Pre-order Releases Jan 26, 2027
The B Plot: How to Reclaim and Reframe the Story of Your Life
by Tim Dyer
$16.52 / copy at 25+ copies As low as $13.72 at 1,000+Your best volume price
About the book
The B Plot
What if the life you’re chasing isn’t the story that changes you?
In every great film, there are two narratives: the A-Plot—what the character thinks they want—and the B-Plot—the deeper story that transforms them. In The B Plot, writer and creative director Tim Dyer reveals how this same dynamic also shapes our lives.
We spend years pursuing the A-Plot—success, achievement, the life we planned. But beneath the surface, another story is unfolding. The B-Plot is the one we don’t choose—the setbacks, disruptions, and unexpected turns that challenge us, reshape us, and ultimately reveal who we are becoming.
Through powerful storytelling, personal experience, and insights drawn from film, literature, and leadership, Dyer invites readers into the “writer’s room” of their own lives. Here, you’ll begin to see that life doesn’t happen to you—it happens for you: for your growth, your transformation, and your ultimate good.
More than a book, The B Plot is a guide to reinterpreting your life through a new lens. With interactive exercises, reflection prompts, and downloadable tools, readers will begin to uncover the deeper narrative already at work—and start to reclaim and reframe their own story.
Because the most meaningful story of your life isn’t the one you’re chasing. It’s the one that’s been chasing you all along.
The book, The B Plot: How to Reclaim and Reframe the Story of Your Life [Bulk, Wholesale, Quantity] ISBN#9781637636145 in Hardcover by Tim Dyer may be ordered in bulk quantities. Minimum starts at 25 copies. Availability based on publisher status and quantity being ordered.
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Details
- Publisher
- Forefront Books
- Author
- Tim Dyer
- Format
- Hardcover
- Release date
- Jan 26, 2027
- ISBN-13
- 9781637636145
- ISBN-10
- 1637636148
- Pages
- 240
- Carton quantity
- 20 copies
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The B Plot in bulk: pricing
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| Copies | Price per copy | You save |
|---|---|---|
| 25 – 99 | $16.52 | 41% off list |
| 100 – 249 | $15.68 | 44% off list |
| 250 – 499 | $14.84 | 47% off list |
| 500 – 999 | $14.28 | 49% off list |
| 1,000+ | $13.72 | 51% off list |
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