Persistence or Resistance? It’s a 6.

The middle aged man lay on the hardwood floor of his study, a crumpled up ball of typing paper. Had his prayers to the gods Hemingway and Heinlein finally been answered? Would exoneration be his in the form of a published book? If he were to believe his agent, yes, finally there was a publisher interested in his manuscript.

His family humored him at first; not really believing he could, or would, achieve his aspirations of earning a living as a writer; after a while, pretending to be interested in his dream took too much effort on their part. Little did they know the ace in his writer’s pocket was them, they were the inspiration for the manuscript that would make his, a household name.