Generating Short Memoir  

A few Techniques  and PROMPTS 
Taken from the forthcoming guidebook
                      Resurrecting Proust:

Unearthing Personal Narratives through Journaling

by CoCo Harris


Freeverse/Stream of Consciousness

 

The greatest lesson you’ve learned

 

                         Poems

 

What truth are you living with that is too hard to face?

 

Unsent Letters

 

If you could have one super power, what would it be and why?

 Write about a secret and how this secret affects your life.

 

                              Written Portraits

 

By definition, being Stupid is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. What stupid things are you doing?

 

                                  Lists

 

Make a timeline of your life

 

Illustrative Entries

 

Are you living the life you want to live? Why or Why not?

 

                   Altered Viewpoints

 

Make a List of your Why questions

Dialogues

Attempt to analyze a recurring dream you’ve had

     

 

What is the most predominant feeling you had as a child?

                                            Written Journeys

 

Who am I?

 

 

 


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