有一位作家在写了一部轰动效应的小说后,备感自豪。他每天翻着读者来信,听溢美之词,愈发觉得读者是他的知音,对自己的创作也愈加满意,并由此总结出许多成功的经验,想把它们运用到今后的写作中去。可事隔多年,作家再没写出与第一部小说相媲美的作品来,究竟是什么原因呢?他时时在拿过去的成功作参照,致使下笔时投鼠忌器而无法超越自己。看来,以成功垫脚,有时反而招致失败。 One writer was proud to write a sensational novel. He reads letters from readers every day and listens to the words of overflowing beauty. He increasingly feels that readers are his friends and he is more satisfied with his own creations. He has thus summed up many successful experiences and he wants to apply them to future writing. After many years, the writer never wrote anything comparable to the first novel. What is the reason? He is always referring to the success of the past, causing him to shirk and not be able to surpass himself. It seems that stepping on success can sometimes lead to failure.