Autobiographical writing in everyday life
In November 2009, Twitter made a change with its long-time tag line that has sat atop the status update box since its launch of the service. By the change, Twitter users are prompted to share the answer to the question, "What's happening," which was previously "what are you doing?"
While the real-time lifelogging service nudges you to share the moment by filling in the box of "what's happening," your writing in most cases are not in the present continuous tense.
Typically, you write something looking back on past events or keep an episodic memories specifically asking you "So, what happened?" The answer is a kind of story, a short autobiographical narrative you might create on the spot. These stories about what we did or wish we'd done remind us of who we are. They also bind us closer to others.
In autobiographical writing, you set down a story of an event or person in your life. By writing autobiographically, you show part of your life with others. You also benefit from writing your story and can learn more about yourself.
To write a good autobiographical piece, you need to consider the following guidelines:
Now, I can sense that many of you are bored with this textbook style of English hacking. You might wonder what the hack this guy is talking about. Well, in fact, even I am wondering if I'm doing the right thing in guiding readers to gain access to the secrete notebook of best writers. However, one thing is clear. My goal here is to provide a series of step-by-step lessons for creative writing in journalism and blogism.
The reason I first mentioned this autobiographical writing is simply because people love reading others’ memoir. People also love writing their memoir. A book review in Today’s Wall Street Journal asks if there is anyone, anything, left on the planet unrecorded in a memoir, from St. Augustine to Oprah Winfrey's cousin. Autobiography has risen to predominance and of course has gone through changes in its literary context and style.
(A) Write true events from your real life presented in logical order
(B) Write the story in such a way to build the reader's interest
(C) Write a problem or conflict that you have not expected before but that has developed to a serious stage
(D) Write how the problem or conflict was resolved and illustrate how the writer or another person has to resolve.
(E) Use the vivid details to give a clear sense of characters and places.
Now, I can sense that many of you are bored with this textbook style of English hacking. You might wonder what the hack this guy is talking about. Well, in fact, even I am wondering if I'm doing the right thing in guiding readers to gain access to the secrete notebook of best writers. However, one thing is clear. My goal here is to provide a series of step-by-step lessons for creative writing in journalism and blogism.
The reason I first mentioned this autobiographical writing is simply because people love reading others’ memoir. People also love writing their memoir. A book review in Today’s Wall Street Journal asks if there is anyone, anything, left on the planet unrecorded in a memoir, from St. Augustine to Oprah Winfrey's cousin. Autobiography has risen to predominance and of course has gone through changes in its literary context and style.
But after "Memoir" turns to the modern era, we start feeling a certain lack of artistic or intellectual nourishment. Apart from a few pages devoted to Holocaust memoirs or narratives of black experience, the book turns into a history of the popular memoir—of the development of the memoir industry.As a result, we even observed a big success of a dog memoir. Okay, now, time’s up and I’ve got to go to bed. Before I go to bed, I’d like to link the excerpt of Ben Yagoda’s book 'Memoir: A History.' Enjoy!
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