Think about various important events that have occurred in your life. Choose one in particular where you overcame a challenge or were tested, or an event that shaped you as a person. If you cannot choose one event or story in particular, consider telling your life story as one all-encompassing personal mythology.
Ask yourself why you want to tell that particular story and what's so captivating about it. Does it teach a valuable lesson to the audience or is it just an exciting story to hear? Think about the people who were involved in the event (who will become the characters in your mythology), the setting and in what time period the mythology takes place. Think about how the way you remember the events may differ from the memory of someone else who was also present.
Recall the specifics of the story in terms of how you felt. Personal mythologies are more about your feelings and emotions at the time than they are about hard facts. Exaggerations and subjectivity are expected in a personal mythology, and the story may even change from telling to telling, depending on how the storyteller feels at the time. For example, if your story is about a glamorous Hollywood party you attended in the 1960s, you don't have to know the exact address of the party or how many people were there. Accuracy isn't as important as the myth itself.
Create an outline for your personal mythology using a computer or a pen and paper. Decide how you want to structure your story, such as in chronological order or by telling the story of each character one-by-one, or in another structure of your choosing. Determine the overarching conflict of the story and what your beginning, middle and end will be. Keep your audience in mind when outlining your mythology and organize it so that it is intriguing and suspenseful throughout.
Write down or orally tell your personal mythology the way you remember it. Follow your outline to tell the story the way you want it to be told. Remember to use ample personal detail, emotion and feelings that you felt at the time the story took place. If you're telling your mythology orally, use dramatic pauses and voice inflection to amp up the drama. Keep in mind that embellishment is expected and will often make your story more captivating.