Every author calls on, crystallises and shades his or her life experiences to craft fiction, whether they're writing world-bending sci-fi or a thinly veiled autobiography. It is precisely those most conflict-ridden moments of our lives - the tragedies, humiliations and terrors that shape the best stories. This fact-to-fiction process not only provides the essential building blocks of best-selling novels, but is, also, personally transformative. This book offers a practical tool for the person looking to harvest their life experiences to heal, lead a more authentic life and craft a rich, powerful work of fiction. 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 writing fiction. It combines research, practical and engaging guidance and personal experience to meet readers where they're at and take their creativity and personal growth to the next level. Tender, raw and laugh-out-loud funny, REWRITE YOUR LIFE offers a map and a compass for those seeking to transform themselves through the simple, profound act of writing a novel.
Sections include: * The Power of Fictionalising Your Life * The Tools of Your Transformation * Your Reward
Every author calls on, crystallises and shades his or her life experiences to craft fiction, whether they're writing world-bending sci-fi or a thinly veiled autobiography. It is precisely those most conflict-ridden moments of our lives - the tragedies, humiliations and terrors that shape the best stories. This fact-to-fiction process not only provides the essential building blocks of best-selling novels, but is, also, personally transformative. This book offers a practical tool for the person looking to harvest their life experiences to heal, lead a more authentic life and craft a rich, powerful work of fiction. 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 writing fiction. It combines research, practical and engaging guidance and personal experience to meet readers where they're at and take their creativity and personal growth to the next level. Tender, raw and laugh-out-loud funny, REWRITE YOUR LIFE offers a map and a compass for those seeking to transform themselves through the simple, profound act of writing a novel.
Sections include: * The Power of Fictionalising Your Life * The Tools of Your Transformation * Your Reward
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 professor of creative writing and sociology and a sought after workshop leader and keynote speaker.
A lively exploration of writing's therapeutic value and an
encouraging invitation to apply it to your life. --Kendra Levin,
author of The Hero is You-- "Reviews"
Interweaving practical advice with stories and insights garnered in
her own writing journey, Jessica Lourey offers a step-by-step guide
for writers struggling to create fiction from their life
experiences. But this book isn't just about writing. It's also
about the power of stories to transform those who write them. I
know of no other guide that delivers on its promise with such
honesty, simplicity, and beauty. --William Kent Krueger, New York
Times bestselling author of the Cork O'Connor Series and Ordinary
Grace-- "Reviews"
It was her husband's suicide that caused Jessica Lourey to
recognize that a standard fiction writer's tool is also a powerful
transformative healing modality. She realized that transforming
traumatic fact to fiction grants the writer perspective and an
opportunity to view events with more objectivity, reviewing the
situation as a third person, so that the therapeutic benefits can
be distilled. In two perfectly-honed pages in the Introduction
which describe the immediate aftermath of her husband's death, she
tells us everything we need to know about her credibility as a
teacher of creative writing in service to personal transformation.
(She shares a moment when she was reduced to near helplessness and
manages to salvage treasure from the jaws of defeat.) Each chapter
of this powerful book begins with several really great quotes from
in-the-trenches writers. It is also filled with innovative
exercises that teach readers how to tap into the creative wells
deep within themselves. This is one of the new genre of books which
is moving self-help into the realm of miracles. --Anna Jedrziewski,
Retailing Insight (formerly New Age Retailer)-- "Reviews"
My favorite kind of self-help book: irreverent, personal, and
superbly useful. --Jen Mann, New York Times bestselling author of
People I Want to Punch in the Throat-- "Reviews"
On occasion a gem of a book comes along. One that sticks with us
and helps us to remember, we can rewrite our life. That our journey
is filled with plot twists we never expected and that we can gain
insights and perspective by exploring those unexpected events, or
'story food' through writing. Rewrite Your Life is just such a
book. You will walk away with an understanding of how to heal
through writing fiction and have the tools you need to make a
difference in your own life, and everyone your life touches.
--Lyssa Danehy deHart, MSW, LICSW, PCC and author of StoryJacking:
Change Your Inner Dialogue, Transform Your Life-- "Reviews"
Part how-to, part memoir, part
so-funny-that-reading-it-in-public-was-difficult-without-disturbing-others,
this is a book to give anyone who wants to be a writer, or a better
one, anyone who thinks they have a story to tell. Which is
everyone. Buy this book for everyone. Except me, I already have one
and no you can't borrow it. --Nora McInerny Purmort, author of It's
Okay to Laugh: (Crying Is Cool Too) and host of the Terrible,
Thanks for Asking APM podcast-- "Reviews"
|
Ask a Question About this Product More... |
|
