So since I run this page, you will see bits and pieces about me throughout.
Sometimes I will go on and on… (it’s for your benefit, I swear) But other times I want to just gloss over stuff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Today I will do both, maybe, and just give you a rundown (using myself a guinea pig) of how to start writing your origin story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I’m big on the origin story. I think it’s important to know where we came from the find out where we are going. It’s important also to make a list of our accomplishments, so we have something to stand on when we feel small. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
So, without further rambling, here we go…<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I was born on a rainy fall day in the early 80’s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
25 years ago I was<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Living not far from where I live now. I was just starting Junior High school and was terrified of bullies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But I had also just started writing out some of that angst and was turning those notebooks into something that would later become part of my first novel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 20 years ago I was<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n A chatroom junkie. Starting my first year of college. I was working at a radio station, taking creative writing, journalism and communications classes. I wasn’t motivated to get good grades (yet) and I had just started a job as a barista and met someone at that job who is still my best friend. I was making plans to move to California.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 15 years ago I was<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Living on a mountain in San Diego with a bunch of crazy people. Experiencing daily culture shock. Buying my first car. My first semester at Cal State San Marcos after taking a gap year to get residency, I was introduced to teaching and started a teaching job for first year comp students and women’s studies minors. I was also writing volumes of poetry in secret.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 10 years ago I was<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Married. Living back in my hometown (in Pennsylvania). On my third go around with college but much more serious about life. Deadly serious about everything and honestly not having a very good time. Working full-time and recuperating from a chronic illness. Not the happiest of times if I were to be totally honest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 5 years ago I was<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Living in Michigan and ready to pack three bags and start my life over. I had started three novels and finished one and had one self-publication credit to my name. I wanted more. I was tired of writing taking a back seat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n So there you have it. Bits and pieces of who I am. <\/p>\n\n\n\n If you did this exercise, what would you discover about yourself?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Give it a shot.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" So since I run this page, you will see bits and pieces about me throughout. Sometimes I will go on and on… (it’s for your benefit, I swear) But other times I want to just gloss over stuff. Today I will do both, maybe, and just give you a rundown (using myself a guinea pig) … Continue reading “Writing Your Origin Story”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":726,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/amymarieayres.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/725"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/amymarieayres.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/amymarieayres.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/amymarieayres.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/amymarieayres.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=725"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/amymarieayres.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/725\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":728,"href":"http:\/\/amymarieayres.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/725\/revisions\/728"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/amymarieayres.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/amymarieayres.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/amymarieayres.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/amymarieayres.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}