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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