{"id":1654,"date":"2015-07-27T17:40:04","date_gmt":"2015-07-27T17:40:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/how-to-write-a-memoir.com\/?p=1654"},"modified":"2015-07-31T15:38:08","modified_gmt":"2015-07-31T15:38:08","slug":"lesson-2-topics-with-additional-content","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/how-to-write-a-memoir.com\/?p=1654","title":{"rendered":"Lesson 2-Topics with additional content"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thank you to those who have commented on my previous posts!<\/p>\n

In doing this lesson, I found several topics from my initial list really jumped out at me.\u00a0 Not only did I find more related ideas, they were also easier to produce.\u00a0 So, rather than go through the entire list of 10, I’ve chosen half of them\u00a0to copy here with the supporting ideas.\u00a0 Of course, some of them will be more painful to explore, so I’m already leaning toward the others.\u00a0 But, if you choose to read over my list, I’d welcome thoughts\/comments.<\/p>\n

Thanks!<\/p>\n

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1)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Lost Decade:\u00a0 or How My Marriage Crashed, Burned and Scarred Me Forever<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Our first Holiday season; precursor of things to come?<\/li>\n
  2. The July 4 boat fiasco<\/li>\n
  3. The girl; the accusation; the odyssey<\/li>\n
  4. Stand By Your Man<\/li>\n
  5. Running Away<\/li>\n
  6. Being ditched at the in-laws<\/li>\n
  7. Hermit 101<\/li>\n
  8. Final Decision & Escape<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    2)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0 Promise Dog:\u00a0 Rocco<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    1. Losing Midnight, visiting a kennel, discovering Fila Brasileiro<\/li>\n
    2. Briefly touching on the problems in our life at the time; his determination to find 2 dogs.\u00a0 “But I’m not a dog person!”<\/li>\n
    3. My prayer, and the phone call that changed everything<\/li>\n
    4. Meeting my Promise Dog.\u00a0 Love at first sight!<\/li>\n
    5. Brief description of how Rocco kept me sane.<\/li>\n
    6. Ten years later.\u00a0 Promise fulfilled.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      3.) Too Old For Summer Camp<\/strong>:\u00a0 The fateful summer camp I visited at age 28 and met my ex-<\/p>\n

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      1. The guy I was SUPPOSED to meet<\/li>\n
      2. Basketball, baseball, and a cookie<\/li>\n
      3. Sitting on a sandbag; the other girls<\/li>\n
      4. Saving a seat, turning it down<\/li>\n
      5. Finally meeting John.<\/li>\n
      6. Persistence pays off<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

         <\/p>\n

        4)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Man I Should Have Married<\/strong>:\u00a0 Summer Romance<\/p>\n

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        1. Holiday party for old friends<\/li>\n
        2. Phone calls at college; dating on breaks<\/li>\n
        3. Summer of platonic love:\u00a0 Picnics, fireworks, the bench seat in the pick-up truck, who shot JR?<\/li>\n
        4. Not ready for what comes next, hormones & my lame excuse for breaking up<\/li>\n
        5. Aftermath-Regret?\u00a0 Planning!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

           <\/p>\n

          5)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Becoming Popular<\/strong>:\u00a0 Visiting Grandma for the summer and becoming the most popular girl at church and camp<\/p>\n

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          1. History:\u00a0 Going to grandma\u2019s since I was a week old\u2026.<\/li>\n
          2. Being in\u00a0a\u00a0wedding party–feeling pretty and getting noticed<\/li>\n
          3. Meeting the girls:\u00a0 (names will be changed)<\/li>\n
          4. Riding the church bus<\/li>\n
          5. Church camp in Ohio\u00a0(2 boys)<\/li>\n
          6. Convention in Kentucky (2 more boys)<\/li>\n
          7. Back at Grandma\u2019s house (another boy)<\/li>\n
          8. Returning home to plain Jane, but with new confidence.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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