Have you ever recalled that day / moment of your life, which was important? I bet each one of us definitely have, at some point of time or other. Probably at a time when we’re feeling low, or recollecting our string of achievements or failures, or we’re just simply brooding.
Again, I’d bet that none of us perhaps thought of ever writing down these important moments / days of your life. The reason: we all have steered ourselves away from that habit of “writing” diaries. A second reason could be that as we grow and mature to become a cog in the wheel of life, we tend to give lesser and lesser time to remember those days / moments, till we are ready to make the last journey.
Perhaps this is where the www has come to the rescue to some extent. Blogging has replaced the good old habit of personal diary keeping, albeit making it more public. And now BBC has gone a step further, starting a site where you can record and share memories of the important days in your life. It also gives information about events which have taken place on any day since 1st Jan 1900, and on many dates before that. You can also see what happened on any day ever since.
I feel this could really be a "swiss bank" type of deposit which your grand and great grand children can re-live - if he / she wants to.
However, what started me thinking is this: would this online journal replace the more formal way of creating “reality” tales previously covered thru the so-called “true story” books / novels? Imagine a situation when you have 500+ readers posting different feelings or situations of any particular day, which is otherwise well known / reported, e.g 9/11. You could have the starting chapters of a real-life thriller. Should this happen, would all these contributors be paid royalties?
The idea itself doesn’t seem to be new (although the execution is): Reader’s Digest used to carry similar stories from its readers (not sure if they still do!). I guess this is part of a growing trend towards “user generated” content that the media world is talking about. See examples here and here.
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