2006-06-25 07:30:28 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
2 ways you could do it to avoid the boredom of chronology...
- Write down, on separate pieces of paper, the most important events in your life, then throw them all up in the air and see what order they land in. Tweak the order so that contrasting events are next to each other if you want to increase the emotional intensity. Or, tweak the order so that similar events are next to each other, if you want to suggest some pattern or deeper meaning to your life.
OR
-Write down the key themes of your life ro the major lessons you have learned; these will be your chapters. Then list the events that relate to these topics/themes/morals and you have a structure to work with. When you've written it all, write a concluding chapter to pull it all together - by this point you will have considered the meaning behind your life so much you are sure to sound profound!
2006-06-26 03:05:41 · answer #1 · answered by Alex should be working 3 · 14⤊ 1⤋
Start from the point your life got interesting. Don't start with your birth - everyone's been there. If you hope to publish this one day, you will have had a fascinating and unusual life.
If, on the other hand, you stayed home and watched TV, fell in and out of love a couple of times, travelled a bit, went to school, got a job, watched a friend/relative die etc etc, you're writing for yourself. Either way it will be a mixture of truth and imagination unless you've kept a diary
2006-06-25 22:20:06 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
How about a short intro as to what prompted you to write your autobiography. Depending on the answer to this question it could lead you onto your family, earliest memories etc.
2006-06-25 14:33:36 · answer #3 · answered by Nneave 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Why is it that no one can remember their birth? I'm not asking a biological question, just a hypothetical one. To hear about this great event from the most important person of the day would be a wonderful thing. Unfortunately, I am no miracle and so must start a few years later on the day of my fifth birthday."
Just a suggestion.
2006-06-25 20:32:47 · answer #4 · answered by carasulieman 1 · 4⤊ 0⤋
you should start it by talking about why you are making an autobiography and why this is important to you. Why you want to write this and what will this acomplish for you when you write it.
2006-06-25 20:04:30 · answer #5 · answered by red and spicy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
anyway you want, if someone other than yourself has written the opening sentence then it is hardly yours, is it. i suggest that you take a day to think about it and listen to some really inspirational music to help you get in touch of your most intimate creativity.i have just finished writing my first 135 page novel opening sentences are hard to come by but are the inspiration for the whole book
2006-06-25 15:07:54 · answer #6 · answered by Mother Nature 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
make it a biography and write it in the second person, with a fictitious pen-name. better still get someone else to pen the autobiography for you.
2006-06-25 19:24:27 · answer #7 · answered by Calamity Jane 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you looking for a first line?
I'd suggest "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times..."
Oh wait, I guess that's already taken.
How about "Call me, Ishmael", assuming your name is Ishmael of course. If not, it may not be a good first line, because people will start calling you Ishmael.
"This is my life...at least what I can remember....there was a period in the 80's that's all just a blur..."
Perfect!!!
2006-06-25 14:35:34 · answer #8 · answered by Ian M 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
With a good opening chapter. The first few pages of any book are most important for its success.
2006-06-25 14:35:13 · answer #9 · answered by Alex B 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Start from the present and relate your life now to events in your past.
2006-06-25 14:33:09 · answer #10 · answered by blank 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋