Chicken Soup for the Writer's Soul by Canfield, Jack -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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COVER TITLE PAGE CONTENTS 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 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 HINT 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

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