Now that is a great place to start! But how do I start this process? I already have a VERY rough draft of my autobiography that was written in the late Spring of 2009 and finished over 4 months later. I just wrote and wrote with no regard to correct verbage, spelling or grammar. My 1st draft is mostly chronological – that seemed the easiest way to get it all down.
Midway through the process, my husband wanted to read what I had done so far. My husband and I have been together since we were about 17 (over 30 years if it matters) so most of this stuff should not be a surprise. However, it turned out to be an emotional experience for him. Seeing my life from the inside, apparently hit some nerves and he never finished reading it.
I was not sure how I felt about that. Was it too harsh? What could I have said that made a grown man cry? I wrote my feelings at the time, so maybe from a writer’s view getting that kind of emotion out of written words was a good thing. Not that I WANTED to make my husband cry, but maybe it was something that needed to be said.
