Sharing of the family history and happenings that occurred through the years is part of the way a family identifies the history when families get together.
How someone in the family liked to do things then and how they are doing things now can vary.
For example: My oldest nephew would not eat green olives when he was growing up and now prefers them over the other types.
It was fun to discover when the change occurred and also get why it happened.
Then the story of what happened when he was younger and how the family remembered it was great fun to compare.
This is just a simple example but the family really delighted in giving the details of then and now.
In this case it wasn't necessary to keep the early year information intact and he can continue to eat green olives and enjoy them.
In some stories where it is important to keep the details true to the original story, it can be saved by writing down the original in great detail and adding supplementary pages with the information that is being shared at the current time.
Then when it is needed, the original story can be revealed and the new additions will be seen for just that-new additions.
How this will help you with your writing is in gathering all of the variations to the story.
You might use variation 1 for a story, variation 2 for a second story and so on.
A character might do well with one of the variations in expanding a story or enriching a plot.
Be on the alert at your gatherings for those stories that can be used in your writing.
Save all of the endings and see if you can rewrite the story just by adding a different ending to the original or one of the variations.
This will give your writing a jump start and be fun in the process.
The game of top this story can really help you when you are back from your family gathering and trying to find a new story to write.
Think of what might be a top this approach and try out several variations.
Not only will you have fun but your creativity will increase and your writing will become easier in addition to being more fun.
How someone in the family liked to do things then and how they are doing things now can vary.
For example: My oldest nephew would not eat green olives when he was growing up and now prefers them over the other types.
It was fun to discover when the change occurred and also get why it happened.
Then the story of what happened when he was younger and how the family remembered it was great fun to compare.
This is just a simple example but the family really delighted in giving the details of then and now.
In this case it wasn't necessary to keep the early year information intact and he can continue to eat green olives and enjoy them.
In some stories where it is important to keep the details true to the original story, it can be saved by writing down the original in great detail and adding supplementary pages with the information that is being shared at the current time.
Then when it is needed, the original story can be revealed and the new additions will be seen for just that-new additions.
How this will help you with your writing is in gathering all of the variations to the story.
You might use variation 1 for a story, variation 2 for a second story and so on.
A character might do well with one of the variations in expanding a story or enriching a plot.
Be on the alert at your gatherings for those stories that can be used in your writing.
Save all of the endings and see if you can rewrite the story just by adding a different ending to the original or one of the variations.
This will give your writing a jump start and be fun in the process.
The game of top this story can really help you when you are back from your family gathering and trying to find a new story to write.
Think of what might be a top this approach and try out several variations.
Not only will you have fun but your creativity will increase and your writing will become easier in addition to being more fun.
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