I have a creeping suspicion that a commonality of middle-age is
an ease of autobiography. I've always written them through the
years. My first lengthy autobiography I wrote at 17 in my early
BBS experiences online and a 10 page one at 19 in 1991 for
BITNET/Internet on some mailing lists.
I've found the diskettes (3 1/2" Double Sided lol) a few years
back when I still had a computer that could read them.
Anyway, the stuff that was important to me then was different -
in a sense I was a different person (Ship of Theseus) - but yet
the threads running through are no different than today.
Stuff I was once ashamed about, I just say now. Partially
because so much time has passed, it doesn't matter but also
because there's no perfect people who can sit in judgement of me
whose words carry authority.
It's a definite freedom, to have a sense of true ownership over
one's own story.
Also, I think the "movie-ness" of the life-story becomes more
clear. I can see my story in the context of a hollywood film;
several, all depending on the perspective one takes. It's led me
to the conclusion that each of our lives *is* an epic tale and
we can change it at any time. Cliche? Pure Oprah Winfrey? Sure.
But no less true.
And [1]Seedy Johnson? Yes, yours is a story worth writing at
length. I'd go dual:
1) Novel form
2) Screenplay
If you draw, I'd say 6-panel pages - comic book style. Always
wanted to be able to do that. Can't draw.
References
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https://www.facebook.com/seedyjohnson
