Monday, December 1, 2014

Write Your Existence Story

Your life is not dull and boring! It may seem dull to you, but other people think the same thing about themselves. It's a little like the concept of "one man's trash is another man's treasure." We each lead different lives, and what we live can be very interesting to someone else. So get out your pen and paper or your computer and have a go at writing about your life!


Instructions


1. First things first - In a notebook, write down the particulars about yourself. When you were born, where, how much you weighed, what time it was when you came into the world, what your parents names are/were.


2. Add to your pages from your first memories. Maybe it was something that happened to you your first day at school, maybe it was something your parents taught you. Write it down.


3. Add to that. Describe your family the way you see them. List your siblings, your cousins, aunts and uncles, grandparents, great-grandparents, etc.


4. Begin by thinking about things that mean something to you. Think about your schools and the friends you have had. What bad things have happened to you? What good things? What role does religion play in your life? What unusual places have you been? You can fill a notebook in no time at all.


5. The next step is to organize all your information. Are you going to write a novel from your memoirs? If so you will have to fictionalize the people you know and make them into characters that others won't recognise.