Writer’s Notebooks 3/17/2010 List 5 significant emotional memories that are on your heart map.

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Writer’s Notebooks 3/17/2010 List 5 significant emotional memories that are on your heart map.

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Finding a Focus

Do not include EVERY event in your life –Too much material for a writer to juggle –Extremely boring Omit as many dull, dreary, unimportant moments as possible Use stories your audience would like to hear

Just having an interesting story is not enough… It must fit smoothly with the whole

Don’t focus on your whole life story at once Focus on smaller chunks –particular story –person who strongly influenced your life –particular place “Bye My Camp, I’ll Never Forget You” p. 29

Is there a common theme among stories? Are many of your stories connected by something? “Cooking up a Life” p. 30 “Lost Along the Way” p. 31 Use a title as a theme or main idea to help focus your stories

Physical artifacts soak up important memories and personal history –Hold an object (toy, photo, keepsake, blue ribbon, etc.) –Close your eyes –What memories surface? “The Glove” p. 33

Ask yourself early on:

What do you want your autobiographical writing to look like when it’s finished?

Introduction Chapters About Your Life –In the order in which the events happened Proper Ending

Series of short vignettes –Vignette: short, descriptive literary sketch –Can be quite short (barely a page) “Junior” p. 38 “The House on Mango Street” by Sandra Cisneros

Series of small moments, or snapshots capturing moments in time –Briefly describing each one with well chosen details –Shorter than a vignette (paragraph) Need connective tissue between each one –Something to pull your stories together “When I Was Young in the Mountains” by Cynthia Rylant “When I Was Younger in West Tampa” p. 40

A way of cutting through the fluff Getting down to what really matters “Where I’m From” p. 42

Collection of very short pieces, each one a different kind of writing List of different kinds p. 44 Choose the form that best suits the story you’re trying to tell “Wanted” p. 45

1.Choose your focus! 2.Select 10 stories from your list that fit with your focus and overall vision for your autobiography