Rewrite Your Life
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Jessica Lourey. Rewrite Your Life
Praise for Rewrite Your Life
Contents
Introduction. TRUTH IN FICTION
Orientation
MARKERS
Recommended Packing List
PART I. THE POWER OF FICTIONALIZING YOUR LIFE
CHAPTER 1. THE SCIENCE OF WRITING TO HEAL
A BRIEF HISTORY OF CREATIVE THERAPIES
HOW NARRATIVE THERAPY WORKS
Habituation
Catharsis
Inhibition-Confrontation
REWRITING MY LIFE THROUGH FICTION
CHAPTER 2. KNOW THYSELF
WHY GOOD WRITERS ARE SELF-AWARE
CULTIVATING DEEPER SELF-AWARENESS
TRUTH BEFORE TALE
What I'm Most Scared Of
What I Am Most Proud Of
My Greatest Strengths
My Deepest Shame
What I'm Most Seeking in Life
TRUTH BEFORE TALE. Step One, Day One
Step Two, Days Two to Four. Surprise-Visit Your Brain
Step Three, Day Five. Organize
PART II. THE TOOLS OF YOUR TRANSFORMATION
CHAPTER 3. READ LIKE A WRITER
HOW TO READ LIKE A WRITER
CHAPTER 4. PICK YOUR GENRE
GENRES
Literary Fiction/Mainstream Fiction
Romance
Westerns
Horror
Science Fiction/Fantasy
Mystery
Young Adult
GENRE SELECTION
CHAPTER 5. CHOOSE YOUR NOVEL CONCEPT
A BAD IDEA
GOOD IDEAS
Carrie Fisher
Ray Bradbury
Amy Tan
RECYCLING YOUR LIFE EXPERIENCES INTO NOVEL IDEAS: A TWO-STEP METHOD
Recycling Your Life Experiences. Step 1: Journal
RECYCLING YOUR LIFE EXPERIENCES INTO NOVEL IDEAS #1
Step 2: Crunch the Letters
RECYCLING YOUR LIFE EXPERIENCES INTO NOVEL IDEAS #2
Experiences with Strong Emotional Resonance
A Recurring Mistake
Story or Image I Can't Shake
I Wish I Had____________
A Recurring Dream
Genre I Read In
Marketable
Contains Character, Setting, Central Conflict, and Theme
Carrie Fisher
Ray Bradbury
Amy Tan
RECYCLING YOUR LIFE EXPERIENCES INTO NOVEL IDEAS #3
PARTING THOUGHTS ON NOVEL IDEAS
CHAPTER 6. CRAFT COMPELLING CHARACTERS
WHERE TO FIND THE CHARACTERS
Characters from a Concept
Inspiration from the Outside World
Real People
The Subconscious
CHARACTER BUILDING #1: WHAT TO DO WITH THE CHARACTERS ONCE YOU FIND THEM
CHARACTER BUILDING #2
CHAPTER 7. STRUCTURE YOUR STORY
SUBPLOT AND BACKSTORY
PLOT AND SUBPLOT DEVELOPMENT
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Step 4
Step 5
CHAPTER 8. CREATE A SENSE OF PLACE
HOW SETTING AFFECTS YOU AS A WRITER
HOW TO CREATE EPIC FICTIONAL SETTINGS
Location
Where
How
Time
Mood
SETTING CIRCLE
CHAPTER 9. PULL IT ALL TOGETHER
STEP 1: FIRST, SUMMARIZE YOUR NOVEL IN ONE SENTENCE
STEP 2: EXPAND YOUR SINGLE SENTENCE INTO A ONE-PARAGRAPH-SUMMARY
STEP 3: INVITE YOUR CHARACTERS IN
STEP 4: SKETCH YOUR SETTINGS
STEP 5: DEVELOP EACH SENTENCE IN STEP 2 INTO A FULL-PAGE DESCRIPTION
STEP 6: COMPLETE A ROUGH OUTLINE OF THE NOVEL
STEP 7: WRITE THE NOVEL
BONUS STEP
CHAPTER 10. THE MAGIC OF REVISION
CONTENT EDITING
CONTENT EDITING
LINE EDITING
OUTSIDE EDITING
LINE EDITING CHECKLIST
PART III. YOUR TRANSFORMATION
CHAPTER 11. A DAY IN THE LIFE
Afterword
SNAP PUBLISHING
TRADITIONAL PUBLISHING
SELF-PUBLISHING
APPENDIXES
APPENDIX A. RECOMMENDED READING
APPENDIX B. CHARACTER-BUILDING TABLE
APPENDIX C. ESSENTIAL WRITING TERMS
APPENDIX D. NOVEL FORMAT
APPENDIX E. THE HOUSE ON MANGO STREET SCENE-BY-SCENE OUTLINE
APPENDIX F. NOVEL OUTLINE TEMPLATE
Bibliography. CHAPTER 1
CHAPTER 2
CHAPTER 3
CHAPTER 7
CHAPTER 8
CHAPTER 9
CHAPTER 10
APPENDIX C
APPENDIX E
Acknowledgments
About the Author
To Our Readers
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“My favorite kind of self-help book: irreverent, personal, and superbly useful.”
—JEN MANN, New York Times best-selling author of People I Want to Punch in the Throat
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My eyes scoured the library in a calm panic, and I was aware of my neck creaking on its hinges. I could smell only books and stillness, tinged with a faint coppery odor. Everything was in order except the dead man laid out neatly on the carpeting, wearing the same flannel I had seen him in two days earlier. I wondered chaotically if dead people could lie, if they still got to use verbs after they were gone, and if maybe this was the best excuse ever for missing a date. Then I had a full-body ice wash, five years all over again, a nightmare pinning me to my bed as I silently mouthed the word “mom.”
Had proximity to me killed him?
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