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What is the best way for someone to start their autobiography?

Should it start at the beginning? Should i tell a horrible life changing story? should i start with my impressions of the world as a whole?
Casheyane · F
Start with a bang.

Hook Line Sinker
@PhoenixPhail no, i am looking to write to make sure people finish the book.
Casheyane · F
@LILY61 Someone once said that things that make people ashamed often make great stories. It kinda makes sense, don't you think?

Writers conscious and worrying about how people would think of them...are working on a barrier.

My thinking is always the same. If you want to write something others would read, make sure it's something you would read first. If you want them excited, you gotta be excited as you read it first. Because if your story is boring to you, then something's wrong.
@Casheyane that all makes sense but i just can't decide how to start it.
GeniUs · 56-60, M
You work it out as you go along, first you just write anything then you put it into chapters and then you finally put it in some sort of order. I can't remember which author it was who wrote what I'm quoting but he/she also went to say 'write something' it may be terrible but at least you've started. If you think you've completed the book all you've finished is the first draft and this won't be good enough to publish. They said quite a lot of other similar stuff too but that's all I remember.
@GeniUs i have no one
GeniUs · 56-60, M
@LILY61 If you would like me to read some of your work, I'll happily do it but I am mildly autistic so that even though I try to behave with etiquette and kindness sometimes comments slip through that appear unkind or thoughtless ( happens more frequently when I am tired).
@GeniUs thank you very much
fun4us2b · M
It all seemed so boring at the time, but as I look back on it, I realize it was quite incredible....
fun4us2b · M
@LILY61 Was it a mixed bag - with at least some good parts aside from the horrible?
@fun4us2b nope my childhood all bad.
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in10RjFox · M
Try the non linear approach.. start from the end , switch to the middle.. and then yo the beginning and back to middle.. like Oppenheimer
@in10RjFox yes, i do. i have been replaying getting kidnapped in my head every day. i dream about my father dying every day....and i wasn't even there. but somehow i was...
in10RjFox · M
@LILY61 Choose your narration properly for it should not be the adult in you writing about the 4 years old you. It would be seen as over exaggeration or imagination. Sometimes just the minimum wording like a 4 year old, can leave a greater impact.
@in10RjFox completely agree
plungesponge · 41-45, M
It's generally best to start where the action is, then go back and expand on the underlying themes. Attention spans are short nowadays
kodiac · 22-25, M
Maybe begin with the reason you wrote it? Also might make it easier to understand the storyline for the reader.
@kodiac that is an interesting take
"My eternal spirit was born into this body."
@PhoenixPhail okay, i'll give it a try
Neoerectus · M
Snoopy does it well. "It was a dark and stormy night... "
@Neoerectus he does very good work
PleasurePunch · 100+
I don't know. Its up to you. Write what you feel, and fix it up later...
hunkalove · 61-69, M
I was born naked in front of a bunch of strangers. It made me cry!
How about a memoir?
@Spoiledbrat isn't that the same?
"It was a dark and stormy night ..."
Hanginginthere · 31-35, M
Beginning would be best
@cinsac i agree with that...but sometimes at the beginning, if you start at the earliest point, it is kinda dull. but if i start with the most violent story at the beginning....would that make it easier to lure people in?
Hanginginthere · 31-35, M
@LILY61 wouldn’t matter as long as it’s true
Violent? Sound interesting, can't wait to read it.

 
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