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Many a young person tells me he wants to be a writer. I always
1 such people, but I also explain that
there's a big
2 between "being a writer" and"writing".
In most cases these individuals are dreaming of wealth and fame,
3 the long hours spent alone
4 .
"You've got to want to write," I say to them,"not want to be a writer."
The
5 is that writing is a lonely, private and poor-paying affair. For every writer kissed by
6 there are
thousands more whose longing is
7 rewarded. When I
8 a 20-year career in the U.S. Coast Guard to
become a freehand writer, I had no prospects (前景) at all. What I
9 was a friend who found me a room in
a New York apartment building. It didn't
10 matter that it was cold and had no bathroom. I immediately
bought a (an)
11 manual typewriter and
12 a genuine writer.
After a year or so,
13 , I still hadn't gotten a break and began to
14 myself. It was so hard to sell a
story that I
15 made enough to eat. But I knew I
16 write.
I had dreamed about it
17 . I wasn't going to be one of those people who die
18 "What if?" I would keep putting my dream to the
19 even though it meant living with uncertainty and fear
of failure. This is the Shadow Land of
20 , and anyone with a dream must learn to live there.
( )1. A. advise
( )2. A. step
( )3. A. and
( )4. A. in the room
( )5. A. reality
( )6. A. writing
( )7. A. never
( )8. A. began
( )9. A. had had
( )10. A. ever
( )11. A. used
( )12. A. felt like
( )13. A. consequently
( )14. A. scold
( )15. A. almost
( )16. A. planned to
( )17. A. for years
( )18. A. regretting
( )19. A. point
( )20. A. time |
B. encourage
B. advance
B. but
B. typewriting
B. idea
B. readers
B. always
B. found
B. have had
B. just
B. new
B. acted as
B. therefore
B. doubt
B. partly
B. ought to
B. long ago
B. wondering
B. best
B. death |
C. tell
C. gap
C. not
C. with a novel
C. news
C. fortune
C. sometimes
C. left
C. am having
C. even
C. useful
C. typed like
C. unluckily
C. beat
C. poorly
C. was able to
C. since then
C. dreaming
C. test
C. hope |
D. warn
D. difference
D. for
D. for a desk
D. reason
D. others
D. only
D. put
D. did have
D. greatly
D. old
D. performed as
D. however
D. hate
D. barely
D. wanted to
D. once again
D. depressing
D. most
D. life |