A Boy's Own Stories

For a while now, I have wanted to write. Unlike most aspiring writers though, it's not because I believe I have the next "Great American Novel" but rather, for many years now, people in my life (including an Executive in the Publishing Business) have told me that tales of my life and the way I tell them are fascinating. Having been an actor and voracious reader for a certain number of years now, I have to acknowledge that I have developed fairly decent language skills. Unfortunately, I lack the necessary discipline to sit and write eight hours a day and when I do succeed in getting a fair amount down, I edit, rewrite and pick it apart to the point that I can't stand it anymore. Who knows? after all, I already have four books outlined. Basically they're serial novelizations of my life. Young childhood, teens and twenties, then final adulthood. The fourth book would be backstory; the lives of the surrounding characters prior to the beginning of the first book. I actually have pretty cool titles for them too but I want to get a copywright going before I list those publicly. Another reason I haven't pursued it is that I'm afraid it's really only a form of therapy-but I've come to the realization that it can be both cathartic and interesting reading. We'll see.