UNLOCKED MEMORIES:
Writing the Story of Your Life
with ALEC GILL and AUDREY DUNNE
When you begin to write the story of your life there are many questions to ask yourself. There are a variety of issues to consider. So I have divided these into related pages for you to examine at your leisure.
7WH Formula
Formula applied directly to I R W course overall.
 | WHO are you writing for? self, family, friends, publisher |
| private, posterity, publication/profit? |
| WHAT will you write about? |
| main stages / people / places / objects / pets in your life |
| WHEN the above events were happening, what else was going on in the rest of the world? |
| WHERE do you write? |
| table / kitchen / office / library / bed / kitchen / toilet |
| HOW will you relate your life story?: humorous or serious |
| WHICH parts will you omit? |
| secret journal - skeletons in cupboard / black sheep in the family / warts n'all! |
| WHY are you doing it? |
| indulge (therapeutic in itself), inform, illuminate, |
| inspire (through laughter, tears, horror) |
| CONCLUSION: Use 7WH Formula with any piece you write to check that all the elements are included. |