If I had to share my life story with someone, I would definitely share it with someone I know. Sharing personal details with a complete stranger can sometimes be hard, strained even. With close friends, however, your recounting of past events is likely to come to you at a faster pace. And so, I would share it with a close friend or family, perhaps.
As for deciding where to start in describing my story, I would have to start it from the end before pulling it back to the beginning. Zora Neale Hurston did a great job with this in her novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God. By stating where the character was and describing briefly how she had gotten there, she gave the readers a definite sense of direction in the plot and even gave a few hints on how the story would play out. In setting up my story, I would seek to do the same.
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