Metafiction

Obviously the ending of Happy endings is metafictional because the author is talking about plots at the same time a plot is ending. Debatable whether there is a plot, but nevertheless the author supports the idea that one decision can change the course of a plot. Isn't that true about life though, one decision can make or break you. Plots are constructed on the basis that we start here rise here fall here and then it's all over. The author is suggesting that we do away with plot and write about life the way it really happens. Everyday is a plot and there are ups and downs that determine our fate. How and Why are more important than the destination. We're all going to die in the end, it's an inevitable given.