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Memory Mining

by RunRaeRun Creative Production › Creative Exploration

45 minutes 5 Steps

  1. Pick a year

    5 minutes

    Choose a year of your life and write down your age, your address and who you spent time with.

  2. List twenty memories

    15 minutes

    Fast, one line each. Small moments count more than big events.

  3. Pick one

    The one that still makes you feel something.

  4. Sensory freewrite

    20 minutes

    Write the memory in the present tense, using every sense: smells, textures, sounds.

  5. Why does it matter?

    5 minutes

    Write a few lines on why this memory has stuck with you.