Write For Heaven’s Sake!

By Robert Brady | July 25, 2007

I have just finished writing three articles on helps for writing an autobiography: Getting Started, Autobiography Characteristics, and the importance of writing your autobiography.

Remember: Writing is most important!

Don’t wait to you write perfectly well. Get going.

Your writing will improve as you write.

Put pen to paper.

On what topic should you write?

Here are some helps:

Your morning routine. Do you always get up on the same side of the bed? Do you have to hit the snooze exactly 3 times every morning?

What’s your favorite movie? Why?

Your parents quirky habits.

Bands you have seen in concert. Weird Al? Kenny G? Ozzy? MC Hammer?

Your favorite ice cream flavor.

Your first car. For me, it was a VW Bug. Rust and primer. But the babes loved it.

About your kids.

Inspirations.

Holidays. How did you spend your Christmas’ growing up? What was your favorite Halloween costume?

First time you danced with someone besides a family member. Was your mom at the dance to chaperone?

Easy enough, right? Write something now.

Sadly, a lot of folks don’t write because they’re embarrassed by their perceived lack of writing skills. They’re afraid of the rules.

You have to have rules. If we didn’t, no one would write anything that anyone could read. Think of the rules more as guidelines. A map as you will. You know where you’re headed. There are a bunch of ways to get there.

Write as if you were talking to a trusted friend. Your personality will shine through.

Don’t worry about spelling things correctly. If you’re writing on the computer, the spelling checker will pick up most of your mistakes. If you’re writing in a journal or a piece of paper, just keep writing. If you’re writing ideas that you will transfer to an autobiography later, don’t fret over misspellings. You can catch them later.

Write for you first. Don’t put an imaginary proofreader on your shoulder.

Writer after writer will tell you that you have to be willing to write a poor first draft. It’s true. The words will flow more freely. You can change things later.

If you’re planning on writing only one draft, who cares. Be you. Put yourself into it. Readers will forgive spelling and grammatical mistakes if they can sense honesty and personality in the writing. This is especially true in an autobiography or other personal writing.

If you go blank, make a list. (I touch more on this in a subsequent article.) Lists are magical. Look at the list above. I’m sure ideas have already started.

Get started. Write now. You can do it

Visit our discussion on Starting an Autobiography . Robert Brady’s Autobiography Workshop is a fantastic tool for writing an autobiography .

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