A story, wherein I break all the rules and it’s OK

I would advise storytellers against these tactics–props, using the word story, involving the audience–and yet I used them all. I have so many childhood stories that I’ve been mulling for my forthcoming memoir, I wanted to wrap my mind around something fresh. Nothing better for that than finding something that gets on your nerves.

So it was with Nature Valley, the granola bar people. I saw this ad just last week (although apparently it’s three years old), and was really tweaked by it. I mean, nothing says buy granola bars like fear of a dystopian future. Wait, that might be true… More to MY point, why do we keep making the same mistake of bemoaning the youth? How do we forget our own wasted years every time?

But, since ultimately it’s not about teaching something to a room full of people who are probably smarter than me–everyone will make of it what they will anyway–I confess my own wasted youth. No, it’s not another addiction story. Like I said, I wanted to do something fresh. I hope you enjoy. And if you’re moved, share your own wasted youth story with us over on the Facebook.

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