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    • Have you noticed that when you
    encounter a childhood or teenage
    friend, your mind immediately races
    back to "that time" in your life. Or you
    see an old photo. Suddenly you are
    there – living it again.

• Our memory prompts will help you "remember" times in your life and the significant people who lived it with you. It is a trip down memory lane.

• Every story begins with one sentence, just the way you talk. Write a story about something in your life that was meaningful to you. When finished, sit back and enjoy it. Later, you may want to write about another experience that mattered to you.

• Do not concern yourself with sentence structure, spelling, or exact details. Your first goal is to simply get a memory down on paper. Just write it the way it comes. Say what you want to say. Then put it away for a day or two. When you go back and read the story again, you will remember things you want to add.

WHAT IF I DON'T REMEMBER DETAILS

•Memory in the brain is like a computer. All your memories are stored away just waiting to be called forth. They are filed away so effectively and economically that we think we have "forgotten." Here is the way to access memories.

•Spend a few minutes "pondering" on that time in your life. PONDERING is like asking your computer to find a file you haven't used in a long time. Your brain begins a "search." To your surprise, a little memory will pop up.
    Ponder again. Another tiny memory will come forth, related to the first memory. Give this process some time and it will work. Another help is to "talk" about that time in your life with another person. And pull out old photos and letters. The mere act of talking about it will cause other little details to reveal themselves. And so the process goes.

   •Now see Starting To Write to set the stage.

    •Read Writing Examples to see short
     excepts of what others have written, much
     the same way they would "tell" the story to
     another person. And this is how your
     posterity wants it to read.
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