The Realities of Being a Writer

You are a writer. You are sitting in a deck chair on the veranda of your beautiful, rambling home (paid for by the proceeds of your writing) looking out over the beach of a remote tropical island. Drink in hand, you are thinking about your next bestseller, and as the ideas tumble freely into your head you jot them on a pad beside you. You have already received a sizable advance payment, and your publisher is eagerly waiting for your manuscript. Your wife (or husband) appears on the scene periodically to refresh your drink or bring other sustenance. Knowing that creative people like you need uninterrupted time to think, she and the rest of your family and friends leave you in peace.
Finally, you reach for the laptop beside you and begin to type. Words pour from your fingers as the masterpiece assembles itself before your eyes.
Then you wake up.

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