Compose a 500-word (minimum) personal narrative "memoir" about some event in your past that has either a personal and/or universal significance. Go back to your "Ten Moments That Define You" daily exercise; then, choose one event that will become the basis for your narrative. Choose an experience or memory that haunts you or fascinates you. The incident can be beautiful, emotional, intense, tragic, or even humorous, but remember: this experience must also reveal a deeper meaning. Place this experience in context by analyzing what you learned or what the incident means in your life. Remember that others may see this essay, so choose an event that you will be comfortable sharing. To get you started, you may wish to use a pre-writing technique to sketch out possible answers to the following questions: . How might you begin your story? . What events and scenes might you include in your story? How might you arrange them? What would be the climax of your story (the pivotal moment or scene)? What insights or meaning might you want your story to suggest? To help you recognize story-worthy events in your own life, consider the following list of pivotal moments that have figured in numerous personal narratives: . Any "first." such as when you first realized when you had a special skill, ambition, or problem: when you first felt needed or rejected: when you first became aware of some kind of altruism or injustice . . Any memorably difficult situation when you had to make a tough choice. when someone you admired let you down. when you let someone down. when you struggled to learn or understand something. Any memorably difficult situation when you had to make a tough choice, when someone you admired let you down, when you let someone down, when you struggled to learn or understand M