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=== Write Like You Speak  ===
=== Write Like You Speak  ===


This is the most important point. Talk to your reader. Speak to him/her across your paper. <br><br>Knowing what you are going to say will help. Check out https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Creating_A_Personal_History 1800 questions] for things to write about. If you know what you are going to write about, your words will flow onto your paper with less effort on your part. <br><br>You may feel more like a spectator watching what is coming out of your pen or appearing on your computer screen. Anyway, just be yourself.  
This is the most important point. Talk to your reader. Speak to him/her across your paper. <br><br>Knowing what you are going to say will help. Check out [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Creating_A_Personal_History/ 1800 questions] for things to write about. If you know what you are going to write about, your words will flow onto your paper with less effort on your part. <br><br>You may feel more like a spectator watching what is coming out of your pen or appearing on your computer screen. Anyway, just be yourself.  


=== Don’t be Afraid to Digress  ===
=== Don’t be Afraid to Digress  ===
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