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It would be nice to have stories about heroes who are aware of and resist the temptation to make their lives into stories. Yes there are a few superficial moves in this direction, but I'd love to see something more systematic.
Have you read Terry Pratchett's Witches Abroad?
And, of course, Granny Weatherwax.
That's basically the Reluctant Hero archetype. Of course, from the writer's viewpoint, the outstanding feature of that kind of hero is that you have to make sure his attempt to keep a non-story life fails or, well, you won't have a good story.
Somehow I don't think those would make very good stories.
If the heroes were successful at preventing their lives from becoming stories, then certainly, their lives would not make good stories (or any other sort). I'd be rather amused to see a case where one failed.
There's this book called The Hobbit.
;-)
Discussion of some people and characters being story-prone, and others not.
That reminds me of the movie "Stranger Than Fiction".
Mieville's Un Lun Dun has somewhat in that direction.
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