Comments on: Stairway to Publishing Heaven http://www.thebookwright.com/2009/12/01/stairway-to-publishing-heaven/ author mentoring, writer's & author's unblocking, whole brain & whole mind training Wed, 25 Jan 2012 08:44:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Will Entrekin http://www.thebookwright.com/2009/12/01/stairway-to-publishing-heaven/comment-page-1/#comment-163 Will Entrekin Sat, 12 Dec 2009 18:25:58 +0000 http://www.thebookwright.com/?p=1065#comment-163 I'm sorry to say I think you completely missed Mr. Player's point with regard to practice and luck. Player's meaning was simple; if luck has everything to do with winning, practicing makes you luckier, because it makes you a better golfer and improves your game, and that's what wins. It corroborates Benjamin Franklin, who noted he found his amount of luck directly proportional to how hard he worked. In other words, while meditation is great and gratitude is necessary, you can't meditate your way to a book deal. You can't even meditate your way to a good book. If Player had been a writer, he might have said that getting a book deal is all about luck, and the more he writes, the luckier he gets. Or, probably more accurately, writing a good book is all about luck, and the more he writes, the luckier he gets. The joke is that it's nothing to do with luck; it's about hard work, perseverance, and quiet dedication over the long haul, and chances are if you wait for "luck" to happen, hoping to meditate your way to a book deal, hoping to positive think your way to a good book, all without actually sitting down and honing your craft, you're going to be sorely disappointed. There's really no such thing as luck; the people others think are lucky are generally the people who worked the hardest. I’m sorry to say I think you completely missed Mr. Player’s point with regard to practice and luck. Player’s meaning was simple; if luck has everything to do with winning, practicing makes you luckier, because it makes you a better golfer and improves your game, and that’s what wins. It corroborates Benjamin Franklin, who noted he found his amount of luck directly proportional to how hard he worked.

In other words, while meditation is great and gratitude is necessary, you can’t meditate your way to a book deal. You can’t even meditate your way to a good book.

If Player had been a writer, he might have said that getting a book deal is all about luck, and the more he writes, the luckier he gets. Or, probably more accurately, writing a good book is all about luck, and the more he writes, the luckier he gets.

The joke is that it’s nothing to do with luck; it’s about hard work, perseverance, and quiet dedication over the long haul, and chances are if you wait for “luck” to happen, hoping to meditate your way to a book deal, hoping to positive think your way to a good book, all without actually sitting down and honing your craft, you’re going to be sorely disappointed. There’s really no such thing as luck; the people others think are lucky are generally the people who worked the hardest.

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