Instructions

1

Examine your life. Make a list of your ten best or most memorable moments.
2

Make a list detailing the ten worst or embarrassing moments of your life.
3

Take a moment to visualize what affects you emotionally and write down everything that comes to mind.
4

Interview the people closest to you, such as your parents, siblings and friends. Have them answer questions dealing with their perception of you, such as "what moment defines our friendship?"
5

Read over your lists and determine a recurring theme throughout your life, such as connections between your best and worst moments.
6

Form a tentative thesis for your life's story. The thesis should be something that you can focus the story around, such as a recurring theme found in your life.
7

Outline the autobiography. Break your life down into segments such as childhood, adolescence and early adulthood. Determine what examples and sub-points will be used for each chapter of your life and write it down in your outline as a bulleted list.
8

Write the first draft of your story according to the outline.
9

Revise the story for shallow connections, bad grammar, passive language and common misspellings. Ensure that each sentence flows smoothly into the next and shows rather than tells. For example: "My hand slipped from the branch onto his leg, the shift in gravity pulling us both into the frigid river," is better than, "We both fell into the river."