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List 30 IMPORTANT EVENTS that have happened in your life.

Writer’s Notebooks. List 30 IMPORTANT EVENTS that have happened in your life. Autobiographical Writing. Easiest Kind of Writing- you have all the essentials you need…you’re the expert in your own life! Writing YOUR life STORY

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List 30 IMPORTANT EVENTS that have happened in your life.

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  1. Writer’s Notebooks List 30 IMPORTANT EVENTS that have happened in your life.

  2. Autobiographical Writing Easiest Kind of Writing- you have all the essentials you need…you’re the expert in your own life! Writing YOUR life STORY Not just putting down information about your life; but putting memories into an engaging story.

  3. 3 Basic Ingredients • Characters (people, pets) • Setting (places, locations) • Plot (events, action) • Helps to include: • Conflict, Tension, Trouble • Humor, Romance • Maybe a Few Tears • *All should be in believable details*

  4. Forms of Autobiographical Writing • Biography: • Nonfiction account of a person’s life written, composed, or produced by another writer. • Autobiography: • Nonfiction account of a person’s life written by that actual person.

  5. Forms of Autobiographical Writing • Memoir: • Kind of autobiography which focuses on a certain time period, special relationship, or angle of his/her life. • Piece of “pie” from your life.

  6. Successful Autobiographies Include: • Attention grabbers • Focused well-defined incidents • Background info of incidents • Includes ALL plot elements • Clear order of events and details • Description and dialogue • Precise language and specific details • Tell why (conclusion) the incident was important

  7. 4 Lies About Autobiographies • You have to be a famous celebrity. • You must have an amazing life. • You can’t write your life story until you’re old and gray. • Nobody will read it, so what’s the point?

  8. Homework: • Gather important artifacts from your life. • Put things that are important to you in a box or bag. • Each item you bring in, make sure it is filled with a story and/or important memory.

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