how to start writing my life story?

Question

im wanting to begin writing my life story writing notes even writing ideas is not my good point but how can i start to record thoughts memories ideas and write my own autobiography?

Answer 1

I would start with doing some things more exciting than this website...

Answer 2

Given your lack of punctuation and poor grammar, I'd agree that writing is not your strong suit. I imagine that research isn't your forte, either. However, none of that should prevent you from at least starting your autobiography, though you might want to start on a smaller scale, such as with a diary.

Go to the library or bookstore or web search engine for help on creating an autobiography.

Very few writers (and readers!) can get away with bad grammar, which will hurt sales, if that's your intent: if folks have difficulty reading your question, they're going to have even more problems with your book!

Good luck!

Answer 3

Listen..if your doing it for your own family records that is fine. But if your looking to get published and make it into a book..it better be a very unusual, interesting experiences in your life that draws the readers to want to hear more.

You can start by recording thoughts and ideas on a tape recorder that you carry with you throughout your day. Things that come to mind before you forget.

It might be best to start out describing your family heritage somewhat and the characters that you live with which played a role in your life.
Set the scene, season,unusual events that led up to your arrival, achievements,laughter, embarrassing moments and how it effected you or someone else in your life, things you did or didn't do that you felt was a mistake and why, education, hardships and how you survived, shocking events,things that other may be able to relate to and see how you handled it. Put in something for the readers and learned spiritual moment,prayers,recipes ,songs,poems,pics.

Keep it colorful, interesting,adventurous,exciting,mysterious and tasteful.

Answer 4

I started a "log book", right after I got married 34 years ago. It's kind of like a diary. I write what I'm feeling and what's going on that day. Sometimes I'll go weeks or months and forget to write. I'll pick up the book(spiral note books, I'm on the 8th one)and try to re-cap what I need to, so it will be up to date. Write about anything and everything. Have you ever watched the movie, "The Bridges of Madison County"? Amazing, what insight your writings can leave, about who you are/were. I've gone back through some of mine and deleted some of the content(magic marker that doesn't bleed through). At the time I wrote it, it seemed like a good idea...But now, I feel some of what I wrote, is not appropriate for my children to remember me by. It can be fun. I can take out those books and look back at this date 20 years ago and so much floods back, that my memory just wouldn't hold on to, without writing it down.

Answer 5

start categorizing....

chop up all the different parts of your life in any way you can (chronologically, physical/spiritual/existential, family/friend relations, work, school)

As you categorize you will naturally see where all the connections between the different aspects of your life exist. These are the connections that you want to illuminate with the personal stories of your past. These connections are what interest people, and these are the reason anyone will want to read your book in the first place.

Not to worry too much about it, but it does help to have a message before you start writing out (even before an outline). If the message is: "I'm cool, look at me!" Then you are S.O.L. because no one will care unless you are already famous (and in that case, your agency will find a suitable biographer for you to torture with your rantings about nothingness).

Think about the serious of "Chicken Soup" books. They are not meant to be guides to life, they can't answer any of the big questions of existence, and they don't pretend to, the title implies everything the book delivers...good feelings. Engaging readers to feel better about themselves is a great message, now adopt it to your life, think about some hilarious examples from things that have happened to you, fill in the setting and character back stories...and all I ask for is a measly 10%...of the gross that is!...hope this helps..

Answer 6

take notes of important events in ur life... look back at all the old or recent photographs that remind u of the gud times :)
or start writing a diary or something, that might help alot.
talk to ur mom or relatives or close friends and ask them what u were like and stuff.. they can hellp u look back to the times u guys had.... and dont only look for positive memories, but try to look at the bad memories too. the first chapter though shud be really catchy, so the audience doesnt get bored. hope i helped u :)

Answer 7

Start with a timeline.
Put as much information as you can down in the order they happened.
Use a big sheet of butcher paper and keep adding things to the timeline over a period of a week.
This will give you time to remember all the important events.
From there, you can create a story and add details.

Answer 8

I hope you're at least 50 to start writing a autobiography or nobody would be interested in reading it because you have a LOT of life to live

Answer 9

You don't want to start it boring like 'I was born on October 15, 1990....' That is just plain boring and I wouldn't read that. If you want to hook readers... then start with the faintest memory you remember... but an interesting one... this would catch my attention and it would also catch other people's :]

Hope this helps and good luck :]

Answer 10

Background - family's history
Younger years - up to school years
School years - right about puberty
Dating years - you get the picture...careful you don't hurt anyone...
College years/work years
Marriage
Children are born...
Raising a family
Empty nested
The waiting years....waiting for doctors, grandchildren, death, writting a book...etc.

GOOD LUCK! Do not procrastinate! DO like I do:

First....uh........

Answer 11

EXAMPLE:
"I was born in Chicago on October 24, 1971. My parents were Colombian......"

Mention something about your parents and their occupation.