I see writing my autobiography (or you writing yours) as a chance to reflect on my life AND to see where I’m headed. It may seem weird, but I write this to hopefully motivate others to write/record their stories and to encourage them to live their lives to their fullest. This way their [...]
Write For Heaven’s Sake!
I have just finished writing three articles on helps for writing an autobiography: Getting Started, Autobiography Characteristics, and the importance of writing your autobiography.
I failed to mention the most important thing: to write.
Just start writing. That’s the most important thing.
Don’t get caught up on the mechanics. Those will come as [...]
All right. So, it looks like you’re serious about how to make an autobiography. Fantastic.
The truth is that there are a lot of websites on how to start an autobiography. Many of them are great. Some are not so great. One really cool thing about trying to figure out how you want to present your [...]
Autobiography Characteristics can be a little difficult to nail down. The best way to think about autobiography characteristics is to figure out what gives your story character.
The number of ways of constructing an autobiography are about as diverse as the number of people who write them. However, there are some simple items that you can [...]
Earlier this year, my family and I traveled Philadelphia to visit the
birthplace of the Constitution. Naturally, the visit inspired us. We
witnessed the long conveyor belts of newly minted coins at the U.S.
Mint; we saw the Liberty Bell’s crack (which, incidentally, was
caused when trying to fix a larger crack); and we walked the
footsteps of the Founding [...]
OK. So it’s weird but almost as soon as I finished the last post I knew that it was wrong. By wrong I mean that it felt a little forced.
It felt forced for a couple of reasons:
I don’t actually think that the high school play Bye Bye Birdie was a turning point for [...]
I started high school at 13. Not because I’m any smarter than anyone else, but because in California the birthday cut off is December 31st instead of August like many states. My birthday is in October.
My dad has a always been a give-me-the-spotlight kind of guy. So, he always pushed me toward [...]
I know I said I was creating a people list, but I think that a Turning Points List will be more appropriate. You never know if you’ll have a chance to create everything you want to create. Best to start with the most important things.
My Turning Points
My first high school play
Car accident
LDS Mission
Getting [...]
I have wondered about the shape my autobiography should take. Should I lay out the stories and let people decide? Should I lead the reader to certain conclusions?
Actually, I plan on doing both. By laying out my stories here, I am giving the reader a chance to draw some of his own [...]
I’ve started a list of people in my life. I’m surprised at how long the list is. Not everyone plays a significant role but it’s interesting just how many people I remember.
With my off-line list, I track first and last names. At first, I thought that I would include first names with [...]
