I'm really no good at non-fiction writing but since I began sharing fanfictions I write in 1999 I have written over 175 ff's not counting the dozen pastiches on Dickens 'A Xmas Carol' aka 'Scrooge'. I read this classic when I was 4. I saw that Dickens wrote at an early age- 6 I believe- so if he could do it, so could I and I still have all of those old MSS on paper.
I've thought about it, but haven't started. I don't want to go through all that crap again. I'd rather leave it hidden away in boxes on my brain shelves.
I have written a synopsis of my life to date and put it with my will. My parents I knew very little about so when my mother was dying I did ask her about her time in the orphanage from 3-14 but although she told me a couple of things she said she did not want to talk about it. Her other sister said if we told the truth no one would believe them. I also asked where she met my father. Basic questions I never knew the answers to. I have not gone into great detail but just the basics like where I went to school, worked, lived, etc.I did the family tree and found out some very interesting and inspiring information about my ancestors. There are books on a few of them.My life is not interesting and i would never dream of writing a memoir but I think a generalization of our time could be a good idea as how times do you hear 'I wish I had asked them".
Have you thought about doing an Ancestry DNA test? My father had a pretty good idea about his family and it seems he was right but my mothers grandfather had no father so took his wife's name when they married. During the Covid lockdown I had so many emails asking how we were related and I did manage to find out what great granddad's surname should have been but the number of illegitimate people on my mothers side of the family was astonishing. Mum thought it a great joke and would laugh every time someone else popped up. Some we were able to work out where they fitted but others remain a mystery.
I did one years ago and found a nephew of my fathers that no one knew about albeit he had passed when I found his information. Sad story. His parents married not long after his birth and adoption I guess. They went on to have another child where the wife died and my Uncle remarried and had more children.
The DNA otherwise did not throw up anything I was not aware of re ancestry. Mostly Irish and Danish with a bit of UK/France thrown in.
I have written a synopsis of my life to date and put it with my will to be read if my children are interested. My parents I knew very little about as we did not ask them. When my mother was dying I did ask her about her time in the orphanage from 3-14 but although she told me a couple of things she said she did not want to talk about it. Her other sister said if we told the truth no one would believe them. I also asked where she met my father. Basic questions I never knew the answers to. My father also was involved in the army, Collingwood Football Club along with his brother and nephew, he was an amateur bike rider of some quality and again I knew very little about it. I have not gone into great detail but just the basics like where I went to school, worked, lived, etc.I did the family tree and found out some very interesting and inspiring information about my ancestors. There are books on a few of them.My life is not interesting and i would never dream of writing a memoir but I think a generalizatio
There are already far too many of these so-called Memoirs clogging up libraries and bookshops. The vast majority are not even written by the subject of these books but by some ghost-writer. Do people really think that others have the slightet bit of interest in what these politicians, sportpeople et al. have to say? We have even seen these so-called Memoirs being produced and the subjects are barely out of their teenage years. How absurd and self-important can people get?
4 points for No, I prefer to keep my life private. Did anyone notice that on the typewriter the z
is where the y should be and the y is where the z should be.
My high school journalism teacher and my English professor wanted me to write a book. I might take another course first this fall, and then I am going to write about my Dad and I. I am doing it more for myself than getting it published,
My nephew strongly and continuously urges me to write my memoir. He insists it would be a life saver for many. I have more fun calling out idiots like Jordan Peterson!
I have a somewhat interesting ancestry.
I guess if i ever got around to it then id do some ancestral stuff. But one side was already researched, except for some that is not well known, and some undiscovered info.
I have read some interesting details, but wish i knew more to close of certain unknowns.
Yes,because of my medical condition. It was so hard for me to work out what was wrong with me,what specialist to ,eventually be diagnosed and the progression if my disease over the last 20years. My hope is that it would help others be able to identify and manage their illness.
Not my life memoir, but i have always thought about having my poetry published. That'd be a NSFW eye-opener in itself- the mind and imagination of a bullied teenager throughout the school years was definitely an interesting one.
Definitely our family should be a TV series. I have a laptop full of stories, we have just found out we have a thing called Cowden's Disease, they say its a 1 in 10,000 thing, it's genetically passed down, it means we have a 30 % higher chance of certain cancers, after hearing this my daughter put it out there on the Facbooky thing no real reaction and there shouldnt be but i don't know if anyone has watched a show called Watson its a show similar to House a medical show which featured Cowdens disease where the patent died and wow did we get calls it turned our house people were rocking up we haven't seen for years, i loved it bourbon /homecooked pasties/caseroles was a busy fortnight, there is a lot more to this story and there are many others im sure we could be the next days of our lives
Although my life has been wild and interesting...to say the least, I now live in a way where, when I die, MOST will be SURPRISED to even know I HAD BEEN alive up to that point. I think a memoir is one of the MOST narcissistic and sociopathic things anyone could ever do.
5 points for writing "Chapters Of My Life", but it's stuck on the computer waiting to be finished. I should have finished it during the COVID-19 years, but I just don't want to relive the bad memories to finish writing it... ;-(
I wasn't being sarcastic, honest. I was just referring to Psalm chapter 37 in any Bible. I'm hoping to live forever on the earth made a paradise again myself! ;-D
Knowing your previous posts and the food you eat that is quite achievable. Just a thought,have you ever considered posting an e book for meals for one. Budget meal prep and vegan/ vegetarian is quite popular at the moment. Best wishes
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