A Million Miles in a Thousand Years
by Donald Miller
Miller edits his life into a screenplay and realizes it is boring, then decides to live a better story: a character who wants something and overcomes conflict to get it. Funny and genuinely motivating.
Read it if…
you want to live a better story and need the frame.
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Skip it if…
you want a spiritual treatise.
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Three things you will actually use
- A story is a character who wants something and overcomes conflict to get it.
- Choose an inciting incident.
- Memorable means difficult.
Do this first
Write what your character wants.
Our verdict
Live a better story.
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