The first step is to just write. Of course that is easier said than done, so don't censor or criticize. Write in stages, don't expect to do it all in one sitting. All you need to accomplish is getting the words down on paper (or up on the screen).
Write from your own perspective, about some experience that seems important to you. If it interests you, it will probably interest others.
At first, it is not important to have a purpose in telling a story, but as you review what you have written a purpose should emerge. Include your emotions, pay attention to details, describe your own and others' reactions.
Try to think of something that you learned from your experience and share that with the reader or listener. What we learn form stories can be divided into 3 broad categories; we learn something:
about ourselves
about others
about the world around us
All of these have the ability to change our actions and to affect our lives.
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Congratulations to
Burn Survivor
J. R. Martinez
Winner of Season 13
Dancing With The Stars!
Congratulations to J.R. Martinez for winning this season of ABC's Dancing With The Stars! J.R. is an inspirational burn survivor who is a talented public figure despite disfiguring scars from his burns.
J.R. is an Iraq war veteran, actor, and a motivational speaker. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Phoenix Society for Burn Survivors and has been very active within the burn survivor community. He is also an excellent dancer!
