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1、TheShadowlandofDreamsAlexHaleyThetextisselectedfromChickenSoupfortheSoulatWork(Copyright1996byJackCanfield,MarkVictorHansen,MaidaRogerson,MartinRutte&TimClauss).close1RTManyayoungpersontellsmehewantstobeawriter.Ialwaysencouragesuchpeople,butIalsoexplainthatthere'sadifferencebetw
2、een"beingawriter"andwriting.Inmostcasestheseindividualsaredreamingofwealthandfame,notthelonghoursaloneatthetype-writer."You'vegottowanttowrite,"Isaytothem,"notwanttobeawriter."追梦亚历克斯·哈利很多年轻人告诉我,他们想当作家。我总是鼓励这些人,但我也会解释,“当作家”和写作是有区别的。在多数情况下,这些人是在梦想名利,而不是在打字机前独自度过漫长的时间。我对他们说,“你得渴望写作
3、,而不是渴望当作家。”close2RTTherealityisthatwritingisalonely,privateandpoor-payingaffair.Foreverywriterkissedbyfortune,therearethousandsmorewhoselongingisneverrewarded.Eventhosewhosucceedoftenknowlongperiodsofneglectandpoverty.Idid.孤独、冷清、低薪,这就是写作的现实写照。幸运之神会眷顾一些作家,但数以千计的人心中的渴望永远无法满足。就算是成功
4、者,大多也曾长期无人问津、穷困潦倒,包括我。close3RTWhenIlefta20-yearcareerintheCoastGuardtobecomeafreelancewriter,Ihadnoprospectsatall.WhatIdidhavewasafriendwithwhomI'dgrownupinHenning,Tennessee.Georgefoundmemyhome—acleaned-outstorageroomintheGreenwichVillageapartmentbuildingwhereheworkedassuperinte
5、ndent.Itdidn'tevenmatterthatitwascoldandhadnobathroom.ImmediatelyIboughtausedmanualtypewriterandfeltlikeagenuinewriter.我离开工作了20年的美国海岸警备队成为一名自由作家时,前途一片渺茫。唯一拥有的是一个儿时的朋友乔治,他跟我在田纳西州的亨宁一起长大。乔治在格林尼治村公寓看门,他在那里帮我找了间腾出来的储藏室。那儿很冷,又没有卫生间,可是我不在乎。我马上买了一部二手的打字机,感觉就像一个真正的作家了。close4RTAfterayear
6、orso,however,Istillhadn'treceivedabreakandbegantodoubtmyself.ItwassohardtosellastorythatIbarelymadeenoughtoeat.ButIknewIwantedtowrite.Ihaddreamedaboutitforyears.Iwasn'tgoingtobeoneofthosepeoplewhodiewondering,"Whatif?"Iwouldkeepputtingmydreamtothetest—eventhoughitmeantlivingwith
7、uncertaintyandfearoffailure.ThisistheShadowlandofhope,andanyonewithadreammustlearntolivethere.然而,过了一年左右还没有时来运转,我开始怀疑自己。作品很难卖出去,我只能勉强维持生计,但我知道,我渴望写作,多少年来我一直梦想着写作。我不要像有些人一样,临死时还想,“假如······”我要坚持不懈地试验着我的梦,哪怕衣食无着,害怕失败,也决不放弃。这是希望的阴影地带,每个有梦的人都必须学会在那里安居。close5RTThenonedayIgotacallthatch
8、angedmylife.Itwasn'tanagentoreditorofferingabig
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