Ideas, guidance, and inspiration for turning your life story, memoir, or autobiography into a finished book—without writing.

Brett Allen is the creator of LifeSketch, a storytelling platform designed to help normal people—not “writers”—turn their life stories into real, finished books.

He’s spent decades working in training, marketing, and product design, always circling the same problem: smart people with meaningful stories get stuck when the medium is too hard, too intimidating, or too blank. LifeSketch grew out of that frustration—and out of his own attempt to capture family stories before they disappeared.

Brett’s work sits at the crossroads of: