The man who became a legend by addressing and writing upon the issues of women in the West

Even though Sidney Sheldon was an active member of many TV shows like the Patty Duke Show, I Dream Of Jeannie and Hart to Hart but real success and fame came his way after spending a good fifty years of his life. It was when he began writing, not only writing
rather writing bestselling novels such as Master of the Game, The Other Side of Midnight and Rage of Angels. He is the sixth best selling writer of all time.

When the production for I Dream of Jeannie ended in 1970 he said: "During the last year of
I Dream of Jeannie, I decided to try a novel," he said in 1982. "Each morning from 9 until noon, I had a secretary at the studio take all calls. I mean every single call. I wrote each morning — or rather, dictated — and then I faced the TV business.”

“I try to write my books so the reader can’t put them down," he explained in a 1982 interview. "I try to construct them so when the reader gets to the end of a chapter, he or she has to read just one more chapter. It’s the technique of the old Saturday afternoon
serial: leave the guy hanging on the edge of the cliff at the end of the chapter.”

Majority of his readers are women and he himself has explained this reason by saying:

"I like to write about women who are talented and capable, but most important, retain their femininity. Women have tremendous power — their femininity, because men can’t do without it."^[1]
Books were Sheldon’s favorite medium. "I love writing books," he commented. "Movies are a collaborative medium, and everyone is second-guessing you. When you do a novel you’re on your own. It’s a freedom that doesn’t exist in any other medium”.

It is important that writers like him keep up with such quality of work and more important than that is for new writers to come around who can address issues in a light and more ‘reaching out’ manner. It does not really matter of the inspiration arises from
someone who is not a country man as long as it serves humanity and creates awareness in one form or the other.

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