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 [...]
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 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 [...]
