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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. | ||||
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1-5: BDCBA 6-10: CACDC 11-15: AADBD 16-20: DABCC