There’s always a time (occasionally more than once) in everyone’s life when you find yourself stepping back to look at the big picture, to see how the first several chapters in your book have played out. These are the times when you must critically examine your story. Can you determine how the natural progression of your story unfolds? Do you like the ending as it currently appears, or do you want to fundamentally edit your novel of life? No one’s book is ever finished, so there’s always room for improvement… and as the author, the story can go in any direction you imagine. The path may alter, unexpectedly, it may be dramatically different from the path you imagined 5, 10, 20 years ago… but, the essence of your story should always remain the same.