The Story of Your Life Becoming the Author of

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.

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

Introduction	p. 15
Every Day I Write the Book: The Stories of Our Lives	p. 21
The Telltale Self: The Narrator	p. 34
Great Expectations: What Motivates Our Plots	p. 56
Love, Mastery, and Loss: The Three Major Plots	p. 66
Money, Escape, Sex, and Children: The Four Major Complications	p. 88
What Makes Sammy Run? Reading Yourself and Others	p. 119
Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places: Plots in Popular Culture	p. 156
On the Road: How Plots Change	p. 172
Twice-Told Tales: Telling and Retelling the Story of Your Life	p. 205
Bibliography	p. 223
Index	p. 227
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