A million miles in a thousand years: what I learned while editing my life

Part I: Exposition

Random scenes

It's improv

A million miles in a thousand years

It's all about the story

Your real life is boring

Flesh and soul better

My uncle's funeral and a wedding

Going to see the guru

The basic elements of a meaningful life

How Jason saved his family

Part II: A character

Writing the world

Imperfect is perfect

The point of life is transformation

Story application in leadership

A character is what he does

A character must save the cat

A good character listens to his writer

Something on the page

Part III: A character who wants something

How to make yourself change

An inciting incident

Facing the resistance

A good story, hijacked

Walking among the ruins

Meeting Bob

Part IV: A character who wants something and overcomes conflict

The thing about a crossing

It's the pain that binds us

A tree in a story about a forest

The reason God hasn't fixed you yet

Great stories have memorable scenes

Part V: A character who wants something and overcomes conflict to get it

The beauty of a tragedy

No one gets to watch the parade

Snow falling in Delaware

Telling a story demands courage.