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'How Did Their Ideas Become Reality'

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When Grisham first started writing, he told the San Francisco Chronicle that he "performs a silly, crude, but extremely important ritual." "When the 5 a.m. alarm went off, I'd run straight to the shower. My office was a five-minute drive from my house. Five days a week, without missing a single day, I'd be at my desk at my office at 5:30, I'd set out a cup of coffee and a legal pad (a bound stack of yellow lined paper — translator's note), and I'd write the first word." (151p) 

From Scott Belsky, translated by Lee Mi-jung, Making Ideas Happen (Joongang Books) 


Passion needs 'structuring.' That means setting your own principles and sticking to them consistently. The famous novelist John Grisham — known for The Firm, The Pelican Brief, and others — started out as an ordinary lawyer in the American South before switching to writing. While working as a lawyer and writing, Grisham kept a very regular daily routine. He woke up at 5 a.m. and during the week arrived at his office at 5:30 a.m. every day to start writing. His goal was to write one page of writing every day. Some days it took ten minutes, some days an hour. What mattered was the principle of 'one page every day.' Picture Grisham and then think about how to 'structure' the passion you have.


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This English version was translated by Claude.

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