Writing Prompts: Autobiographical Writing
Below are a few writing prompts and reading recommendations which can be used at any time, but are specifically tailored for those who are writing work based on their own lives.
“The urge to write one's autobiography, so I have been told, overtakes everyone sooner or later.” -Agatha Christie
Writing autobiographical work is a wonderfully fulfilling yet tricky process.
What seems interesting to you and your family, might not be interesting to a general audience, and visa versa.
Here are some writing prompts to help you find ideas that both engage you and your audience, and help you move forward with your autobiographical writing.
You will also find a short list of great autobiographic work in different forms which I recommend reading before and during your process, in order to learn how other writers have tackled this genre.
WRITING PROMPTS
(1) What is one moment where you were afraid to do something but did it anyway? Write that story down. Next,
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