afterthought and memo

Letitia 2022-04-21 09:03:52

No one is perfect, and the advantages God gives to a person must also give him many shortcomings. So sometimes I often console myself not to envy how powerful and talented others are. Maybe someone else's sadness is worse than yours. Don't envy the drinks others drink, maybe not the boiled water you usually drink to quench your thirst. The story takes place in 1929, a paranoid writer, wrote a work. After many times of looking for a magazine to publish a book, and after many failures, an editor finally appreciated and helped him, and the book was very popular after publishing. Becoming the No. 1 best seller of the week~ A writer whose ambition has not been satisfied, decided to publish his second book. However, due to the excessive number of words in the content, it needs to be revised and deleted. The writer and editor are inseparable from the work of this book. So both families were left out. The writer's wife was the worst, having committed suicide by taking sleeping pills in front of them and even threatening the editor with a gun. But the writer disagreed and continued to pay attention to his works. The editor warned him several times, but still failed to change his character. Finally, the book is completed~ The writer fell ill unexpectedly, and wrote his gratitude and apology to the editor on his deathbed.

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  • Maxwell Evarts Perkins: [looking at the three cates containing the manuscript of Thomas Wolfe's new book] This - is Of Time and the River? Well done. Now go home and get some sleep.

    Thomas Wolfe: I... I...

    Maxwell Evarts Perkins: Let me read it.

    Thomas Wolfe: Read it kindly. Please.

  • Thomas Wolfe: I'm sorry I'm not decent enough for your fine dinner parties and your fine friends, but before you drag me out to the wood shed, I think you ought to look at who is giving the lesson. Am I supposed to grow up like you?

    Maxwell Evarts Perkins: No, Tom, but you're supposed to grow up.

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