Writing by email

One way to submit your story is to simply reply to the question email and type your story at the top of the email above all the text from our original question email.  No need to change the reply-to address or the subject line.  Our system will save the story automatically and share it with your readers when you send the email.

Writing on our website

You can also write your story on our website.  Log in and click on the question from your list of stories.  Click in the box where it says “Write your story” to begin typing.  Our system will save your draft as you type.  When you are finished with your story, click “Save”.

If your stories are private, your story will be added to your book immediately. If you're sharing your stories with others, you'll see a prompt to save and share your story. You can click “Ok, save”, and we'll add this story to your book, and email it to people you've added. You can alternatively click “Keep as private draft” to keep this to yourself until you're ready to add it to your book, and share it with others.

Copying from a Word doc

If you like writing your stories in Microsoft Word, that's perfectly fine!  You can reply to the question email and attach your Word doc to the email, and our system will save your story automatically.  Please note that it must be the newer format of Word ending in .docx.  You can also simply copy and paste the text from your Word doc to your story on our website.  It's best to keep formatting to a minimum because our system saves all text as plain text.

Writing your own story about a different topic than the question email

You can feel free to write about anything you'd like!  No need to answer our question prompt if it doesn't inspire you.  You can click the link in the question email to skip that question and choose a new one.  Or, you can simply login to our website and click the “Write a story from scratch” to enter your own topic.

Note: this applies to Storyworth Memoirs only.