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How to start/What to consider

How to start/What to consider. List experiences, situations, or moments from your life that “snag” in your memory. Pick one. Determine how it will fit a topic. Begin to write. Tell me a story. You are “selling” you to a college or university.

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How to start/What to consider

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  1. How to start/What to consider List experiences, situations, or moments from your life that “snag” in your memory. Pick one. Determine how it will fit a topic. Begin to write. Tell me a story. You are “selling” you to a college or university. Consider what makes memorable personal narrative writing. Question the uniqueness of your topic or essay. Consider your audience and consider your voice. Start early, plan and draft, let it sit.

  2. Reservations to consider • Too close or too emotional • Too revealing . . . unless • Clichés

  3. My “Too close or too revealing” I’m not going to tell you because I am too close to them or they are too revealing. Well . . . maybe seeing Mom for the last time

  4. My clichés • Wedding • Divorce • Sita’sbirth . . . unless • Hs/college graduation

  5. Your clichés • Pike’s Peak • Costa Rica, France, Spain, etc . . . unless • Summer academy • Youth/religious camp . . . unless

  6. My ideas • Jack’s Fork River • First date with Sue • Contract on new home • Sita after 6th grade camp • “You’re always here” • Seeing Dad for the last time • “Quitting” at the country club • First night with the car • Uncle Elmer’s $2 • Sita and Sue to Chicago

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