"I have made this letter longer, because I have not had the time to make it shorter."
Would-be memoir writers often wonder how to get started. Do they just hire a ghostwriter and pay for phone time to start telling their stories and getting them into documents? That's one way to begin, but it's not the only way. It is important to start the writing yourself so you can begin seeing the themes and lessons that you will want to emphasize in your memoir or book of life lessons. Here are three writing prompts for you memoir writers who are trying to figure out how to tell your life story.
The elements of fiction are: character, plot, setting, theme, and style. Of these five elements, character is the who, plot is the what, setting is the where and when, and style is the how of a story.