Just talk. Boswell turns your memories into beautifully written chapters, no writing required.
Every conversation ends with a finished chapter. No drafts, no editing, no blank page.
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Instead of facing a blank page, Boswell asks the questions.
No blank page
Boswell asks the questions
Instead of needing writing skills, you talk and Boswell writes.
No writing skills needed
You talk, Boswell writes
Instead of a big time commitment, you work in ten-minute sessions.
No big time commitment
Ten minutes at a time
The stories you carry — the drive to Buffalo in a car with no AC, the kitchen table where your dad fixed radios, the summer you bet everything on yourself — nobody else has them. When they're gone, they're gone.
You don't need writing talent. You don't need a six-month project. You need ten minutes and something worth saying. Boswell does the rest.
Chat for ten minutes about a memory, a person, a chapter of your life. Boswell turns it into a beautifully written piece you can share, save, or build on.
The Pontiac didn't have air conditioning, and by the time James crossed into Erie County the back of his shirt was soaked through. He had rehearsed the handshake somewhere outside Erie — firm, but not too firm — and he was rehearsing it again as he pulled into the staff lot at Buffalo General on a Saturday in July of 1976, two days early and entirely unexpected.
Nobody at the front desk had been told he was coming. He stood there with a duffel bag and a copy of Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, trying to look like a doctor and not a sweating twenty-six-year-old who had just driven four hundred miles. The woman behind the desk — small, dark-haired, a wedding band on the wrong hand for reasons he wouldn't learn for another year — took one look at him and laughed, not unkindly. Her name was Eleanor. She told him to sit down. She brought him water in a paper cup.
He did not know, in that moment, that he was looking at his wife. He knew only that the cup was cold, that the lobby was quiet, and that for the first time since leaving New Haven he could feel his shoulders come down from around his ears.
Most people do a session or two a week. By the end of the year, they have a full biography.
Some days you want a prompt. Some days you have a story you need to get down. Boswell does both, and gets better at both the more you use it.
Choose from 100+ interview topics across eight chapters of life. Boswell asks the right questions, follows the thread, and pulls out the moments that matter.
Some stories don't fit a topic. Tell Boswell anything that's on your mind: a memory, a moment, something you don't want to forget. He'll ask questions to pull more out, only if you want.
From childhood mischief to the wisdom you'd pass on. Skip what doesn't interest you. Linger on what does. Your story, your shape: eight chapters of life, only the topics you want.
No spelling. No grammar. No "is this good enough?" Talk like you'd talk to a friend at the kitchen table. Boswell turns it into beautiful prose.
Use your voice when it's easier. Type when it's quieter. Switch mid-sentence if you want. Boswell handles both seamlessly.
Tangents, half-finished thoughts, "wait, where was I?" All of it is fine. Boswell finds the through-line and turns it into prose worth reading.
The more you share, the better Boswell gets at asking. Boswell remembers everything you've shared, so your story builds into something whole, not just a collection of random entries.
First or third person. Edit anything. Add photos. Invite the people who were there to chime in. Boswell writes the first draft. You and your people make it true.
Pick how your chapters read, and switch anytime. Same story, different voice.
Drop in pictures from any chapter: the porch, the wedding, the summer of '74.
Rewrite a sentence, fix a name, add the part you forgot to mention. It's still your book.
Friends and family can chime in with their version of the same story. The book gets richer.
Your stories become whatever feels right: keepsakes for you, gifts for the people you love, surprises for the grandkids.
A real, beautifully bound biography you can hold, gift, and pass down.
Your story, narrated. Listen on a walk. Send it to family abroad.
A custom song from a memory.
Pick a moment from your life and turn it into a story for a kid in your life.
Your full biography, in your pocket and theirs.
New formats added over time. Once your story's in Boswell, it can become almost anything.
Every plan starts with 3 days free. Your first chapters cost nothing. Cancel anytime. Your stories are always yours to keep.
A professional memoir ghostwriter costs $20,000–$75,000. Biographer starts at $30 a month.
No credit card required
No credit card required
No credit card required
Children's books, custom songs, and extra copies available à la carte during or after any subscription.
Ten minutes per conversation, as often or as rarely as you like. There's no schedule, no homework, no pressure. Most people do a session or two a week and end the year with a full biography.
If you can use a computer, you can use Biographer. You can talk instead of type, and the interface is designed to feel like a text conversation. Nothing to learn, nothing to set up.
A growing library of beautifully written chapters, accessible anytime. From there, you can turn the chapters into a printed book, audiobook, children's book, song, or ebook, either included in your subscription package or added à la carte whenever it feels right.
Yes. Three days or your first three chapters free, on every individual plan. Gifts don't include a trial. The giver pays for the full term upfront.
Yes. Monthly, 6-month, and 12-month plans can all be cancelled. Refund terms vary by plan. See Terms for details.
They're yours. Forever. You can export your chapters and transcripts at any time, and they'll always be available to you in your account.
A professional memoir ghostwriter costs $20,000–$75,000 and takes 6–9 months of interviews before you see a single word. Biographer starts at $30 a month, gets you a finished chapter after your very first ten-minute conversation, and the story comes out in your voice because it comes directly from you.
Most people who try to write their memoir from scratch get stuck at the blank page, not because they don't have stories, but because translating memory into prose is a skill that takes years to develop. Biographer removes that entirely. You talk, Boswell writes. The only thing you need to bring is ten minutes and a memory.
After every ten-minute session, you get a fully written chapter: real prose, in your voice, with a beginning, middle, and end. Over a year of sessions, those chapters become a complete biography. From there, you can turn the whole thing into a printed hardcover book (included on the 12-month plan), a narrated audiobook, a digital ebook, or a custom song or children's book from any chapter. Most people end the year with a complete memoir, genuinely ready to share with your family.