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TELOS - Writing Life Stories (Using Computers)

It’s time to share your unique life stories. Using lectures and computer techniques, you will create a document you will be proud to keep and share. This interactive class is developed according to the needs of the group. We will explore the basic steps to writing informative and entertaining specific “subject” life stories; why, to whom, and what to write; how to deal with the challenges and ways to organize techniques to make your stories interesting.

Delores Davis
Professional: BSSW in Sociology Seattle U.; MSW in Social Work, Boston College; 20 years at the U. of W. Hospital as a Medical social worker and Associate Professor in the School of Social Work, U of W.; 20 years teaching at SeniorNet of Puget Sound computer program (computer and life history classes); teaching at community colleges (Edmonds, Renton, Bellevue) and community centers (Seattle; Mercer Island) and several other volunteer agencies; Presentations to local genealogy societies. “Family History Expo of the Latter Day Saints,” “African American Family History Workshop,” ”Washington State Genealogy Conference”. Recent teachings at Bellevue College and retirement centers. In 2013, in addition to writing 10 previous family books, I completed a class workbook “Writing on Senior Journeys.”

Personal: Mother of 6, grandmother of 19, great grandmother of two, I developed a second career on writing personal life stories. A widow of over 40 years, my interest in writing about my family developed after my husband died leaving me with children between the ages of 6 and 13 who, because of his early death, lacked the knowledge about their father.

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