Three months ago, I made a list of all of the people I could remember in my life. I wrote the list on a loose leaf piece of paper. Thinking that I wouldn’t lose it, I left it loose.
Yep. It’s gone.
A couple of things:
Don’t write on loose-leaf paper, unless you intend what [...]
I thought that a good list to start with would be a list of all of the lists I want to make.
Brilliant, I know.
I brainstormed the following list:
Major events
Life changing events
Perspective changing events
Places lived
Parents
Siblings
Ancestors
School names
Friends
People I’ve known
People who’ve made an impact on me.
Teachers
Teachers comments about me
Stories from school
Kisses
Pets
Songs
Music listened to
Music memories
Vacations
Jobs
Hobbies
Cousins
Musical instruments played
Girlfriends
Crushes
Sports
Clubs
Plays I was [...]
About a year ago, I visited a site (the name escapes me now) that said a good way to start my story was through memory lists.
Memory lists?
Memory lists.
Basically, you think of a category of something that happened in your life: events, high school, friends, family, etc. and make lists.
For example,
Schools I Attended:
Juan de Anza [...]
I’ve been meaning, for a while, to get started with writing some of the stories from my life. Somehow, I think that it would be beneficial to others to watch as I go through this process. Hopefully, my stories will help others decide to write their own stories. Maybe it’ll just be [...]
