Multiple Narrative Structure in Memoir.

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I am currently working on fully redoing my memoir with a multi-narrative structure. There's going to be a flashback based narrative and a forward narrative. The main narrative will cover 2 years or 17months, but the stories flashbacks will cover my whole life story. I was wondering if anyone has any experience doing something like this? Any good pointers for me as i'm plotting? I tired to make a diagram:

 

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I started my memoir at Point A, went back in time to tell how I got there, and then went forward from that point. However, there's a lot of flashback in the dialogue dealing with my friend's life, so it appears I'm going back and forth in time.

I also wrote it in present tense, with the flashbacks in past tense.