http://autobiographyworkshop.com Tue, 03 Jun 2008 19:38:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I just finished a university-level Autobiography Writing course. Tough stuff. At the end of the course, I ended up with 70 pages of recorded personal history. But every single one of those pages was a struggle. And I couldn’t have done it with out prompts from my professor. Why would ... http://autobiographyworkshop.com/2008/04/04/memorygrabber-fill-in-the-blank-autobiography/ Much has been written about the Benjamin Franklin autobiography. With good reason, it stands as a stellar example of autobiography writing. In fact, the autobiography of Ben Franklin is widely praised for both its contribution to literature and its historical value. Companies have been formed based on his teachings: ... http://autobiographyworkshop.com/2007/08/18/benjamin-franklin-autobiography-7-reasons-he-wrote-his-story/ 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 ... http://autobiographyworkshop.com/2007/07/25/embrace-failure/ 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. ... http://autobiographyworkshop.com/2007/07/24/write-for-heavens-sake/ 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 ... http://autobiographyworkshop.com/2007/07/22/how-to-start-an-autobiography/ 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 ... http://autobiographyworkshop.com/2007/07/20/autobiography-characteristics/ 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 ... http://autobiographyworkshop.com/2007/07/20/if-you-dont-write-your-autobiography-%e2%80%93-nobody-will/ 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 ... http://autobiographyworkshop.com/2007/07/18/not-so-sure/ 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, ... http://autobiographyworkshop.com/2007/07/17/hello-mister-henkel-this-is-harvey-johnson/ 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 ... http://autobiographyworkshop.com/2007/07/17/turning-points-list/