作家是怎样炼成的

Introduction

1. HOW I BECAME A WRITER

Ronny’s Book

A Writer’s Journey

Vindication

1,600 Articles Ago

At Aunt Jennie’s Knee

The Writer’s Song

Write--To Conquer Your Fear

From an Abyss to the Mountain Top

Why I Write

We Were All Beginners Once

2. LIVING YOUR DREAM

Alex Haley--A Writer of Destiny

Dreams Do Come True

Dreams Lost and Found

Dreams Have a Price

For Love or Money

Take That Chance!

3. DEFINING MOMENTS

A Serendipitous Visit to Revelation Island

Writing Can Be Magic

Papa’s Gift

You Can’t Afford to Doubt Yourself

A Perfect Night to Die

A Chat with Alex Haley

Cash Rewards

Why I Keep Writing

4. FINDING YOUR VOICE

It Doesn’t Matter What You Write

Legacy

A Writer’s Real Worth Is Inside

Writer, Teacher, Peaceful Warrior

Counsel from a Veteran of the Writing Wars

Coded Messages and Kindred Spirits

5. MENTORS

A Gift to Myself

My Dad Story

Writing from the Heart

Accused of Plagiarism--My Highest Compliment

Sometimes the Biggest Are the Nicest

So Long Lives This

From Noah’s Ark Writer to Bestseller

Angels over My Keyboard

6. MAKING A DIFFERENCE

Painting Portraits on Our Souls

The Boy Who Saved Thousands of Lives

The Christmas Box

Writers in Prison

A Season with the Great Sinclair Lewis

Dean Has AIDS--A Father’s Story

7. OVERCOMING OBSTACLES

In Spite of It All

The Professor and Me

You’re a Loser, Cunningham

The Obsession

Sometimes Secret Writers

How to Write Your Way Through College

A New Yardstick

Writing Is My Destiny

Writing for My Health

8. A WRITER’S LIFE

Still Standing

A Man Called Charlie Black

Mixed Blessings

Be Ready When Your Editor Calls

Helen Help Us!

A Bucket Full of Research

Making a ’Pottment

Summertime, and the Writin’s NOT Easy

Marriage and Metaphors: A Writer’s Life On and Off the Pages

9. THE POWER OF PERSEVERANCE

A Strange Thing Happened on the Way to OK

Nothing Comes Easy

The Courage of the Long-Distance Writer

So He Must Be Right, Huh?

Mommy, Please Write a Book for Me

No One Faces Rejection More Often than an Author

Learning from Rejection

Consider This

Some People Just Can’t Take a Hight

How I Want to Be Remembered

10. INSIGHTS AND LESSONS

The House on Phoenix Circle

Nothing Unconnected Lasts

Lesson of a Lifetime

The Flop Artist Writer

The Miraculous Link

Power Lounging

The Gift

How to Be Madder than Captain Ahab

Acknowledgments

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