03014cam a2200313 i 4500 651025450 TxAuBib 20120126120000.0 090609s2009||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2009023464 9780785213062 0785213066 (OCoLC)417440903 DLC eng rda DLC UPZ SINLB VP@ LMR MNJ LAKCL TxAuBib rda Miller, Donald, 1971- A million miles in a thousand years : what I learned while editing my life / Donald Miller. Nashville, Tenn : Thomas Nelson, 2009. xiii, 255 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier pt. 1. Exposition. Random scenes -- A million miles in a thousand years -- They fell like feathers -- My real life was boring -- Flesh and soul better -- My uncle's funeral and a wedding -- Going to see the professor -- The elements of a meaningful life -- How Jason saved his family -- pt. 2. Character. Writing the world -- Imperfect is perfect -- You'll be different at the end -- A character is what he does -- Saving the cat -- Listen to your writer -- Something on the page -- pt. 3. A character who wants something. How to make yourself write a better story -- An inciting incident -- Pointing toward the horizon -- Negative turns -- A good story, hijacked -- A practice story -- A positive turn -- Meeting Bob -- pt. 4. A character who wants something and overcomes conflict. A better story -- The thing about a crossing -- The pain will bind us -- A tree in a story about a forest -- The reason God hasn't fixed you yet -- Great stories have memorable scenes -- pt. 5. A character who wants something and overcomes conflict to get it. Squeezing the cat -- The beauty of a tragedy -- All you have to do is try -- To speak something into nothing -- Summer snow in Delaware -- Where once there was nothing. What if you could turn your life into a great story? When two filmmakers worked with Donald Miller to edit his best-selling book Blue Like Jazz for the Hollywood screen, they changed the events of his life to make them more exciting. When he asked why, they kindly explained that his real life was too boring! While watching the movie version of his memoir take shape, Don realized the same principles that guide professional storytellers could work in directing a person's daily experiences. In Let Story Guide You , Donald Miller undertakes a humorous and revealing journey as he edits his life into a purposeful and meaningful experience. And in his trademark style, he invites readers into their own process of looking at life through the lens of what makes for a memorable and satisfying story. 20120126. Miller, Donald 1971- Christian biography United States. Autobiography Authorship. LAKCL