality
Professionally written, edited and formatted to look and feel like a real book — not a printed document.
Five Book Copies
Your finished life story comes with five professionally produced copies for the family to keep and share.
A Story to Treasure
The finished book brings together the memories, people, places and moments that make this life story uniquely theirs.
READY TO BEGIN?
Let's Talk About Your Story
Whether you're helping someone you love preserve their story or want to capture your own, I'd be happy to have a conversation. There's no obligation — just a chance to talk about what you're looking for and see whether
I can help.
