Everyone has a story to tell, but with a lifetime’s worth of friendship, love, adventures, and lessons learned…where do you start? This interactive experience makes it easy and fun to turn personal tales into a published memoir, thanks to thoughtful digital prompts that guide the writer through the storytelling process. When the story is complete, it’s printed and bound in a beautiful hardcover book that’s sure to become a cherished family treasure.

How it works

A laptop screen displays 'The Story of You' online writing portal, featuring sections and personal prompts.

Getting started is easy with 52 thoughtful prompts designed to guide the writer through the storytelling process. We’ll send one question a week via email, but writers can also work ahead at their own pace when inspiration strikes.

A detail view of the online writing portal, showing a sample prompt with a partially written response.

Access work in progress through our online portal and use the simple writing and editing tools to create the text, upload images, and even choose title and cover options.

Three printed books with different titles, authors, and cover colors.

Publish the finished memoir in our online portal. In about two weeks* you (or your gift recipient) will receive your book.

more details

Select For me in the dropdown menu to write your own memoir or choose For someone else to give a loved one the gift of sharing their story. They’ll get a welcome email telling them about the gift and providing instructions to set up their account and get started. You can also print this certificate to let them know what’s in store.
Published book length can range from 20–380 pages.
Uncommon Exclusive: Created by our in-house team and only available at Uncommon Goods.
Designed by Uncommon Goods in Brooklyn. Book printed in Rochester, NY or Seattle, WA.

In purchasing the Story of You: A Guided Memoir or the Story of Us: Write Your Love Story product, you understand that any biographical information you choose to provide in order to create your story will be shared with our printers for purposes of printing, and stored by Uncommon Goods to ensure you have access to your content for future edits you may wish to make. For other information on Uncommon Goods’ general privacy practices, visit our Privacy Policy.