Would people want to read the story... (house, feel)
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I have read some books in my time, mostly non-fiction books about different subjects, but have never read an autobiography. Mainly because teachers/others have always made them out as boring books to me. Like why would you want to read a book about some stranger's life when you could be out there living your own.
I always thought I could put my life experiences down on paper and make an excellent book. I know I would find it interesting and rewarding rekindling all the fun/sad/mad/exciting/unusual/emotional/crazy/boring/inspiring times of my life.
However, I would be the only that would of actually experienced all those times. The only one that would have experienced the ups and downs, the feelings of achievement and despair, the pleasures of being alive and the times I felt like disappearing.
So how could some stranger pick up my book with a cup of coffee and really understand what I experienced. How could they feel what I felt then. How can I... really.. share the joys and happiness I felt with others through a book?
Like the movie Into the Wild said.. "Happiness is only Happy... when Shared"
Is it possible to share happiness through a book to a lone stranger? Or is it only possible to experience true happiness, for brief amounts of time, with others?
Take a really great novel you've read as an example. Sure, you enjoyed reading it so much that you locked yourself in the house for two days but once you've finished it, you wanted to find someone that would listen to you talk on and on about the great book you've just read. You even went so far as to suggesting they borrow it from you and read it too, because you secretly wanted to be able to have someone else share the same great experience you had turning the pages.
So when it comes down to it, do I want to read the life story of some stranger (no matter how famous, intelligent, or interesting they are)? The answer is sadly 'no' every time. For I can never truly understand nor imitate what they really felt inside during all those worthwhile days of their lives.
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