Interviewing and writing up someone's personal history has become a mainstream activity. For the person being interviewed and for the writer, it can be an immensely enjoyable, beneficial and supportive process. This detailed, hand-on manual provides comprehensive guidance and instruction, for getting started to the end result. Using the latest best-practice tecniques an know-how, and divided into structured sections, it provides you with the 100 most important questions to ask as well as additional context and cues for each question--what to look for and what traps to avoid. Supplementary and follow-up quesitons are also suggested.