My most recent post was a very personal look my life’s intersection with stories and how they’re helping get through my miscarriage. Several things I’d been watching and reading in 2010 helped me in this season of learning to let go. I also wrote about my next novel and how I believe it will help me get through my grief. As I finished the post, I was grateful to have had the chance to dwell on what I’ve always known to be true and defining for me: the sustaining importance of stories in my life. They’ve saved me, time and again. I’ve always sought them, told them, consumed them, fashioned what I see around me into a narrative, and spent all my time, even when I’m doing something else, dreaming of them. I wouldn’t be alive if it weren’t for stories.  It reminded me of a blog series I’ve wanted to do for some time. I want to write about, discuss and read guest posts about the way stories save and sustain us. I want to celebrate stories with people who love them as much as I do. So here we go:  For my part, I write books and short stories, I want to make films and I want to get these things out into the world because I love stories. I’ve been telling stories since I was able to talk. But they are more than something I love to create. Stories have reached into my often-troubled mind and have saved my life, over and over. They inform me, guide me, inspire me and make me feel less alone. Whether in film, on the stage, on TV or written down, good stories have become a part of my life more than most people have. They’re there for me in the dead of night, they’re there for me in a split-second when I have to make a decision, and they’re there for me when I need to put life into perspective. Maybe you’ve never thought about which stories have impacted you, or maybe you are constantly annotating your life and inner monologue with pop culture references. I’ve found that, even with people who swear they’re not big on reading or movies, almost everyone has a couple of favorite stories that they return to throughout their lives. It’s fascinating to think about why these tales are a person’s favorite. The stories you are drawn to say a lot about who you are and that’s because, whether you’re aware of it or not, stories play a huge role in our conscious and unconscious lives. I’m going to start a series of posts about stories that have become part of my life and part of the lives of those I know (in real life or from Twitter, Tumblr, and the like). Hopefully, lots of good discussion will happen about tales we’ve loved all our lives or ones we’ve just come across and have knocked us off our feet. This blog is on an entirely new platform, so I’m not sure how well the comment features will work out, but what better way to find out then to dive into something like this? So next Wednesday, my first post on stories that have saved my life will go up. If you’re interested in contributing, let me know in the comments below. Again, your story can be a favorite book, short fiction, TV show, film or stage play. The only requirement is that it absolutely needs to be is a story that’s stayed with you throughout the years, has meant something BIG to you and why it’s meant something big.  Even if you don’t contribute a post, please come back and comment. The more discussion we get, the better this will be. The best thing about being addicted to stories, other than creating/sharing in them, is to find others as into them as you are. And hopefully, through all of this, we’ll all find a couple new stories to dive into.

My most recent post was a very personal look my life’s intersection with stories and how they’re helping get through my miscarriage. Several things I’d been watching and reading in 2010 helped me in this season of learning to let go. I also wrote about my next novel and how I believe it will help me get through my grief. As I finished the post, I was grateful to have had the chance to dwell on what I’ve always known to be true and defining for me: the sustaining importance of stories in my life. They’ve saved me, time and again. I’ve always sought them, told them, consumed them, fashioned what I see around me into a narrative, and spent all my time, even when I’m doing something else, dreaming of them. I wouldn’t be alive if it weren’t for stories. 

It reminded me of a blog series I’ve wanted to do for some time. I want to write about, discuss and read guest posts about the way stories save and sustain us. I want to celebrate stories with people who love them as much as I do. So here we go: 

For my part, I write books and short stories, I want to make films and I want to get these things out into the world because I love stories. I’ve been telling stories since I was able to talk. But they are more than something I love to create. Stories have reached into my often-troubled mind and have saved my life, over and over. They inform me, guide me, inspire me and make me feel less alone. Whether in film, on the stage, on TV or written down, good stories have become a part of my life more than most people have. They’re there for me in the dead of night, they’re there for me in a split-second when I have to make a decision, and they’re there for me when I need to put life into perspective.

Maybe you’ve never thought about which stories have impacted you, or maybe you are constantly annotating your life and inner monologue with pop culture references. I’ve found that, even with people who swear they’re not big on reading or movies, almost everyone has a couple of favorite stories that they return to throughout their lives. It’s fascinating to think about why these tales are a person’s favorite. The stories you are drawn to say a lot about who you are and that’s because, whether you’re aware of it or not, stories play a huge role in our conscious and unconscious lives.

I’m going to start a series of posts about stories that have become part of my life and part of the lives of those I know (in real life or from Twitter, Tumblr, and the like). Hopefully, lots of good discussion will happen about tales we’ve loved all our lives or ones we’ve just come across and have knocked us off our feet. This blog is on an entirely new platform, so I’m not sure how well the comment features will work out, but what better way to find out then to dive into something like this?

So next Wednesday, my first post on stories that have saved my life will go up. If you’re interested in contributing, let me know in the comments below. Again, your story can be a favorite book, short fiction, TV show, film or stage play. The only requirement is that it absolutely needs to be is a story that’s stayed with you throughout the years, has meant something BIG to you and why it’s meant something big. 

Even if you don’t contribute a post, please come back and comment. The more discussion we get, the better this will be. The best thing about being addicted to stories, other than creating/sharing in them, is to find others as into them as you are. And hopefully, through all of this, we’ll all find a couple new stories to dive into.

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