Remembers When

Remembers When Worksheets for Writing Memoirs

This series of Remembers When Worksheets has been created to help guide people through the process of writing their memoirs. They are free to print as many copies as you need to work on your memoir project. The worksheets were also designed to go with the instructional blog How To Write Memoirs. Feel free to share these with your friends, but do not remove the copyright or html address.

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Worksheets

• Worksheet 1. List some of the great experiences you've had in your life. Think of a significant experience you’ve had and write down a few words or a phrase that will remind you about the story. Some phrases that might inspire you include:
• Worksheet 2. Develop just one memoir idea. Choose one experience from your life that you learned something from. If you have completed Worksheet 1, you will have a list to choose from. If that experience were the theme of a movie, what would the movie be called?
• Worksheet 3. Getting a first sentence. The opening sentence of your memoir is called the "hook." On this worksheet, you will work on developing the hook for your memoir.
• Worksheet 4. The Moral of the Story. When you tell a story, ask yourself "What's the point?" When you can answer that concisely, you have the moral of the story.
• Worksheet 5. Connecting the dots. It is time to write your first memoir from the strong hook you created on Worksheet 3 to the pithy moral of the story on Worksheet 4. Now you get to tell the story.
• There is no worksheet for Lesson 6, Organize your Memoirs.
• Worksheet 7. Checking your facts. Do you have the right time? people? place? Have you said anything that could be considred inflammatory or libelous? Check your memoir against this six point checklist.
• Worksheet 8. Jog your memoirs with photos. Sort through family pictures and mark those that you can use to illustrate a memoir.
• There are no worksheets for Lesson 9, Find your voice, or Lesson 10, Rewrite your memoir.
• Worksheet 11. Getting Feedback. Give this worksheet to your "reader" to help get constructive feedback.
• Memoir Template for Microsoft Word 2007. Lesson 12 shows how to use this template or: Memoir Template for most other word processors.
• There are no worksheets for Lesson 13: Prepare photographs for your memoir and Lesson 14: Create your Remembers When account.
• Worksheet 15. Write an introduction.
• Worksheet 16. Publish your memoir. These are the instructions for posting a memoir on your Remembers When memoir page.
• Worksheet 17. Who needs my voice? This worksheet will help you identify people that need you to write their memoirs for you.

How to Write Your Memoirs - Fun Prompts to Make Writing - and Reading - Your Life Stories a Pleasure!

Contains organizing ideas, prompts and remini-scences from both the author's own and students lives. Use these to jump-start your own creative juices. You'll see your musings will range from spicy, zestful and smile-inducing to calm, informative, and believe it or not, un-boring!