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Many a young person tells me he wants to be a writer. I always K)encourage such people, but I also explain that there’s a big difference between "being a writer" and writing. In most cases these individuals are dreaming of N)wealth and fame, not the long hours alone at a typewriter.(these individuals指代的是Many a young people。) "You’ve got to want to write,"I say to them, "not want to be a writer."The reality is that writing is a E)lonely, private and poor-paying affair. For every writer kissed by fortune there are thousands more whose longing is never C)rewarded.(kissed by fortune意為“受到命運(yùn)之神的親睞”，由此可推出第4題應(yīng)填的詞。)
When I left a 20-year career in the US. Coast Guard to become a freelance writer(自由撰稿人), I had no H)prospects at all. What I did have was a friend who found me my room in a New York apartment building. (What I did... my room in...。這是一個(gè)復(fù)合句，What引導(dǎo)的是主語從句，who引導(dǎo)的定語從句修飾a friend,由此可看出，作者剛開始從事寫作時(shí)的艱難。)
It didn’t even matter that it was O)cold and had no bathroom. I immediately bought a used manual typewriter and felt like a B)genuine writer.After a year or so, however, I still hadn’t gotten a break and began to D)doubt myself. It was so hard to sell a story that A)barely made enough to eat. But I knew I wanted to write. I had dreamed about it for years. I wasn’t going to be one of those people who die wondering, what if? I would keePputting my dream to the test----even though it meant living with I)uncertainty and fear of failture.(put... to the test意為“使.....經(jīng)受考驗(yàn)”，此處表明了作者態(tài)度，即要成為作家必須忍受很多困難。)This is the Shadow land of hope, and anyone with a dream learn to live there.
