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When the March sisters returned to the door, the postman just arrived and handed Roland a bunch of letters.

Roland weighed it, and said to Beth: "It seems that I have to hurry up and write a new story. The letters from readers are getting less and less recently."

Beth couldn't help covering her mouth with a small smile.

She will always be the first reader of the stories written by her sister.When a new story comes out, she will be delighted again.

Roland held the letter and returned home with Beth, and greeted Mrs. March and Hannah. The two sisters sat in the living room temporarily and read the letter together.

With sharp eyes, Roland spotted a letter from Amy first, and quickly asked Beth to read the letter together.

"Oh, our 'little Raphael'." Beth sighed.

As they opened the letter together, out of it fell a bundle of pencil sketches tied tightly with a ribbon.Although these pencil sketches look a bit scribbled, the strokes are concise, but the strokes are clear, allowing people to see the scenery depicted in the painting at a glance.

Amy is the one with the best artistic talent among the sisters.Hence the nickname "Little Raphael".

This time Amy left home to go to the European continent. She said that it was a pity that her sisters could not go with her, but she was willing to be the eyes of the sisters and draw beautiful scenery for them.

And Emmy did exactly that.

She drew landmarks of major cities along the way, Hyde Park, the Arc de Triomphe and Notre Dame in Paris, the Colosseum in Rome... Of course, drawing these "sketches" also took a lot of time.But Amy is a very committed person, especially for her sisters.

Amy's paintings are very delicate. Although they are under the banner of "sketch", it can be seen that she is still very careful.Looking at her paintings, you can indeed appreciate the style of those big cities in Europe, which are completely different from the small towns in the United States that seem to be printed out of the same mold.

Roland estimated that Amy would need to accompany Aunt March for a long time every day, and then he would go back to his room to modify the paintings until late at night.

And these sketches that Amy sent back, she and Beth cherished very much.They treasured every painting, and planned to frame it into a book, and give Amy a surprise when she came back.

Who knew that Beth was still admiring Amy's paintings over there, and Roland frowned while reading Amy's letter.

Amy wrote that she met a large group of "Grand Tourists" in Italy who came to Italy.

Italian art student.Encouraged by Aunt March, Amy participated in their painting training-who knows that such training made Amy quickly give up.

"I just realized today that the artistic talent I have always been proud of is not enough to make me an artist and stand out in the highly competitive art world..."

Roland wanted to laugh a little.

The so-called "getting ahead" is Amy's own hope for herself.The March family had never made such a request of her.

Emmy is eager and realistic.Once she finds that one way is not working, she will try to go another way.

Sure enough, Amy wrote in the following letter: She will still fulfill her promise to her sisters and continue to paint for her sisters, but this is just so that her sisters can also share the scenery she saw.

Then she changed her pen and mentioned several handsome young men she met during the journey.

As Roland read, he couldn't help but raise the corners of his lips: she knew that Amy had always been the "prepared" one.When Amy has found out the family background, property, temperament, preferences, and temper of those young princes, she will be ready to invest in affection.

Emmy for pragmatism.

Roland raised his face and sighed.

When a person realizes that his talent is not enough to support his future life, it seems good to be able to turn to another direction simply and neatly.

It's just...it seems a little helpless.

Girls give up the careers they love for the rest of their lives—just because they are not confident enough; or because they need to work harder than men to succeed.

Roland thought: But what Amy wants is still a little different from what she wants.Emmy loves honor even more. If she really takes the path of art, she will hope to be famous all over the world. The richest nobles all collect the paintings signed by her name and hang them in the living room.

But the happiness that Roland wants is self-consistent. Whenever she can feel rich without the praise and applause from the outside world—this is enough, and this is her favorite state.

Of course, Roland's specialty is beyond this requirement. She can accept the reputation brought to her by the outside world anytime and anywhere, as well as rich material rewards.

Thinking of this, Roland still put pen to paper and wrote a reply letter to Amy.

she wishes amy a speedy day

She and Beth would not have any objections to finding Mr. Right, even if they were married earlier than the two sisters.

As for the painting, Rowland said: "She and Beth are very grateful to Amy for painting them - in their opinion, it is the best painting.It is these paintings that allow their sisters who "can't meet Europe" to see those classic buildings.

She encouraged Amy to continue painting: "Because painting is also a kind of expression, just like writing a story, it expresses what you see and think at a certain point in your life."

"Write these down, and your life will leave one more trace in the world, and you will have a living memory on paper..."

After Roland finished writing this, he couldn't help but ask Beth: "Isn't this preaching too much?"

She was actually not ashamed to tell Amy that photography would soon become popular and developed, and their precious and rare black-and-white photos would turn into color and become clearer and clearer...

There will be more "circle of friends" and "photo wall" in later generations, and it will become easier and easier to have "memories" - but the hand-painted ones must have higher commemorative value, and it can bring to the painter himself Satisfaction is what matters.

Beth shook her head vigorously.She said: "Amy admires you most, Jo, and your letter will give Amy great encouragement!"

Roland said in his heart: Yes, Amy will continue to paint because of this, even if she knows she won't become famous and become a family, she will continue to paint.Because it would be an important part of her life, far more important than those tulle gloves she wore, and the lace sewed on her clothes.

"Joe, I really admire you." Beth put his arms around Roland's neck, hugged her, and then they continued to read the letter together.

Roland let out a "huh", and suddenly picked out one of the remaining letters, looked at it, and said, "It's a letter from the editorial department. I haven't submitted a new manuscript to them yet?"

Most of the letters here come from the editorial office of the publication where she publishes under the pseudonym "Roland".There is also a part of it that the other party got her address after she replied, and thanked her again.

But the letter she is holding now is a letter addressed directly to her in the name of the editorial department.

Roland quickly opened it, and it was indeed written by her editor.The editor regretfully told her in the letter: Due to the poor management, the publication did not make enough money, and the boss was displeased for a while.

Decided to discontinue publication.Their cooperation with Roland had to be suspended.

Roland sighed.

After finally gaining a little fame, the partner went bankrupt.

Her luck seems to be a bit back.

But fortunately, the editor who was familiar with Roland recommended a new publication to Roland.

Coincidentally, this publication happened to be recommended to Roland by an editorial department that had previously sent a rejection letter to Roland. They said that their content was flourishing, and there were readers in various fields. Roland's contribution was more suitable for his family.

At that time, because the same manuscript had been submitted by another company, Roland did not select for this company again.

Roland took a deep breath, indicating that she was about to make a new attempt.

Beth also comforted her sister, saying that she would be the most pertinent reader, not the most flattering little cutie.

Roland: How dare you!write!

In the past period of writing and communication, Roland has roughly figured out what her readership is like and what kind of text they like to read.

First, what they read had to be a story.If you write an explanatory text, it is estimated that the manuscript will be thrown back soon.

The story has to be engaging.According to Roland's experience, if the protagonist is placed in an "impossible to save" environment and faced with an "impossible" task at the beginning of the story, this kind of opening is the most attractive for people to read.

So Roland was thinking about whether to set the scene of the story in the extreme scenes of the farming competitions she had participated in before, such as the vast desert, cliffs, isolated islands in the sea, or even other worlds, the moon, and the stars.

But both Beth and the Marches demurred.

The father said: "Girls, I can understand your desire to write good stories, but have you ever thought that people who love to read these stories may not be so curious? When they see Ms. Roland's new work, Farming on the cliff seems to be very powerful, but we can't seem to get anything from the story?"

Roland lowered his head and thought, and suddenly felt that what his father said was not unreasonable.

Mr. March said a very important truth: readers of these stories published in newspapers and magazines are actually led by the author's pen to experience such stories.

If it is too cool and too curious, on the one hand it loses logic

On the other hand, it is also difficult to attract her original reader group, because her stories have lost the spirit of working silently in daily life, reaping wealth and happiness in a long way.

After much consideration, Roland decided to write a story about farming in the city: the protagonist's family was in trouble due to an accident, but despite this, the family members still persisted and helped each other...

It's like the March family.

…they lived in the city, had no land, and had no way to try to revive their lives through "planting" which they were good at.

This is more like it!

But here, Roland changed his writing style, and she wrote that the protagonist opened up a "roof garden", using all the space on the roof to grow various flowers and vegetables.

The roof garden has gradually become a scene in the city, and the continuous harvest has helped the protagonist's family reverse the adversity of life.

However, the protagonist faces numerous difficulties.The family needs to fight various obstacles such as housing structure, weather, pests, municipal planning, etc., to ensure that the output of the "roof garden" can guarantee their life.

Finally one day, the protagonist's family was tired, exhausted, and even their confidence was shaken, and when they felt that they couldn't keep going, the vines on the roof garden grew higher and higher until they reached the sky.Along the vines planted in this "roof garden", the angel came to the protagonist's house and fulfilled their wish that they had been unable to achieve for a long time.

After writing this story, Roland himself felt very satisfied.

She knows "roof gardens" very well.Because since the second half of the [-]th century, many densely populated cities, such as Paris, have been practicing building gardens on their roofs.She is very knowledgeable about the various difficulties in the process and writes very vividly.

In the first half of the story, she made the story very realistic, and every difficulty and achievement of the protagonist can be verified one by one with real life.

The second half is very romantic until the end.It was so romantic that even people like Mr. March nodded, and the pastor even felt that the second half was a bit like a biblical story.He said: "As long as you have piety and dreams in your heart, your wishes will definitely come true."

However, Beth helped Roland check very strictly. The two sisters discussed for a long time, revised several drafts, and finally wrote a draft in early summer. Everyone

All satisfied.

Roland confidently put the unbound manuscript into the envelope, and sent it out according to the unanimous recommendation of the two editors.

When submitting the manuscript, Roland attached a "submission letter" as usual, briefly introducing her "resume" for publishing articles, and recommendations from two other publications.She was full of confidence when she handed out the manuscript, feeling that the story would definitely be favored by the editor.

Who knew that the reply would come soon—and it was a thick stack.

As soon as Roland got it in his hand, he knew it was a rejection letter.

The shocked Roland sighed helplessly, and listlessly opened the envelope, wanting to see if there was any rejection letter that she could wear with cotton thread and hang in front of the desk to continue motivating herself.

Unexpectedly, besides her manuscript, there was only a piece of paper in the envelope, with a cold reply on it.

""Volcano Weekly" never accepts mail submissions from New England. Those who really want to contribute please send it to the editorial office in person and meet with the editor to discuss."

Roland took a look at the address of the editorial department: Oh wow...

Looks like she really needs to go back to New York.