Rewrite Your Life: Discover Your Truth Through the Healing Power of Fiction (How to Write a Book)
Learn the Art of Storytelling

"A step-by-step guide for writers struggling to create fiction from their life . . . delivers on its promise with such honesty, simplicity, and beauty."-William Kent Krueger, New York Times bestselling author

#1 Bestseller in Self-Help, Creativity
Shortlisted for an Agatha Award for Best Nonfiction!

Tender, raw, and laugh-out-loud funny, Rewrite Your Life offers both a map and a compass for those seeking to harvest their life experiences to heal, lead a more authentic life, and craft a rich, powerful work of fiction.

According to common wisdom, we all have a book inside of us. But how do we select and then write our most significant story-the one that helps us to evolve and invites pure creativity into our lives? In Rewrite Your Life, creative writing professor, sociologist, and popular fiction author Jess Lourey guides you through the redemptive process of writing a healing novel that recycles and transforms your most precious resources-your own emotions and experiences.

There's more to writing that meets the eye. This fact-to-fiction process provides not only the essential building blocks of bestselling novels but is also personally transformative. Based on the process the author developed and field-tested in the wake of her husband's suicide, Rewrite Your Life is devoted to the practice of discovering, healing, and evolving through fiction writing. It combines research, practical and engaging guidance, and personal experience to meet readers where they are and take their creativity and personal growth to the next level.

Rewrite your life teaches you to:

  • Navigate the inner process to telling a story
  • Use tools and tactics to master fiction writing
  • Uncover the stories through your experiences
  • If you have read books such as Save the Cat! Writes a Novel, How to Be Heard, or Story Power, you will love Rewrite Your Life.

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    Rewrite Your Life: Discover Your Truth Through the Healing Power of Fiction (How to Write a Book)
    Learn the Art of Storytelling

    "A step-by-step guide for writers struggling to create fiction from their life . . . delivers on its promise with such honesty, simplicity, and beauty."-William Kent Krueger, New York Times bestselling author

    #1 Bestseller in Self-Help, Creativity
    Shortlisted for an Agatha Award for Best Nonfiction!

    Tender, raw, and laugh-out-loud funny, Rewrite Your Life offers both a map and a compass for those seeking to harvest their life experiences to heal, lead a more authentic life, and craft a rich, powerful work of fiction.

    According to common wisdom, we all have a book inside of us. But how do we select and then write our most significant story-the one that helps us to evolve and invites pure creativity into our lives? In Rewrite Your Life, creative writing professor, sociologist, and popular fiction author Jess Lourey guides you through the redemptive process of writing a healing novel that recycles and transforms your most precious resources-your own emotions and experiences.

    There's more to writing that meets the eye. This fact-to-fiction process provides not only the essential building blocks of bestselling novels but is also personally transformative. Based on the process the author developed and field-tested in the wake of her husband's suicide, Rewrite Your Life is devoted to the practice of discovering, healing, and evolving through fiction writing. It combines research, practical and engaging guidance, and personal experience to meet readers where they are and take their creativity and personal growth to the next level.

    Rewrite your life teaches you to:

  • Navigate the inner process to telling a story
  • Use tools and tactics to master fiction writing
  • Uncover the stories through your experiences
  • If you have read books such as Save the Cat! Writes a Novel, How to Be Heard, or Story Power, you will love Rewrite Your Life.

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    Rewrite Your Life: Discover Your Truth Through the Healing Power of Fiction (How to Write a Book)

    Rewrite Your Life: Discover Your Truth Through the Healing Power of Fiction (How to Write a Book)

    by Jessica Lourey
    Rewrite Your Life: Discover Your Truth Through the Healing Power of Fiction (How to Write a Book)

    Rewrite Your Life: Discover Your Truth Through the Healing Power of Fiction (How to Write a Book)

    by Jessica Lourey

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    Overview

    Learn the Art of Storytelling

    "A step-by-step guide for writers struggling to create fiction from their life . . . delivers on its promise with such honesty, simplicity, and beauty."-William Kent Krueger, New York Times bestselling author

    #1 Bestseller in Self-Help, Creativity
    Shortlisted for an Agatha Award for Best Nonfiction!

    Tender, raw, and laugh-out-loud funny, Rewrite Your Life offers both a map and a compass for those seeking to harvest their life experiences to heal, lead a more authentic life, and craft a rich, powerful work of fiction.

    According to common wisdom, we all have a book inside of us. But how do we select and then write our most significant story-the one that helps us to evolve and invites pure creativity into our lives? In Rewrite Your Life, creative writing professor, sociologist, and popular fiction author Jess Lourey guides you through the redemptive process of writing a healing novel that recycles and transforms your most precious resources-your own emotions and experiences.

    There's more to writing that meets the eye. This fact-to-fiction process provides not only the essential building blocks of bestselling novels but is also personally transformative. Based on the process the author developed and field-tested in the wake of her husband's suicide, Rewrite Your Life is devoted to the practice of discovering, healing, and evolving through fiction writing. It combines research, practical and engaging guidance, and personal experience to meet readers where they are and take their creativity and personal growth to the next level.

    Rewrite your life teaches you to:

  • Navigate the inner process to telling a story
  • Use tools and tactics to master fiction writing
  • Uncover the stories through your experiences
  • If you have read books such as Save the Cat! Writes a Novel, How to Be Heard, or Story Power, you will love Rewrite Your Life.


    Product Details

    ISBN-13: 9781573246934
    Publisher: TURNER PUB CO
    Publication date: 05/01/2017
    Pages: 268
    Sales rank: 289,362
    Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d)

    About the Author

    Jessica Lourey is best known for her critically-acclaimed Murder-by-Month mysteries. Her latest book, Salem's Cipher, earned starred reviews from Library Journal and Booklist. She is a tenured professor of creative writing and sociology and a sought after workshop leader and keynote speaker. Visit her at www.jessicalourey.com.

    Table of Contents

    Introduction xi

    Orientation xxi

    Recommended Packing List xxii

    Part I The Power of fictionalizing Your Life 1

    Chapter 1 The Science of writing to Heal 3

    Chapter 2 Know Thyself 21

    Part II The Tools of Tour Transformation 37

    Chapter 3 Read Like a Writer 39

    Chapter 4 Pick Your Genre 47

    Chapter 5 Choose Your Novel Concept 55

    Chapter 6 Craft Compelling Characters 87

    Chapter 7 Structure Your Story 101

    Chapter 8 Create a Sense of Place 117

    Chapter 9 Pull It All Together 135

    Chapter 10 The Magic of Revision 157

    Part III Your Transformation 173

    Chapter 11 A Day in the Life 175

    Afterword 185

    Appendixes 195

    A Recommended Reading 197

    B Character-Building Table 199

    C Essential Writing Terms 201

    D Novel Format 205

    E The House on Mango Street Scene-by-Scene Outline 207

    F Novel Outline Template 213

    Bibliography 227

    Acknowledgments 233

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