The document provides guidance on writing a memoir, including choosing a meaningful life event to write about, such as a turning point, lesson learned, or experience that changed or strengthened the person. It recommends introducing the experience, providing necessary background details, and concluding by describing what was learned and why the event was significant. The writer should show rather than tell the story through sensory details, dialogue, thoughts and feelings. The structure and tone of the memoir can be chronological, use flashbacks, or be reflective in nature.

1. Part Two: Write Your Own
Memoir
 Where to start:
 Choose an event in your life:
 That was a turning point.
 Where you learned a hard lesson.
 That changed you for the better.
 That made you a stronger person.
 Where to end:
 Make sure to address one of these questions
 What did you learn?
 Why is the experience meaningful?
 Why is it important to you?

2. How to Structure Your Memoir
 Introduction: this is where you will grab your
reader’s attention with your interesting life
experience.
 Middle: give necessary background
information (don’t spend too much time here),
details of events, and important information
about your event.
 Conclusion: describe what you learned and
why this event is significant to you.

3. Remember!
 Show, don’t tell!
 Provide sensory details, dialogue, thoughts,
feelings. Don’t explain what happened, tell a
story.
 Determine how you will write your story
 Chronologically, flashback, reflective
 Make sure you are comfortable writing about
your event
 It does not have to be serious or tragic, (but that’s
ok if it is) it can also be funny and lighthearted.