Name:__________________________________________
Memoir Brainstorm Sheet
1.
Briefly describe the central event or experience you’re focusing on in your memoir:
2.
Describe the epiphany (a-ha moment) or important lesson that you learned during the events of
your memoir.
3.
Describe how you changed as a result of this experience.
4.
What is the universal theme? Why does your story matter to others?
5.
What is the mood, the overriding emotion, that you want your readers to feel when they read
your memoir?
6.
Describe the sights and visual details that surround the events in your memoir
7.
Describe the sounds you hear when you recall the events of your memoir.
8.
Describe the tastes and smells that you recall (or ones that make sense) from the memoir
experience
9.
Describe the physical and emotional feelings that stand out in your memory of the experience
10. Come up with 3 similes/metaphors that capture your emotions during your experience in the
memoir:
a.
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c.