Free Writing Resources

Please enjoy these free items and share the links with friends. You need the latest version of Adobe Reader to view all the features of some items. Download the latest version here. Check back often for new material.

Poster: This Truth I Believe

Essay: Autobiography, Memoir, or Lifestory— Beyond the Confusion
(Reprint from The Heart and Craft of Lifestory Writing)

Essay: Mayhem at Camp RYLA
(Reprint from The Heart and Craft of Lifestory Writing)

List: 1100 Ways to Describe Your Feelings

EBook: The Albuquerque Years: My Life as a Preschooler
Sharon's memoir of her first six years. She wrote the book for her grandchildren and published it using Print-On-Demand publisher Lulu.com

EBook: Make Your Pages Picture Perfect:
Tips and guidelines for story and book formatting and layout.
Use these blank documents to begin creating a personal timeline of your own life or other family members. These are useful historical documents even if you never write a word of your life story.

Personal Timeline:
Blank Printable Timeline (Word 2003 document — for filling in by hand)
Blank On-Screen Timeline (Word 2003 document — for filling in on computer)

Free Software

OpenOffice is Sharon's favorite writing tool. It's a free, full-featured office suite offering full support for everything a writer needs to do. That's right. It's free, used by governments and corporations all over the world, and if you have used Microsoft Word (at least the versions before the "ribbon" appeared), you'll feel at home right away. It runs on any system, old, new, Windows, Mac or Linux, and it's updated often, so it keeps getting better and better.

PrimoPDF is a freeware utility that converts virtually any file into PDF format. Use this program to make your own eBooks and documents like those in the downloads above.