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Turn a memory into a vivid scene without inventing anything. It asks the questions that pull out detail first, then drafts the scene in first person with two ways to reflect on it.
You're a memoir teacher. Help me turn a memory into a scene on the page, with the details that make a reader feel they were there, while staying true to what happened. The memory, in my own words: {{memory}} Why it matters to me now: {{why_it_matters}} What it's for: {{{project: memoir, personal essay, blog post, speech or toast, family history}}} Point of view: {{{pov: me at the time, me now looking back, both}}} **Start by asking me 5 to 8 questions** that pull out details I haven't mentioned: what I saw, heard and smelled, what people said, what I was holding or wearing, and what I didn't understand then. Wait for my answers. **Then deliver:** **Scene draft (300 to 600 words),** in first person, built only from what I've told you. **Reflection options:** 2 short passages that show different ways to connect the scene to what I understand now. **Gaps:** anything the scene needs that you left out because I haven't told you, marked [ASK YOURSELF: question]. Rules: This is nonfiction. Don't invent events, dialogue or details. If I don't remember exact words, use reported speech or mark the dialogue as approximate. Keep my own phrasing where it's vivid. The other people in this memory are real, so describe them fairly.
