The Other Side of Me by Sidney Sheldon is a cool kind of memoir. First, because it’s about the other side, the not-known-by-all-people side of a famous figure, that is, Sidney Sheldon himself. Yeah, it’s true, bro. It does not tell about Sidney Sheldon’s life as a writer, I mean as the author of around twenty something thriller novels some of which has been made movies and miniseries. Instead, it tells about Sidney Sheldon’s life—and almost death—as a scriptwriter, directors, Hollywood motion picture studio readers, and that sort of things. He wrote the stories of I Dream of Jeannie. Hart to Hart is HIS TV series. He worked once in MGM—the roaring lion movie studio, :D.
Second, because you can learn a lot of lessons from his life. If you’re a writer, you’ll learn about being stubborn with you ideals, that is, being a great writer. Or, you’ll also learn to use opportunities at hand as good as possible, not to let it go, even a bit, Continue reading »
