Making Peace With The Plot Twist

Interfering Neurotic

Plot twist are an exciting feature of our favourite stories but can be the most harrowing experiences of our actual lives.

In this episode, we reveal:

• The major plot twists of our lives and how we survived them
• The painful exercise in pushing through when life shoves us into the unknown
• How to exist in the story before growth, closure or resolution
• And why resilience looks much messier, sloppier and tear-stained than we ever expected

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Show notes:

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• The Plot - Jean Hanff Korelitz (Book)
• The Sequel - Jean Hanff Korelitz (Book)
• I Who Have Never Known Men - Jacqueline Harpman (Book)
• "Yes---what the American public always wants is a tragedy with a happy ending." William Dean Howells
• “Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards.” Søren Kierkegaard
• "End Effects of Rated Life Quality: The James Dean Effect" by Ed Diener, Derrick Wirtz, and Shigehiro Oishi, published in Psychological Science in 2001. This research explores how the ending of a life influences the perceived desirability of that life.