Writing Skills - Autobiography

Question 1

When writing an autobiography

Answer 1

• Be sure to answer Who? What? Where? When? Why? How?
• Decide whether you want to write events in chronological order (events/ideas in order)
• You can write about entire life or one incident or period (memoir)
• Best way to get started? Create an outline.
• Decide what to include
• Make it interesting
• Know that you need to have a beginning, middle, and end
• Angle—make a point! What are you telling us and why?
• What is your purpose? To entertain? Explain past/future action? ​