Introduction

At the time of this writing, I am twenty-five years old. I did not learn to appreciate writing until the age of fifteen. In the last ten years I have undertaken many writing challenges - short stories, novellas, countless essays, two blogs, and countless of other little scribbles. Despite the dozens of story ideas that I have either written or wish to write, one has generally alluded me: my story. I spend so much of my time working to craft readable fiction from my ideas that I have never considered taking the time to write an autobiographical story about me, the people in my life, and what has come of my first twenty-five years of life.

Perhaps I have been worried that I might bore my readers with such a self-reflective story, or perhaps I was afraid that twenty-five years is not enough of a story to tell. I no longer believe that either of these are true. I have plenty to say, and plenty of interesting ways to say it.

Using a combination of the blog format and Facebook, I intend to spend the next couple of years retelling little chunks of my life story. Rather than dump out one huge autobiographical work at once, I will write small chunks at a time, picking the most entertaining, historically relevant, or useful memories from my past and turning them into pseudo-fiction. I will retell my memories as best as I can recall them while embellishing for the sake of entertaining semi-fiction just enough to make all the writing truly worthwhile.

My intention is to begin young and work my way up to where I am now. Of course, I cannot recall memories from my early childhood, so I will become much more creative in my telling of these early years, even if the stories do not always center on me. As for Facebook integration, as the stories approach the modern day I plan to link back to relevant Facebook posts, statuses, or photos. And of course, there will be the occasional out-of-order story in the event that I feel it worthwhile to skip-around my timeline.

The B3 Backstory will begin soon, with the first chapter simply entitled "1984."