Your free Story Starter

Tell one story. We’ll help you find the details worth keeping.

Usually 5 to 15 minutes. Take your time to think. When you’re ready, choose “I’m finished — write my story.” No writing or preparation — just talk.

What should I call you? (optional)

How would you like to tell it?

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Private by default. Nothing is made public automatically.

Your browser may ask to use your camera and microphone. Choose Allow. You’ll see yourself in the picture, and nothing is recorded until you say you’re ready.

🔊 The interviewer will read each question aloud. You can turn the voice off at any time.

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Welcome back

Your story is right where you left it.

Would you like to carry on, or begin a new story?

Begin a new story?

This clears the conversation you started: the answers you gave, and anything recorded with it. It can’t be undone.

Before we begin

Take a moment to get comfortable.

There’s no rush. Nothing is recorded, and the first question waits, until you press I’m Ready.

Telling it

Your first question in

Recording is paused. Press Start Answering or Resume recording to record again.

Your interviewer

🔊 The interviewer will read each question aloud.

How fast should I speak?

This conversation has timed out

For your privacy, a conversation closes after a while, so this one can’t take any more answers. We’re sorry. What you already shared is still on this page if you’d like to copy it.

Your next story starts fresh, and it only takes a moment.

Need a hand? Email stories@holdustogether.com

When you’re ready, press Start Answering, then talk.

We can hear you talking. Press Start Answering so we keep what you say.

We heard:

Take your time to think. When you’re ready, choose “I’m finished — write my story.” We’ll write your story from what you’ve already shared.

Begin a new story?

This clears the conversation you started: the answers you gave, and anything recorded with it. It can’t be undone.

We can write your story now

Your story needs a little more first

Your story is ready.

I think we have enough to preserve this clearly.

You can finish this story now, or answer another question.

Recording pausedYour picture and voice are not being recorded.

Microphone

Recording

Your recording is private. You choose who gets the viewing link.

Show me how to turn it back on

A story worth keeping

Written only from what you shared. Please read it over before you share it.

Your story is private. We won’t share it with other people. You decide who gets the viewing link.

Preparing your story

Please keep this page open while we finish. Your written story can be recovered when you return.

Keep this story before you begin another

We’ll finish saving this story and give you a viewing link first. Keep that link to reopen it for 30 days, or save the story to your account for ongoing keeping.

Keep this story.

Enter your email and we’ll save the written story and your recording to your private Hold Us Together account. Nothing is shared unless you choose to share it.

Want your family to read it now? You don’t need an account first.

Anyone with this link can read the story and watch the recording. They can’t change it and can’t see anything else, so only send it to people you trust. Save it to your account to keep it forever — otherwise it is deleted in 30 days, and you’ll get reminders if you request a save email. Saving it keeps this same link working.

Once it is saved, your complete Life Story can build from what you already shared instead of starting over.

Want to remember together? Good Old Days is a guided conversation for your family or old friends around one table.