Autobiography

To Boldly Go Where No Man Has Gone Before

Are you ever tempted to split infinitives? If so you’re in good company. They did it in Star Trek, as demonstrated by the title of this post,  and it’s since become an often quoted example. A split infinitive occurs when an adverb or adverbial phrase is placed between the word to and the relevant verb. In [...]

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Who Were You In A Previous Life–Writing Exercise

Do you believe in reincarnation? Perhaps not. After all, there’s no real evidence that once we leave this life we’ll be reborn into another, either for better or for worse, depending on what we do here and now. But whether you believe in reincarnation or not the following exercise can be used to throw some [...]

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Tell Your Story on Tokoni

Tokoni believes everyone has a story to tell. If you can’t get your message across in 140 characters on Twitter, join the community on Tokoni and tell your story to an audience that appreciates what you have to say. It’s an easy tool to use. Set up your profile and start sharing your stories.  You [...]

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Your Life is a Story

Before you begin to write your life story, you need to ask yourself a simple question. Who am I writing for[...]

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The HitchHiker’s Guide to Autobiography

Wikipedia discourages the publication of autobiographies on its site. Here’s why: “Writing autobiographies is discouraged because it is difficult to write a neutral, verifiable autobiography and there are many pitfalls.” To illustrate their claim Wikipedia provide the following humorous quote from The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams. It is said that Zaphod [...]

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Writing the Now

I often feel that learning to write is like learning to fly. You need a number of flying hours logged before you qualify as a licensed pilot. You don’t need a qualification to write, but you do need practice. This is where you learn to tackle the very real problems of getting words onto the [...]

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