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Quick and Easy Story Writing Guide
especially for those of us who think we can’t write a story!
So, you want to add a story to History Chip!
That’s great!
The point is to tell your story as you remember it.
Easy peasy, no stress, no worries.
Like singing in the shower.
Now, just take a minute or two to remember the details of the story you want to write.
Consider the basics which should refresh your memory enough to just sit down and write what you remember.
Who
Who are the people in your story?
Just you, friends, family, strangers?
When
When did it happen?
What time of day?
Where
Where did it happen? New York, London, Mogadishu?
What are the details?
What
What happened? A trip somewhere? A hurricane? What are the important details?
Why
Why is this important to you?
Why do you want to share this story?
How
How did it look?How did it feel? Cold, hot, crowded, dangerous, safe, cozy?
WANT TO SHARE YOUR
STORY WITH THE WORLD?
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Sample Story to Help You Write
WHO: I was 28.
WHERE: I worked in the City and lived in an apartment building on a high
floor.
WHEN: It was the middle of March in 2020.
WHAT: Suddenly COVID was everywhere and the City was mostly shut down. I
couldn’t go to
work, I didn’t want to get in the elevator in my apartment building because we
were warned
to keep 6 feet away from other people. So, I decided to move to the country to
my mother’s
house. I had to find new ways to do so many things. We ordered groceries online.
I had to
find new ways to make a living. Because we were in the country we could take
long walks
outside which made life much more tolerable during ‘lock down’. My sister had
stayed in the
city with her elderly grand mother who was in danger from COVID because of her
age. They did
not leave their apartment for nearly 3 months.
WHY: Life was turned upside down. Restaurants were closed, kids couldn’t go
to school,
masks were required everywhere and we were afraid of being close to
anyone.
HOW: The streets were quiet, the shops and restaurants were closed.
People put hearts
outside of their houses and in some places people would ring bells or
bang on pots at the
same time every day to say thank you to healthcare workers and those
people who worked in
‘front line’ places like grocery stores and pharmacies. When some
businesses began to open,
plastic barriers were placed to protect customers from workers, marks
were on the floor to
direct traffic to keep people from being close to each other, masks were
required and air
purifiers were everywhere. In the early Spring of 2021, vaccines began
to be available and
things began to open up a little bit. It was hard to believe that we
were experiencing this
strange new way of life and could never have imagined that it could last
as long as it did.
Nearly 3 years later, COVID is still a worry.