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Where do people get stuck telling their story?

Quick answer · 0:44 · From Legacy Writing: Obituaries and Memoirs · Recorded Aug 27, 2026

Short answer

Talking about their own achievements. Many Minnesotans were raised not to brag, so childhood stories come easily but accomplishments do not. Interviewing family and friends for their perspective can help draw those stories out.

Key points

  • Early memories are usually the easy part.
  • Others can describe your achievements for you.
  • A writer can coach you through it.

Kate LeibfriedWriter and ghostwriter, Click Clack Writing · Guest presenter

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Hmm. Oddly, people often get stuck talking about themselves in a glowing kind of, they might think braggy way, and that it’s also a Midwest thing. We were raised to not brag and talk about your own achievements, so sometimes I have to pull that out of people. The easy part is talking about childhood and the games that you used to play and the technology and the friends that you had. It’s harder to brag about yourself, and sometimes I get around that by interviewing other people in that person’s life and getting their perspective on the subject. So coaching people a little bit to start to talk about themselves in a positive light.

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