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Unit10
TheTransaction
WilliamZinsser
1AbouttenyearsagoaschoolinConnecticutheld“adaydevotedtothearts,”andIwasaskedifIwouldcomeandtalkaboutwritingasavocation.WhenIarrivedIfoundthatasecondspeakerhadbeeninvited—Dr.Brock(asI’llcallhim),asurgeonwhohadrecentlybeguntowriteandhadsoldsomestoriestonationalmagazines.Hewasgoingtotalkaboutwritingasanavocation.Thatmadeusapanel,andwesatdowntofaceacrowdofstudentnewspapereditors,Englishteachersandparents,alleagertolearnthesecretsofourglamorouswork.
2Dr.Brockwasdressedinabrightredjacket,lookingvaguelybohemian,asauthorsaresupposedtolook,andthefirstquestionwenttohim.Whatwasitliketobeawriter?
3Hesaiditwastremendousfun.Cominghomefromanarduousdayatthehospital,hewouldgostraighttohisyellowpadandwritehistensionsaway.Thewordsjustflowed.Itwaseasy.
4Ithensaidthatwritingwasn’teasyanditwasn’tfun.Itwashardandlonely,andthewordsseldomjustflowed.
5NextDr.Brockwasaskedifitwasimportanttorewrite.“Absolutelynot,”hesaid.“Letitallhangout,andwhateverformthesentencestakewillreflectthewriterathismostnatural.”
6Ithensaidthatrewritingistheessenceofwriting.Ipointedoutthatprofessionalwritersrewritetheirsentencesrepeatedlyandthenrewritewhattheyhaverewritten.ImentionedthatE.B.WhiteandJamesThurberrewrotetheirpieceseightorninetimes.
7“Whatdoyoudoondayswhenitisn’tgoingwell?”Dr.Brockwasasked.Hesaidhejuststoppedwritingandputtheworkasideforadaywhenitwouldgobetter.
8Ithensaidthattheprofessionalwritermustestablishadailyscheduleandsticktoit.Isaidthatwritingisacraft,notanart,andthatthemanwhorunsawayfromhiscraftbecausehelacksinspirationisfoolinghimself.Heisalsogoingbroke.
9“Whatifyou’refeelingdepressedorunhappy?”astudentasked.“Won’tthataffectyourwriting?”
10Probablyitwill,Dr.Brockreplied.Gofishing.Takeawalk.
11Probablyitwon’t,Isaid.Ifyourjobistowriteeveryday,youlearntodoitlikeanyotherjob.
12Astudentaskedifwefounditusefultocirculateintheliteraryworld.Dr.Brocksaidthathewasgreatlyenjoyinghisnewlifeasamanofletters,andhetoldseveralstoriesofbeingtakentolunchbyhispublisherandhi