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How to Write Your Own Memoir
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By Abigail Thomas
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  1. Write two pages of something you can't deny.
  2. Write two pages of what got left behind.
  3. Write two pages of something you wrote or did that you no longer understand.
  4. Write two pages of apologizing for something you didn't do.
  5. Write two pages about a physical characteristic you are proud to have inheritedor passed on.
  6. Write two pages of what you had to have.
  7. Write two pages of humiliating exposure.
  8. Write two pages about a time when you felt compassion unexpectedly.
  9. Write two pages of what you have too much of.
  10. Write two pages of when you knew you were in trouble.


From the August 2008 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine.

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From the August 2008 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine

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