Autobiography 300 words

A 300-word “autobiography” is a story that recreates an experience or experiences from the writer's life. A well-crafted story will use vivid sensory details to create a sense of time and place, and bring characters or incidents to life for the reader.

The reader should thus be able to experience and share the feelings of the author.  A successful story should also build – or unravel – in a purposeful fashion, where each element in the story is a thread that contributes to the story’s pattern of meaning.  That central significance – which could be a conflict, revelation, problem, lesson learned, or question – provides the reason for telling the story and holds all the other elements together.  Finally, an enjoyable story will demonstrate creativity and originality in content and style.

Each story submitted to The Autobiography Project will be reviewed by a panel that consists of writers, writing teachers, aspiring authors, an