Memoir: Journey to the African Safari
Memoir topic/major life event I am writing about:
Specific moment of action I will use to start telling the story:
Background information the reader will need before they can really understand the story:
The audience this story is intended for:
The key events or details that have to be in the memoir:
Other events that will make it a better story if I have the time/space to tell them:
Why this story is important to me:
The lesson that the audience should get from my memoir:
Any other details I feel are important to include:
The introduction to a memoir is different from most or all of the essays you are used to writing. You should generally begin your memoir with a moment of action to get the reader's attention. To practice this, pick either the event you wrote about last week for reflective writing or one of the moments you picked for this week's reflective writing and write a sample introduction as if it were going to be your major memoir essay.
Your introduction should be 3-5 sentences at least and begin with a moment of action. It should then draw back to explain to the reader what is going on and set up what you would actually write in the body of your memoir.
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The morning rays shone through my room through the windows. The chirping of the birds almost seemed choreographed, a reminder of nature’s intricately yet beautifully caricatured mysteries. The gentle breeze of the morning seemed to remind me of exactly how life should be lived, and how nature should be handled. I was here; on the precipice of one of my greatest goals in life. I was experiencing the full African safari, a journey through the rich ecosystem and geography of East Africa.
This was bound to be quite a memorable and life-changing experience for me in every way I looked at it. My interest in nature and wildlife can be traced back to my childhood years when I used to take long walks into the woods during my free time such as weekends. Not only did it give me a sense of connection and peace being right there, it also cultivated this feeling of mystery; some sort of beautiful yet unexplored mystery, which I