Your students are real lucky to have you Hive account@alvinauh. Very few teachers would bother beyond academia. Perhaps you could get them started by asking them to jot down their thoughts , feelings and ideas as they came and then put them together when they are ready. That's what I did. Was busy with my other stuff, decided to write down random words, phrases, recollections, whatever came to mind. That helped provide a rough outline and made it so much easier with the content creation.
Good luck to you and your students!