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all the incentive a man could ask for. The conditions appear almost ideal for the venture. I have a job which nets me enough to pay living expenses while I get started. And yet I have enough space time to devote to work and study to really accomplish something fairly quickly. I have my wife and children and the thought of this future to spur me on. I have the dissatisfaction with my present situation as well. I have the success and satisfaction of a arrived writer to look forward to and to work for and I know that my own efforts will be rewarded. This is in direct contrast to the present job where no matter how hard we work now, we can get nowhere - only look forward to more cuts & then maybe a very gradually ascent. There is the world to gain, nothing to lose, the glamour, prestige, independence of a successful writer is worth lending every effort for. It seems to me like the ideal career with its opportunities for travel and other advantages of like nature. I know its a tough row to hoe but it is not impossible and it should result in a more satisfying existence from now on than I have ever known before.
It will mean a resumption of my diary, a quickening of all my perceptions and appreciations. I must keep notebooks and scrapbooks; be always alert for subjects, scenes, characters, plot ideas above all things and most important of all, I must make my own life as perfect as I know how. Nothing is more important in achieving the success I am going out after. And my health must be guarded and insured. This of course ties in with leading a life that is as perfect in every way as it is possible to lead.
And so, to the future, we can make the grade if we throw every ounce of willpower and guts and effort we can command, into the battle. Let's go!

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