Moods of the Day

 

Writing the story of your own life is a bit like drilling your own teeth.~ Gloria Swanson

Life story writing challenges the writer. How does one recall the details of experiences, fill in the memory gaps and create a flow?

Our recollections do not detail the facts as they occurred. We alter memories with emotion and color to help us make sense of them. Did that really happen to me? Did my frustration result because of someone or something else or did I have to learn something?

Return to a life event that continues to mystify. Write about it in detail with sound, sense, taste and touch. Bring it in to a filmic view.

Take three days. Write each day. Notice how your perception varies with the moods of the day.