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9780684826967

The Story of Your Life Becoming the Author of Your Experience

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    9780684826967

  • ISBN10:

    0684826968

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1997-06-20
  • Publisher: Touchstone
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From Simon & Schuster, The Story of Your Life is Mandu Aftel's guide to becoming the author of your experience.

Using examples from literature and life and a range of imaginative thinking and writing exercises, Aftel guides us in the creation of an artful existence, full of the complexity, insight, and excitement of a great novel.

Author Biography

Mandy Aftel is a psychotherapist, perfumer, and the coauthor of When Talk Is Not Cheap. She lives in Berkeley, California, with her daughter.

Table of Contents

Introductionp. 15
Every Day I Write the Book: The Stories of Our Livesp. 21
The Telltale Self: The Narratorp. 34
Great Expectations: What Motivates Our Plotsp. 56
Love, Mastery, and Loss: The Three Major Plotsp. 66
Money, Escape, Sex, and Children: The Four Major Complicationsp. 88
What Makes Sammy Run? Reading Yourself and Othersp. 119
Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places: Plots in Popular Culturep. 156
On the Road: How Plots Changep. 172
Twice-Told Tales: Telling and Retelling the Story of Your Lifep. 205
Bibliographyp. 223
Indexp. 227
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