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Hard Affair
Many a young person tells me he wants to be a writer. I always 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 wealth and fame, not the long hours alone at a typewriter. “You've got to want to write,' I say to them, 'not want to be a writer. '
The reality is that writing is a lonely,, private and poor-paying affair. For every writer kissed by fortune there are thousands more whose longing is never rewardeD.When I left a20-year career in the U. S. Coast Guard to become a freelance writer (自由撰稿作家), I had no prospects at all. What I did have was a friend who found me my room in a New York apartment building. It didn't even matter that it was cold and had no bathroom. I immediately bought a used manual typewriter and felt like a genuine writer.
After a year or so, however, I still hadn't gotten a break and began to doubt myselF.It was so hard to sell a story that 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 keep putting my dream to the test even though it meant living with uncertainty and fear of failurE.This is the Shadow land of hope, and anyone with a dream must learn to live therE.
第 41 题 The passage is meant to________
A.warn young people of the hardships that a successful writer has to experience
B.advise young people to give up their idea of becoming a professional writer
C.show young people it's unrealistic for a writer to pursue wealth and fame
D.encourage young people to pursue a writing career