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Writing ■ Creating the First Draft
Beginning ■ The beginning of your phase autobiography should accomplish three things, each of which is demonstrated in Teri’s opening paragraph:
- Set the scene.
The summer when I was turning 12, my family moved from Auburn, Washington, to Munster, Indiana.
- Introduce a problem.
I had a posse of friends in Washington but knew nobody here.
- Get the story rolling.
We didn’t have air conditioning, so the only place I could go to escape was the basement.