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我的写作计划 My writing plans
Sumission of the Manuscript of “The New Miserables” Writing project “The New Miserables” - My great writing project Dear Sirs, I am writing you to see if you would support my writing plans as follows. “The New Miserables” – my Autobiography Then my own autobiography at full scale, with all of my struggle, hopes and despairs, and China history over this period of my life. I will tell the world how miserable a life I have been leading under the communist regime of China, although I am skilled in a wide range of areas. That portrait will contain a very large volume of information, not just of my own career but the contemporary Chinese history as well, from the early 60’s to the current day. In this biology, or perhaps in a separate essay, I will also depict all of my major ideas of a society, which reflect my ideas of a good society and which I would achieve if I could be a political leader of a nation. The later was my ambition some 30 years ago when I was working at the central Chinese government. And the Writing & Publishing Plans… Now the above are all what I am going to do in my later half of life. I am still young, dynamic, and energetic, although since the death of my mother, the world looks non-existing to me. Nevertheless I shall honor her as her son in my rest of life in whatever capacity I may have. The story will be written both in Chinese and English by me alone and then a certain editor will be requested to improve my English, since my English is still not yet good enough to reach at a level compatible with the first class novelists, although I have been writing English decades long. The essays will be published outside China, for there might be some politically sensitive information connected to the entire history. Why I Need Financing? Originally I plan to wait for a year or two to write the above essays, after I have earned enough money for the writing. But I would not wait for too long, therefore I would contact you for a possible financing. I would like to find someone who can support and finance my writing of the story. That will be a little time consuming, and will cost a little money. Since late 2006 I have been dived into the domains of academic career, out of my own interests, without any affiliation of any research and academic organizations. And during that long period of time – quite 10 years or so – I have almost had no time to do my business, as a result of this, my earnings have been stopped and my financial resources are being drought out. I am still trying to win enough income from my business through the Internet marketing by offering my various services – currently language services for I am acquainted with a number of languages such as German, French, Russian in addition to English, and I am also trying other businesses such as trading in the power and energy sectors where I was specialized in. But all these efforts have not yet yielded the necessary income to support my living and enterprises. And it is predicted that this situation might not be able to change in the instant future, therefore I need some other sources to finance my writing projects, otherwise they will be delayed to a unforeseeable days, I don’t know when. As I said before, for the above projects, I need to work for many years. For example I plan to complete the “Mother” novel and biography minimum within 3 years and maximum 10 years. I cannot forecast how long and which contents and in which style the novel will be written. All are unfixed yet and can only be determined once the writing begins. Over the last four months since the death of my dearest mother, I’ve tried numerous attempts to initiate the writing but only stopped, because my sorrow has produced so much emotion and tears that I am unable to pick up my pens or to hit upon my keyboard. How Much Money I Need to Finish the Writing? This is a delicate question, hard to answer. In case no income comes in in the next months, I predict I need about at least 15000 US Dollars a year to sustain my living and work, just to keep me alive. Living cost in China is very high, much higher than the majority of the world, incl. North America and Europe. For example housing prices in Shanghai is several times that in New York and medial, schooling, and other costs are also exorbitantly higher than the rest of the world. So with 15000 a year one cannot afford a house, a car, a medicare, a university studies etc, barely enough to survive. |
The Evolution of the Autobio Structure |
（2016-10-22） A special volume called "Hobby" will be added to the autobio (in fact it will be deparated from the other volume, notably "Studies") 这个自传的内容增加一个兴趣篇，最后将包括以下篇章： 健康篇1health - about health, sport and spiritual life 社会篇2Social （原生活篇） - about social connections 学业篇 3Education - schooling 研究篇 4Academic - scientific researches 兴趣篇 5Hobby - learning and other outer curriculum interests 职业篇 6Career - jobs and professions 商务篇 7Business - earning money myself 杂务篇 8Others - various other topics not covered by other volumes
（2015-11-30） 这个自传的内容增加一个学业篇(其实是将学业部份从研究部分分离出来)，最后将包括以下篇章： （2015-11-29） 我的这个自传要写好多年，大概包括以下篇章： 上面篇章划分，题目，内容等都可能会变，写的过程中会有许多不足，以及变化，所以又要补充修改。请诸位看官耐心。 |