As the StoryTeller, We Ask You to Reflect

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Lesson 1. Priming the pump of memory:

  • Recall and reflect (in your mind or in your conversations) a family story that you heard as a child. The story may be a fragment- in fact, that is how most stories are handed down.
  • Now, write a list of the details you do remember. You are not writing a narrative, just making a list. Don't try to write text, just use short sentences, words, or phrases.
  • You may want to include: Names, relationships to others involved in the story, the place and event, perhaps describe the house or circumstances around the place where the story took place.
  • Be as specific as you can with details. What were people wearing, what might have been playing on the radio, who else was present, what was going on in the outside world?
  • Using this list (which will help you to reflect on the point you want to make with this story) Writ a rough draft of a manuscript.
  • Keep this rough draft in a loose-leaf binder as a working copy.
  • This may or may not end up in your story.
  • Now, use this list-making method to write down some other anecdotes or stories.
  • You are simply making small in-roads into your memory.
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