{"id":2899,"date":"2020-07-19T16:00:37","date_gmt":"2020-07-19T16:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/how-to-write-a-memoir.com\/?p=2899"},"modified":"2020-07-19T16:00:37","modified_gmt":"2020-07-19T16:00:37","slug":"lesson-2-focusing-my-memoir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/how-to-write-a-memoir.com\/?p=2899","title":{"rendered":"Lesson 2, Focusing my memoir,"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

EXERCISE 1:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Go back to your list of 10 topics from Lesson 1.  Under each topic that you wrote down, write at least 3 things related to that topic that a memoir might include.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1) My childhood<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

visited places<\/p>\n\n\n\n

              involved people<\/p>\n\n\n\n

              feelings \u2013 surprises, upseting  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

2)<\/strong> A trip I took<\/p>\n\n\n\n

             the hotel<\/p>\n\n\n\n

             the local glories<\/p>\n\n\n\n

             the town and his coffee shops<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3) a sport or game that is important to me is a swimming<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

     <\/strong>My first swimming at the see<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Practicing swimming at the course of the years<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      The last time when I swam<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4) a movie that changed your life is \u2018The Hair\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>The actors and the actresses<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The storyline<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The impact of this movie<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5) a place where I lived is the house at Kingsley road<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong> the house<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong> the garden<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>the area, close to the park<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6) a change in my economic situation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

  <\/strong>My work at the course of my whole career<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  The payment in return<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  alternative options<\/p>\n\n\n\n

7) my career<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

My first job in life<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My first job as a part of my career and the work positions during my career<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My most recent job<\/p>\n\n\n\n

8) My first fianc\u00e9<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

the first meeting<\/p>\n\n\n\n

our relationship<\/p>\n\n\n\n

the last meeting<\/p>\n\n\n\n

9) a place that was special to me is a one summer-house in the park<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The surrounding area<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My visiting of that place<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The person with who I visited the place<\/p>\n\n\n\n

10) a particular job is accountancy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The sense of the accountancy for the life of the company<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The colleagues<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The work<\/p>\n\n\n\n

EXERCISE 3:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Which topic did you choose to write about first? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I chose to write about my youth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Which topic did you automatically focus more attention on?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I focused my attention on my first fianc\u00e9 Kurt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Which topic did you generate the most ideas about?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The most ideas about was generated by the topics for my career and my work<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Which topic do you feel the most attracted to?\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am feeling most attracted to the topic for my first fianc\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Which one interests you the most?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The most interests me the topics for my home and places where I was living at the course of the years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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