“It is not my deeds that I write down, it is myself, my essence.” Montaigne
There are many reasons for writing a memoir. Have you ever thought of writing or hiring a ghostwriter to write a book about your own personal experiences—your life? If so, here are 6 great reasons to write your memoir:
1. Tell Your Story
Whether you write your memoir are you're an author using a ghostwriter to do it, either way, you are telling your story your way. No one can do that but you. Even if you hire a ghostwriter to create your memoir they will still write in your tone, in your voice. Your memoir is your version, your own perspective of what happened in your life. And you have every right to share that with the world.
2. Get to know your Inner-self
When we tell other people about our lives we end up reminding ourselves of:
• How capable we are of
• The strength of our spirit
• The things we’ve overcome
• What we really want in life
Memories can be murky, fragmented, and as tangled as old Christmas tree lights stashed away in a cardboard box. If you only see yourself through your memories your self-identity will be distorted. Transforming memories into written words helps us untangle our past, so we get a clearer more realistic picture of ourselves. We start to understand who we really are, what makes us tick. But be aware of and prepared for a range of emotions that will unfold as you write your life story. Long buried feelings are bound to surface as you record painful memories or regrets.
3. Release Your Pain
Recording your life story can ease the pain of guilt, abuse, infidelity and so on, that hold you back and fill your head with thoughts of the past, despite your best efforts. Writing down your memories is often a healing experience. Although everyone's life is full of struggles, let downs, and overcoming barriers somewhere in all of that are some good times. By jotting down fun or warm-hearted memories you relive those special moments. Life is made up of the good along with the bad and so are memoirs. Once your memoir is finished, you'll begin noticing all the cool, fantastic things about your life
4. Connect With Others
As a memoirist, by writing about your own experiences, you can make a deep impact on readers from similar backgrounds. People feel understood and less alone when they read about someone who has been through the same things they have. Even people who didn't go through similar situations are intrigued by and can learn from other people's stories. Memoirists reduce isolation and increase social intimacy—emotional closeness, even if the readers are strangers they’ll never meet.
5. Leave A Record.
By writing your memoir you create a priceless record, a book, of your life, which also ensures your memories will never be forgotten. Additionally, writing a memoir evokes events that might have otherwise faded out of your mind. Also, just as you were curious about your grandparent's life and what things were like growing up in that long-ago age, your grandchildren will want to know what your childhood was like. Even, if you don't have kids or grandkids your memories will mean a lot to your extended family. Your memoir could even stand as a legacy to your culture. Noting down what you did and what happened to you, enhances the recorded history of humankind.
6. Help Other People
By writing a memoir or having a ghostwriter do it, you get to share what you learned about handling hard situations or even trauma and how you overcame it and went on to bigger and better things. Your hard lessons helped you grow and what you learned can help others grow but maybe without all the trouble or pain you went through. In other words, people can actually grow by experiencing your life lessons written down on the pages of your memoir. Also, when we're facing hard times or trauma we often feel like we're a deserted island. We can easily forget that somewhere, somehow, other people are going through the same things we are, no matter how horrific those things may be. There is always someone who can relate to us, to our experiences. What you learned in dealing with your serious illness, handicap, bad relationship, abusive childhood, violent marriage, wartime action, family issues, or your journey to self-discovery can impart hope to those who read it. Your memoir can inspire others to overcome their own hardships no matter what those may be.
In conclusion, everybody has an out of the ordinary, attention-grabbing, worthy of note story about something that happened to them at one time or another. However, most people will never write down their memories and share them with numerous readers. Well, now you have six great reasons to do so.
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