首页
登录
职称英语
Many a young person tells me he wants to be a writer. I always encourage suc
Many a young person tells me he wants to be a writer. I always encourage suc
游客
2024-08-18
41
管理
问题
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 a never rewarded. When I left a 20-year career in the U.S. Coast Guard to become a freelance writer, 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 Shadowland of hope, and anyone with a dream must learn to live there. [br] What can be concluded from the passage?
选项
A、Genuine writers often find their work interesting and rewarding.
B、A writer’s success depends on luck rather than on effort.
C、Famous writers usually live in poverty and isolation.
D、The chances for a writer to become successful are small.
答案
D
解析
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3725454.html
相关试题推荐
Traditionally,theAmericanfarmerhasalwaysbeenindependentandhard-wor
Traditionally,theAmericanfarmerhasalwaysbeenindependentandhard-wor
Traditionally,theAmericanfarmerhasalwaysbeenindependentandhard-wor
Traditionally,theAmericanfarmerhasalwaysbeenindependentandhard-wor
Traditionally,theAmericanfarmerhasalwaysbeenindependentandhard-wor
Theconceptofpersonalchoiceinrelationtohealthbehaviorsisanimporta
Theconceptofpersonalchoiceinrelationtohealthbehaviorsisanimporta
Theconceptofpersonalchoiceinrelationtohealthbehaviorsisanimporta
Heisoneofthosemenwho,Iamsure,alwaysdo______besteveninmosttryingc
人们一直想知道在其他星球上存在智能生命形式的可能性。(wonderabout)Peoplehavealwayswonderedaboutthepo
随机试题
[originaltext]Inastudyofolderpeoplewithsistersandbrothers,psycholo
[originaltext]W:Asinglecigarettesoldonastreetcornermaynotcostalot;
[originaltext]Inrecentyears,manyAmericansofbothsexesandvariousage
Expressionismisanartisticstyleinwhichtheartistseekstodepictnoto
Neverinmywildestdreams______thesepeoplearelivinginsuchpoorcondition
写作新闻稿的基本要求包括A.旁征博引 B.主题突出 C.简明扼要 D.生动
A.甲状腺功能亢进症 B.单纯性甲状腺肿 C.女性青春期 D.妊娠8周以上
产业政策一般包括( )。A.产业竞争政策 B.产业布局政策 C.产业结构政策
某建筑施工公司现在有从业人员51人,对于其安全组织保障的说法,下列正确的是()。
不可用于六层以下建筑物承重墙体砌筑的墙体材料是( )。A.烧结黏土多孔砖 B.
最新回复
(
0
)