1st November 2012

It’s NaNoWriMo!

I’m participating in NaNoWriMo for the first time. (National Novel Writing Month for the uninitiated.) Are you?

Actually, there’s a twist.

I’m doing NaMeWriMo. National Memoir Writing Month. (P.S. that’s not a thing. I made it up.)

I have long felt my life has been full of bizarre incidents and lessons worthy of chronicling. And I have been told on more than one occasion I have a weird humor about me. I know there are probably 6 people who care about the happenings of my life, but honestly, I need to write it down. Just in case. And so should you.

Here’s some reasons you should stop reading this and go write:

1. It’s therapy. Truly. I have worked through some of the hardest things in my life by getting it out, thinking it through and piecing it together like a story.

2. It’s perspective. The economy sucks, politics are nasty, food is expensive - but you know what? The feelings and memories we often choose to put on paper are the ones that matter.

3. It’s bonding. I am choosing to do NaNoWriMo with one of my best friends, but I have always had a habit of sharing my writing with my boyfriend, friends and family. There’s something about your emotions in Times New Roman that can share how you really feel.

Your still here? Did you hear what I said at the beginning of this list? “Here’s some reasons you should stop reading this…” remember?