If you're applying for a job or scholarship you'll often need a letter of recommendation. However, we are all human. I've forgotten to ask professors for letters of recommendation. So, one way to counter that is to write your letter of recommendation from the point of the view of the person you planned on asking to write it. Write the whole thing, include their name, phone number, and email and just ask them to sign it! No one will say no, but be open to edits.