Write for Your Life

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3、UCCESSESTHEPROOFOFTHEPUDDINGAfterwordAbouttheAuthorAlsobyLawrenceBlockCreditsCoverCopyrightAboutthePublisherREADTHISFIRSTORWE’LLSHOOTTHEDOG…Funnything.Iwriteafairnumberofintroductionstoanthologiesandcollections,andIoftenbeginbyurgingthereadertoskipmyprefator

4、yremarks.“Thematerialneedsnointroduction,”Isay,“sowhyareyouwastingyourtimewiththis?Ihavenochoice,I’mgettingpaidforthis,butyoucanskiptothegoodpart.”Don’tyoudareskipthis!IwroteWriteForYourLifeinthesummerof1985,shortlyaftermywifeandImovedfromNewYorkCitytoFortMy

5、ersBeach,Florida.ForacoupleofyearsLynneandIhadbeendashingaroundthecountrytopresentaseminarforwriters,onewhichaddressedtheinnergameofwriting.Wecouldhavecalleditthat—TheInnerGameofWriting—orwecouldhavecalleditDevelopingtheWriterWithin,butwhatwecalleditwasWrite

6、ForYourLife.(Andwhatastrokeofgeniusthatturnedouttobe.Severaltimeswecalledhotelstobookspacefortheseminars,onlytobeturneddownbyfolkswhothoughtweweresayingRightForYourLife,andthatwehadsomethingtodowiththeabortioncontroversy.)Theseminarwasremarkablyeffective,but

7、itsaudiencewasgoingtobelimited.IwantedtomakeitscontentavailabletopeoplewhowouldneverbeLAWRENCEBLOCKabletoattendit.SoItooktwoweeksoffandputitinbookform,thinkingthatthevolumewouldservethreepurposes:itwouldhelppotentialattendeestodecidewhethertotaketheseminar,w

8、hilegivingthosewhodidattendsomethingtotakehomewiththemandatthesametimeconstitutingahomeseminarforeverybodyelse.IneverevenconsideredtakingWriteForYourLifetoacommercialpublisher.IknewIwantedtoself