The Power of Story

“Lifewriting” is seeing yourself as a character in a story you are writing, the story of your own life.   Arguably the most important insight I’ve ever found, and an organizing principle for everything I’m doing.  I offer an example of its power.

 

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Like everyone else, I thought that my experiences and thoughts were me.  But when Tananarive’s mother was dying, and we had to move the family back to Atlanta, I discovered that I wasn’t nearly as balanced and centered as I’d hoped.   All my l...