Founded in 2013, Storyworth is the original and still most trusted family storytelling platform. We make memoir-writing easy by breaking the process down into bite-sized pieces through weekly email questions. What makes each Storyworth Memoir special are the memories and photos that fill it — but great prompts can help unlock the best memories. That’s why we offer so many ways to create a custom queue of questions for yourself or a loved one.

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How Storyworth’s Weekly Questions work

‍A Storyworth Memoirs subscription includes a year’s worth of thought-provoking questions emailed to your storyteller each week. Storyworth offers multiple ways to share stories in formats that people of all ages are already familiar with. Storytellers can simply reply to their weekly prompts the same way they would respond to any email. They can also request a call from Storyworth and tell their story with any phone.

Storytellers, along with any family or friends added to their account, can add questions to their queue. Below are three ways to choose, write, or create questions.

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Storyworth’s extensive library of questions

We’ve filled our prompt library with hundreds of questions you can browse to find the ones that will help tell the story of a life. You can search upcoming questions by category, including childhood, education, parenthood, family and home, love and friendship, hobbies and passions, travel and adventure, work life, traditions and celebrations, spirituality and faith, military, and even challenges. Or you can also search by any keyword to find the best questions for you. 

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60 Example Storyworth Questions

Below is a small sample of the questions you’ll find in Storyworth’s vast prompt library.

Childhood Questions

Did you have any nicknames when you were a child?

What were your favorite books or stories when you were a child?

What is one of your favorite memories of your mother?

How did you rebel as a child?

Describe one of your most memorable birthdays.

Did you ever move as a child? What was that experience like?

How would you describe the neighborhood where you grew up?

What were memorable vacations from childhood?

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Family and Home Questions

Who are the funniest people in your family?

What is most important to you when choosing a new home?

What advice do you wish you had taken from your parents?

What are some of your favorite family traditions?

Has your relationship with your siblings changed over the years?

What’s a funny or embarrassing story your family likes to tell about you?

What keepsakes or family heirlooms do you treasure most?

Do you have any notable ancestors?

Do you have any advice for making a house feel more like a home?

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Work life 

What was your first boss like?

What was your best boss like? What did you learn from them?

If you had to go back in time and start a brand new career, what would it be?

What is your best advice about work or career?

What are some of your biggest professional accomplishments?

In your opinion, when is the right time to retire?

Did you consider any careers other than the one where you landed?

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Travel and adventure 

What is one of the best trips you've ever taken? What made it great?

What is one of the worst trips you've ever taken? What went wrong?

What is the farthest you have ever traveled from home?

What places would you want to visit over and over again?

If you could safely travel to any time and place, where and when would you go?

If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be?

What were memorable vacations from childhood?

What places have you lived, and when?

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Parenthood 

How did you decide whether and when to have children?

How did you feel when your first child was born?

What aspects of having children didn't go the way you expected?

What's one thing you wish you'd known before becoming a parent?

What was it like for you when your first child left the nest?

How did you decide how many children to have?

How did adopting a child shape your life experience?

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Passions and Hobbies 

What sports did you like most when you were young?

What are your favorite dishes—either to cook or to eat?

What was your dream car?

Are you handy? What's something you've built?

What activities have gained new meaning or importance for you as you’ve gotten older?

What hobbies have you taken up or hope to pursue in retirement?

What are your favorite books?

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Faith and Spirituality 

What is the significance of your faith to you?

How is your faith different from your parents' faith?

How would you describe your faith journey?

How has your community influenced your spiritual journey and practice?

Do you believe in miracles?

What are your favorite Christmas traditions?

What does Judaism mean to you?

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Thought provokers 

What personal expectations do you hold yourself to?

What do you consider one of your greatest achievements in life?

What do people get wrong about you?

What would you consider your motto?

How have your political views changed over time?

Are you same person you were as an adolescent, or very different?

What do you hope for your future?

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Write or rewrite your own Storyworth questions

If you find a question that's close to what you want to ask but it could be more relevant to the storyteller, you can change it. You can do this before you add it to your queue, or even while you’re writing the story. For example, you could change, “How did you decide when to change jobs?” to “How did you decide when to leave your job in city government?”

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If you want to ask a question that’s specific to your storyteller’s life, you can also write one from scratch and add it to the queue. 

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Use Storyworth’s Personalized Questions

If you want to ask questions that are unique to your storyteller’s life but aren’t sure how to start writing them, try our Personalized Questions tool. You can find this tool by going to Upcoming Questions and clicking the Personalize button. Add a few meaningful details about your life, like where you grew up, any hobbies you have, your children’s ages, or anything else!

We’ll use that information to create custom questions just for you. You can add them to your queue, edit them, or choose not to use them — it’s up to you!

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With over a decade of experience, more than 45,000 5-star reviews, and over a million books printed, Storyworth is on a mission to connect people through meaningful stories. Our goal is to provide you and your family with everything you need to make sharing stories easy and rewarding — including helping you find the right questions to ask. 

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