Your story is worth telling.
The funny parts. The hard parts. The little things you don't want your family to forget. You tell me what happened. I'll help you put it into words.
Hi, I'm Jason.
I've been writing stories most of my life. For years, they've mostly been my own. My family. My mistakes. The things that made me laugh, and the things I needed a little time to understand.
Now I'd like to help you tell one of yours.
I'm not going to hand you a questionnaire and send back something that sounds like a greeting card. We'll sit down, talk like people, and find the story underneath the story.
We talk. I listen. I write.
You don't need to be a writer. You don't even need to know where to start. That's what our conversation is for.
Tell me about it.
We have a 45 to 60-minute conversation on Zoom. I'll ask questions. You tell me what you remember.
I find the story.
I turn our conversation into an 800 to 1,200-word personal essay that sounds like you, not a corporate biography.
Make it yours.
You review the draft. We make one round of changes. Then you get a finished PDF and editable copy.
Almost any one that matters to you.
Maybe it's how you met your wife. Maybe it's the summer you got into trouble with your best friend. Maybe it's a story your dad has told a hundred times that you'd hate to lose.
Things your kids or grandkids should know.
How you met, fell in love, and stayed.
One day that changed a lot.
Funny, odd, messy, or worth another telling.
One story. One conversation.
No giant memoir project. No monthly contract. Just one story, written well.
A personal story you'll be able to keep, share, or give as a gift.
I take on a maximum of three stories each month so this stays personal.
- 45 to 60-minute Zoom interview
- 800 to 1,200-word personal essay
- One round of revisions
- PDF and editable document
- Private by default
- Pay with your PayPal link after we agree on the story
These are the moments I love writing about.
Not everything worth remembering is a big event. Sometimes it's the small stuff that sticks.
How it all began
The first dates, wrong turns, and unlikely beginnings.
The everyday stuff
A moment that didn't seem like much until years later.
The stories we repeat
The ones everybody at the table already knows by heart.
These are example story themes, not customer testimonials or finished client projects.
"You don't need to have lived an extraordinary life to have a story worth telling."
Tell me a little about your story.
It doesn't need to be polished. Two or three sentences are plenty. I'll read it myself, and we'll see if I'm the right writer for it.
You won't pay anything just to ask. If we decide to work together, I'll send you my PayPal payment link and we'll schedule the interview.
Don't take my word for it. Read my stories.
I've spent years writing about my family, my mistakes, and the strange little moments that make a life. Here are three stories that will give you a pretty good idea of how I write.
I'm 58, and My Teenage Daughter Thinks I'm a Walking Historical Reenactment
Apparently, being 58 makes me a walking history lesson. At least according to my teenage daughter.
Read the story →
I Spent Thirty Years Turning What I Loved Into Work. Last Week I Finally Remembered How to Just Enjoy It.
After thirty years of turning what I love into work, I'm learning how to enjoy it again.
Read the story →
The Night Glen Hansard Talked to Us Like We Were Old Friends
One night, one musician, and the kind of personal encounter that stays with you.
Read the story →
These are my own stories. Yours will sound like you, not me.