"Get ready to go on a journey with GINA L CARROLL uncovering why you must write your life stories and how to get them down—started and finished!
She shares deep insights, inspiring stories and the facts you didn’t know about the call for your life stories from the storytelling universe! She offers a fresh perspective on why everyone’s story has an audience and is an important thread in the fabric of history.Discover how writers at any level can get unstuck and unlock the urgency to begin; the motivation to toil to get the words down; and the focus to finish! GINA L CARROLL, an author, editor and writing coach will motivate and inspire you to start your writing journey… RIGHT NOW!" "Gina began writing, blogging and speaking after leaving a large corporate law practice to raise her five children. Her first book, 24 Things You Can Do with Social Media to Help Get into College, helped students show their best selves and tell their own stories online.Dedicated to the belief that everyone has a story worth the writing and the telling, she wrote A Story That Matters: A Gratifying Way to Write About Your Life, to help aspiring writers get their life stories written, polished and shared. She founded Story House, LLC (formerly InspiredWordsmith), a writing, editing, and authorship services company based on the belief that the storytelling universe needs more authentic and diverse voices. She is most proud of the debut Story House publishing effort, Stories Are Medicine: Writing to Heal, An Anthology, a beautiful offering from a committed and brave group of Black women writers from Houston and beyond.Gina, a Los Angeles native, is a graduate of Stanford University and UCLA Law School, currently living in Houston, Texas. The Grandest Garden is her debut novel." This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx
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