List 30 IMPORTANT EVENTS that have happened in your life.

Writer’s Notebooks

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.

Autobiographical Writing

1. Characters (people, pets)2. Setting (places, locations)

3. Plot (events, action)

Helps to include: • Conflict, Tension, Trouble• Humor, Romance• Maybe a Few Tears

*All should be in believable details*

3 Basic Ingredients

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.

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.

Forms of Autobiographical Writing

• 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

Successful Autobiographies Include:

• 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?

4 Lies About Autobiographies

• 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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