A writer's world?

Imagine your dream world. You know the place where everything goes Your way! I read a fun piece today “If Writers Ran the World” (https://thewritelife.com/if-writers-ran-the-world ) It included phone a famous author (for help), a calorie-burning keyboard, emails that write themselves, free coffee (caffeine!) for writers…lots of fun ideas. Imagine if all the words poured out of you, no stress, no writers’ block, no typos…everyone could be a writer! Of course, if you ARE a writer you can really imagine the beauty of this perfect world. But if you are just the average person who wants to write a story that’s “just in your head”…whether fiction or family lore, imagine what you could capture. Well, writers don’t get a choice…we write! Right or wrong, fact, fiction or speculation, we put words to paper because we have to. We have to apply words to our thoughts, to answer your questions, to tell your story or the story of the guy next door or across town and even on the other side of the world. For years, you have benefited from people who apply words to paper and screens so you know what’s happening or what happened years ago! I’ve heard so many people tell me “Oh, I could never do that!” Why not? It’s just words you use when you’re talking. You tell me a story. I write it down…that simple. And I still can do that for you, but not if you’re willing to risk doing it yourself. True some writers are well-trained. Most of us retained our grammar skills, sentence and paragraph structure. But most people don’t notice how well-structured your story is if it’s something they want to learn about. If you’re telling them about your childhood, theirs or their grandparents, they won’t notice a misspelled word or incorrect verb. They will hear You telling a story…maybe one they’ve heard before, but this is different. This one is recorded. It’s saved. Yup, I’m beating that drum again! Preserve your stories or your parents’ or grandparents’. I’ve heard so many great stories sitting around the campfire, the dinner table, by the shore at the lake…but they aren’t my stories to tell. So today, write a letter to your grandchildren tell them how you spent your day, or yesterday or the summer you turned 10 or 20. What was different about your day than theirs? Imagine if they are reading it 10 or 20 years from now…how different will it be then? It doesn’t matter if you mail it. Maybe just put it in a favorite book, the family Bible, yes, even in your junk drawer… in a well-marked envelope! I have My Stories on my computer and in a three-ring binder…and truthfully I’m probably not done. I had a friend who simply made a list of what he remembered about his hometown. A 100 years ago, one Maine town had the luxury of having a doctor write a book simply reporting where everybody lived or where they moved to in that town! Simple actions that report what amounts to local history. Local history buffs, genealogists lap this stuff up…I know I’m one of them. Thank you to everyone who decided to Write It Down!