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* Stories or comments about you contributed by others | * Stories or comments about you contributed by others | ||
* Advice you wish to share with future generations. These words may be the most precious words you leave to your loved ones. | * Advice you wish to share with future generations. These words may be the most precious words you leave to your loved ones. | ||
===Start Writing=== | === Start Writing === | ||
As you begin writing, do not be too critical of your writing skills. Get the information, stories, feelings, and events recorded first. Later you can polish what you have written. These suggestions may help you begin your personal history: | |||
* Begin your narrative at an exciting point in your life. You do not have to begin by listing your date of birth. Get your readers interested, and then they will also enjoy learning the facts. | As you begin writing, do not be too critical of your writing skills. Get the information, stories, feelings, and events recorded first. Later you can polish what you have written. These suggestions may help you begin your personal history: | ||
* Do not worry about style, grammar, and punctuation at this point. Write however feels most comfortable for you. | |||
* Include information about the location of the story or the local history at the time. Describe clothing, the appearance of the room where the story took place, and so on. Try to include the emotions of the participants. Give enough detail to make things interesting (see the example in the Teacher Suggestions at the end of this lesson). Do not let your writing become a list of dates and places without stories and background to bring them to life. | *Begin your narrative at an exciting point in your life. You do not have to begin by listing your date of birth. Get your readers interested, and then they will also enjoy learning the facts. | ||
* Be willing to laugh at yourself. Let your personality and humor come through. | *Do not worry about style, grammar, and punctuation at this point. Write however feels most comfortable for you. | ||
* Do not be afraid to write about your weaknesses as well as your strengths. If you feel comfortable writing about mistakes you have made, include what you learned from them and what consequences you suffered. Always be truthful and honest about your life. If something is too uncomfortable to share, just exclude it and move on. | *Include information about the location of the story or the local history at the time. Describe clothing, the appearance of the room where the story took place, and so on. Try to include the emotions of the participants. Give enough detail to make things interesting (see the example in the Teacher Suggestions at the end of this lesson). Do not let your writing become a list of dates and places without stories and background to bring them to life. | ||
* Be careful about extremely sensitive issues, especially if other people were involved. You want to be very careful not to libel or embarrass others. | *Be willing to laugh at yourself. Let your personality and humor come through. | ||
* Remember your story doesn’t have to be told in chronological order. Digress whenever you feel like it. These digressions might just be the most interesting parts of your story! | *Do not be afraid to write about your weaknesses as well as your strengths. If you feel comfortable writing about mistakes you have made, include what you learned from them and what consequences you suffered. Always be truthful and honest about your life. If something is too uncomfortable to share, just exclude it and move on. | ||
*Be careful about extremely sensitive issues, especially if other people were involved. You want to be very careful not to libel or embarrass others. | |||
*Remember your story doesn’t have to be told in chronological order. Digress whenever you feel like it. These digressions might just be the most interesting parts of your story! | |||
===Other Things to Include=== | ===Other Things to Include=== | ||
In addition to writing about your memories, you may want to include some of the following items of interest. They can be part of the body of the history or can be added as an appendix. | In addition to writing about your memories, you may want to include some of the following items of interest. They can be part of the body of the history or can be added as an appendix. | ||