{"id":570,"date":"2014-02-12T18:05:07","date_gmt":"2014-02-13T01:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/?p=570"},"modified":"2014-02-12T18:05:07","modified_gmt":"2014-02-13T01:05:07","slug":"essence-of-you-prompt-45","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/essence-of-you-prompt-45\/","title":{"rendered":"Essence of you. Prompt #45"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Step 1. <\/b>Make a list of significant events that have happened in your life. Start with the year you were born . You can list important dates such as the year you graduated, got married, started jobs, vacations. Also, list emotional highs and lows:\u00a0 betrayals, losses, inspirations, revelations, epiphanies.<\/p>\n

Step 2.<\/b> Choose specific years from this list and research historical events that happened during those years.<\/p>\n

Step 3<\/b>.\u00a0 From your lists: Choose an event that you think people would want to know more about.\u00a0 Or, choose events that capture the essence of you.<\/p>\n

Step 4:<\/b> Write about the event. Include specific details and use anecdotes.*\u00a0Tie in your personal events with historical events. For example:\u00a0 My junior high friends and I swiveled on cherry-red stools at Woolworth’s in 1962 in San Francisco, not realizing that folks with certain colored skin were not allowed the same privileges in other parts of the world.<\/p>\n

*Anecdote:\u00a0 A short account of a particular incident or event, especially of an interesting or amusing nature.<\/p>\n

Next step:<\/b>\u00a0 Turn this freewrite into a personal essay.\u00a0 For ideas about personal essay, click on the Just Write<\/a> category on The Write Spot Blog<\/a>.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

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