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I guess I didn't read it the same way. The way that I see it, is that my life is a story whether I like it or not. It has a beginning, things happen, and then there will be an end. Looking at it that way, I feel an impetus to make it one worth relating. I definitely don't worry about arcs. That would probably just be an avenue for excuses, and I don't buy into an Owen Meany kind of purpose. What I do feel, is that if I spend a day on the couch watching TV, then that is one page of the book that wouldn't likely survive an editing process; but there is no editing process, so the story is just a bit worse off for it.