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

According to common wisdom, we all have a book inside of us. Every author calls on, crystallizes, 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. 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; the one that people line up to read? 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.

This fact-to-fiction process provides not only the essential building blocks of best-selling 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.

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.

From the author of the popular TEDx Talk, "Use Fiction to Rewrite Your Life," comes a new life writing approach unlike any other how-to book on writing fiction.

How to turn life writing into fiction. According to common wisdom, we all have a book inside of us. But how do you select your most significant experiences to write your story―the one that helps you evolve and invites pure creativity into your life, the one that people line up to read? Creative writing professor and popular fiction author Jessica Lourey guides you through the redemptive process of writing a novel that recycles and transforms your most precious resources―your real life stories and emotions.

Writing fiction from real life stories. There's a creative way to heal your life―writing and rewriting. Based on a method developed in the wake of a tragedy, this fact-to-fiction process doesn't just provide the essential building blocks of best-selling books, it also transforms your life. Tender, raw, and laugh-out-loud funny, Rewrite Your Life offers both a map and a compass for those seeking to harvest their real life stories to craft a rich, powerful work of fiction. Inside, you'll learn about the science of writing to heal and the magic of revision, with bonus material like:

• A scene by scene study
• A character building table
• A novel outline template

If you enjoyed books like On Writing Well, Your Story Matters, Writing Down the Bones, or The Emotional Craft of Fiction, then you'll love Rewrite Your Life.

#1 Bestseller in Self-Help, Creativity

From the author of the popular TEDx Talk, "Use Fiction to Rewrite Your Life," comes a new life writing approach unlike any other how-to book on writing fiction.

How to turn life writing into fiction. According to common wisdom, we all have a book inside of us. But how do you select ypur most significant experiences to write your story―the one that helps you evolve and invites pure creativity into your life, the one that people line up to read? Creative writing professor and popular fiction author Jessica Lourey guides you through the redemptive process of writing a novel that recycles and transforms your most precious resources―your real life stories and emotions.

Writing fiction from real life stories. There's a creative way to heal your life―writing and rewriting. Based on a method developed in the wake of a tragedy, this fact-to-fiction process doesn't just provide the essential building blocks of best-selling books, it also transforms your life. Tender, raw, and laugh-out-loud funny, Rewrite Your Life offers both a map and a compass for those seeking to harvest their real life stories to craft a rich, powerful work of fiction. Inside, you'll learn about the science of writing to heal and the magic of revision, with bonus material like:

• A scene by scene study
• A character building table
• A novel outline template

If you enjoyed books like On Writing Well, Your Story Matters, Writing Down the Bones, and The Emotional Craft of Fiction, then you'll love Rewrite Your Life.

"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.