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W e l c o m e Writing Your Memoir-Autobiography

A d m i n i s t r a t i o n Administration  Fire Exits / Miscellaneous  Rest Rooms  Introductions: Rod Holley • Rod@merlin.ws Coaches • Students: •  Name  PC & Word Experience?  Started or Plan to Write?

L e s s o n P l a n Seminar Topics  Memoir vs Autobiography  Hybrid: Memoir-Biography  Autobiography Outline  Memoir Outline  Word Functions to Use

Memoir vs Autobiography L e s s o n P l a n Autobiography:  Usually done for famous people  Factual chronicle from birth to current  Written in First Person narrative  Formal language style

Memoir vs Autobiography L e s s o n P l a n Memoir:  Story of a specific event or time period  Facts, emotions and descriptive imagery  Written in First Person narrative  Informal and vernacular language

Memoir vs Autobiography L e s s o n P l a n Hybrid-Autobiography:  Stories from birth to current time  Facts, emotions & descriptive imagery  Written in First Person narrative  Formal, informal & vernacular language  Includes some images to support story

Memoir vs Autobiography L e s s o n P l a n Do’s :  Do tell the truth  Do be as descriptive as possible  Do relax & have fun with your memoires Do Not’s:  Do Not make yourself “perfect”  Do Not write to satisfy others  Do Not wait to start

Autobiography L e s s o n P l a n  Create an outline  Use handout sample to get started  Talk with others to get their perspectives  Research your facts, if not known  Do not spend too much research time  Do not need to write in sequence  Do relax & have fun with your memoires

Memoir L e s s o n P l a n  This is a non-fiction story  Create an outline  Use the Three Act structure  Use handout sample to get started  Write about your feelings & emotions  Include others reactions and emotions  Be as descriptive as possible with people, places, actions, reactions & emotions  Create an imagery for the reader  Do relax & have fun with your memoires

Hybrid Memoir-Autobiography L e s s o n P l a n  Non-fiction stories of your life from birth to the current time  Create an outline  State the facts but write about your feelings & emotions  Be as descriptive as possible with out getting boring with too many details  Create an imagery for all stories

The Use of Images L e s s o n P l a n  Images are not normally used  Your document, do what you want  Use images sparingly to support story  Caption all images used  Not a scrapbook or photo album  Consider digital show or photo book in addition to document

Functions to Use in Word L e s s o n P l a n  Decide on type styles, format & layout  Modify Word defaults for consistency  Automatically create Table of Content  Automatically create Table of Figures  Automatically create an Index

An Alternative to Writing L e s s o n P l a n Not part of this seminar but: Use a video camera, iPhone, etc. to record your stories