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Dreams of a Desk Job
- alexsherrick 16y agothanks a lot for this
- bobf 16y agoIt took John Grisham three years (1984-1987) to write "A Time To Kill", and it wasn't published until 1989 because he couldn't find a publisher. Fast forward to 2010 -- in an op-ed to the NY Times, he says that writing is the most difficult and frustrating job he has ever had. Isn't that astonishing? Grisham, arguably one of the most accomplished fiction writers of the past three decades, says writing is hard. Harder than being a lawyer who primarily handles indigent cases, being on an asphalt crew in summer, selling men's underwear, and being a politician, in fact. Other than that, the key point I noted was that writing was not his childhood dream, a practiced hobby, or even a well-researched attempt at changing careers. It was something he decided to do one day and found to be incredibly difficult, but kept at it.. ultimately becoming a monumental success.
- roblund 16y agoI read that whole article without knowing who the author was (not on purpose, I just didn't look). When I got to the end I was a quite surprised to see that it was John Grisham. I was thinking it was going to be some small-time author I'd never heard of. Pleasantly surprised.
- smashing 16y agoI didn't know who wrote this until I read the paragraph on "Time to Kill". A movie came out with that name just after I graduated high school and I was the only one of my friends to see it. Many years later, I saw him interviewed on Charlie Rose. The career transitions inspire me.