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To Create A TOC For A Memoir, Try These Methods

To create a table of contents for a memoir, the document recommends creating a timeline of major life events to organize into chapters, plotting vignettes on a storyboard to arrange chronologically and consider narrative flow before writing the TOC, or outlining events and grouping lesser events under more important ones while including flashbacks in the appropriate places.

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To Create A TOC For A Memoir, Try These Methods

To create a table of contents for a memoir, the document recommends creating a timeline of major life events to organize into chapters, plotting vignettes on a storyboard to arrange chronologically and consider narrative flow before writing the TOC, or outlining events and grouping lesser events under more important ones while including flashbacks in the appropriate places.

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To create a TOC for a memoir, try these methods:

 Create a timeline.  Draw a line with the start date and end date of you’re the
period about which you plan to write; begin placing dates on the line that indicate
major events you want to include in your story. Then organize these into chapters.
 Plot vignettes you plan to write on a story board. Once you have organized them
in chronological order, identified themes, and considered the narrative arc, write
your TOC.
 Create an outline. List the events you plan to include, and then organize them
logically with lesser events “under” more important events. (In all these cases, add
in flashbacks in appropriate places.)
 Organize your memories into topics of interest.
 Make a list of 10-15 significant moments of meaning, turning points, in your life,
and relate them to your themes; locate them on a timeline. Write each turning point
in a scene, creating chapters from these core stories.

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