Lisa A. Alzo, M.F.A., is a freelance writer, instructor, and internationally recognized lecturer specializing in Eastern European research and nonfiction writing. She is the author of 11 books, including the award-winning Three Slovak Women
It is always a pleasure to watch Lisa’s Webinars, and I have learned so much from her. I wrote and published a book about my 6th G-Gfather’s immigrant story and his family in the American colonies. I was able to do it because I followed Lisa’s advice and suggestions from all her webinars on LFT. This webinar will help me write more books on other ancestors.
I have done three powerpoint presentations which I hope to turn into books for relatives. Powerpoint or Slides force you to have photos to illustrate your stories.
Lisa delivered! 50 tips in 50 minutes, never feeling rushed. Expanding upon and reiterating as needed was so helpful. Be sure to get the huge syllabus and grab the best the chat has to offer for the full effect. Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful!
I’m glad I listened to this webinar. I have not planned to write a long family history but this gave me ideas I can use to focus and be more disciplined about creating smaller stories for my ‘Tree Mail’ – an email I use (rather erratically at the moment) to communicate with family about my research and the full gamut of events – funny, strange, heartbreaking, inspiring, etc. – that comprise the sequence of lives leading to our present day family.
Lisa Alzo always does a great job of packing in a lot of information in the time allowed. So many helpful tips to get the words out of my head and onto the page!!
Learn how the Scrivener software, a multifaceted word processor and project management tool, can help you plot, organize, and write your family history narrative, prepare research reports, and much more. (Attendees are encouraged to download the free trial (PC or Mac) prior to webinar to maximize the learning experience).
Learn how the Scrivener software, a multifaceted word processor and project management tool, can help you plot, organize, and write your family history narrative, prepare research reports, and much more. (Attendees are encouraged to download the free trial (PC or Mac) prior to webinar to maximize the learning experience).
Starting one ancestor at a time is often the best way to get going with writing your family history. Learn how to craft compelling ancestor profiles from start to finish and how to effectively weave them into a larger narrative. Attendees are invited to submit a draft of a 500…
Starting one ancestor at a time is often the best way to get going with writing your family history. Learn how to craft compelling ancestor profiles from start to finish and how to effectively weave them into a larger narrative. Attendees are invited to submit a draft of a 500…
10 Ways to Jumpstart Your Family History Narrative
If writing your family history narrative is one of those tasks on your "to-do" list that you just can't seem to start, this webinar will help you get there. Learn ten simple ways to get those creative juices flowing so you can stop procrastinating and start writing yours!
If writing your family history narrative is one of those tasks on your "to-do" list that you just can't seem to start, this webinar will help you get there. Learn ten simple ways to get those creative juices flowing so you can stop procrastinating and start writing yours!
Telling your family's story just got a whole lot easier thanks to a number of cloud-based notetaking and writing tools and apps you can access from home, your netbook, iPad or tablet, and even your smartphone. Learn about the latest tech tools and writing apps for bringing your family's story…
Telling your family's story just got a whole lot easier thanks to a number of cloud-based notetaking and writing tools and apps you can access from home, your netbook, iPad or tablet, and even your smartphone. Learn about the latest tech tools and writing apps for bringing your family's story…
You've gathered the facts, interviewed your relatives and entered the names, dates, and places into Legacy. Now what? Family history is so much more than just a collection of facts or charts. In this webinar, presented by professional writer, Lisa Alzo, you'll learn key techniques and tools for documenting your…
You've gathered the facts, interviewed your relatives and entered the names, dates, and places into Legacy. Now what? Family history is so much more than just a collection of facts or charts. In this webinar, presented by professional writer, Lisa Alzo, you'll learn key techniques and tools for documenting your…
Research reports are not just for professionals, but are a great tool for anyone who wants to answer their research questions. Write a research report to yourself to organize your thoughts, analyze the evidence, document your findings, and solve your puzzles. Using an example from the Netherlands, this presentation demonstrates how you can organize a research report to spot more clues in records, discover and resolve discrepancies, and build reliable conclusions.
Research reports are not just for professionals, but are a great tool for anyone who wants to answer their research questions. Write a research report to yourself to organize your thoughts, analyze the evidence, document your findings, and solve your puzzles. Using an example from the Netherlands, this presentation demonstrates how you can organize a research report to spot more clues in records, discover and resolve discrepancies, and build reliable conclusions.
Genealogical Research & Writing: Are You a Saint, Sinner, or Bumfuzzled Soul?
As researchers, family historians, compilers, bloggers, or writers of other ilk, genealogists face legal and ethical perils they often do not anticipate. This crash course offers practical guidance to enhance your skills and keep you safe as you explore history, reconstruct lives, and “write up” your findings. While the issues are serious—from the legal issue of copyright to the ethical issue of plagiarism—the lessons are taught with a light heart and humor.
As researchers, family historians, compilers, bloggers, or writers of other ilk, genealogists face legal and ethical perils they often do not anticipate. This crash course offers practical guidance to enhance your skills and keep you safe as you explore history, reconstruct lives, and “write up” your findings. While the issues are serious—from the legal issue of copyright to the ethical issue of plagiarism—the lessons are taught with a light heart and humor.
Genealogists write. Their written narratives include stories of ancestral families, biographies of individual ancestors, and explanations supporting genealogical proofs. For their writing to succeed, genealogists—like all effective writers—repeatedly self-edit everything they write. The process results in polished products that the genealogist’s readers will understand, enjoy, and cherish.
Emphasizing genealogical narrative, these two webinars will address the self-editing process. Part 1 will focus on “big-picture” editing, including stages of self-editing; focus; keeping the writer out of the narrative; editing the writing’s overall structure, organization, and flow; and improving major and minor subdivisions of written genealogical narratives, including paragraphing. Part 2 will focus on “nitty-gritty” editing, including capitalization, punctuation, sentence structure, spelling, word choice, and reducing word count.
Genealogists write. Their written narratives include stories of ancestral families, biographies of individual ancestors, and explanations supporting genealogical proofs. For their writing to succeed, genealogists—like all effective writers—repeatedly self-edit everything they write. The process results in polished products that the genealogist’s readers will understand, enjoy, and cherish.
Emphasizing genealogical narrative, these two webinars will address the self-editing process. Part 1 will focus on “big-picture” editing, including stages of self-editing; focus; keeping the writer out of the narrative; editing the writing’s overall structure, organization, and flow; and improving major and minor subdivisions of written genealogical narratives, including paragraphing. Part 2 will focus on “nitty-gritty” editing, including capitalization, punctuation, sentence structure, spelling, word choice, and reducing word count.
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Very good. I did learn a lot from Lisa.
It is always a pleasure to watch Lisa’s Webinars, and I have learned so much from her. I wrote and published a book about my 6th G-Gfather’s immigrant story and his family in the American colonies. I was able to do it because I followed Lisa’s advice and suggestions from all her webinars on LFT. This webinar will help me write more books on other ancestors.
I have done three powerpoint presentations which I hope to turn into books for relatives. Powerpoint or Slides force you to have photos to illustrate your stories.
Lisa delivered! 50 tips in 50 minutes, never feeling rushed. Expanding upon and reiterating as needed was so helpful. Be sure to get the huge syllabus and grab the best the chat has to offer for the full effect. Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful!
Excellent Presentation!
I’m glad I listened to this webinar. I have not planned to write a long family history but this gave me ideas I can use to focus and be more disciplined about creating smaller stories for my ‘Tree Mail’ – an email I use (rather erratically at the moment) to communicate with family about my research and the full gamut of events – funny, strange, heartbreaking, inspiring, etc. – that comprise the sequence of lives leading to our present day family.
Very clear and concise.
Lisa Alzo always does a great job of packing in a lot of information in the time allowed. So many helpful tips to get the words out of my head and onto the page!!