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Change from Embarrassing to Entertaining

Everyone Will Remember the Incident in a Different Way

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Stories have been the way information has been handed down through the years. Think about the stories in your family that are commonly told and retold when your family members contact each other.

There will be those you want to hear again and those that embarrass you every time you listen to them. You know how your family members delight in reminding you of those stories laughing at your embarrassment.

Change from embarrassing to entertaining

So, now it’s time to take one of those moments and get creative with it to change from embarrassing to entertaining. Some of the funniest comedy skits have come out of those exact situations you might have experienced.

Write out what you can remember about the incident — interview other family members about what they remember about the experience and add that to your collection. See if friends of the family who might have been present remember any of the details. As you will discover, everyone will remember the incident in a different way. Now it is time to capture as much collective information as you can.

Next, see if you can do a creative embellishment of the incident. Use something that happened to you that was funny and see if any of those elements can be added to this story. Keep adding and tweaking until when you read the story; it seems entertaining to you and no longer embarrassing.

Please read the new version to your family members at your next family event and get their feedback. They might be able to add new perspectives you hadn’t thought of adding. Soon you will be telling your unique story, and what used to be an embarrassment to you can bring you great joy and lots of laughter. The good news is that your family will now remember the new, improved version. You can experience a sigh of relief that the original story is now different.

A variation was first seen on https://creativewritingmadeeasy.com For more tips you may like the stories below.

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