Manyayoungpersontellsmehewantstobeawriter.Ialwaysencouragesuchpeople,butIalsoexplainthatthere’sabigdifferencebetween“beingawriter”andwriting.Inmostcasesindividualsaredreamingofwealthandfame,notth
Manyayoungpersontellsmehewantstobeawriter.Ialwaysencouragesuchpeople,butIalsoexplainthatthere’sabigdifferencebetween“beingawriter”andwriting.Inmostcasesindividualsaredreamingofwealthandfame,notthelonghoursaloneatatypewriter.“You’vegottowanttowrite,”Isaytothem,notwanttobeawriter.”
Therealityisthatwritingisalonely,privateandpoor-payingaffair.Foreverywriterkissedbyfortunetherearethousandsmorewhoselongingisneverrewarded.WhenIlefta20-yearcareerintheUSCoastGuardtobecomeafreelancewriter(自由撰稿者),Ihadnoprospectsatall.WhatIdidhavewasafriendwhofoundmearoominaNewYorkapartmentbuilding.Itdidn’tevenmatterthatitwascoldandhadnobathroom.Iimmediatelyboughtusedmanualtypewriterandfeltlikeagenuinewriter.
Afterayearorso,however,Istillhadn’tgotabreakandbegantodoubtmyself.Itwassohardtosellastorythatbarelymadeenoughtoeat.ButIknewIwantedtowrite.Ihaddreamedaboutitforyears,Iwasn’tgoingtobeoneofthosepeoplewhodiewondering.Whatif?Iwouldkeepputtingmydreamtothetest-eventhoughitmeantlivingwithuncertainlyandfearoffailure.Thisistheshadowlandofhope,andanyonewithadreammustlearntolivethere.
1.Thepassageismeantto .
warnyoungpeopleofthehardshipsthatasuccessfulwriterhastoexperience
adviseyoungpeopletogiveuptheirideaofbecomingaprofessionalwriter
showyoungpeopleit’sunrealisticforawritertopursuewealthandfame
encourageyoungpeopletopursueawritingcareer
2.Whatcanbeconcludedfromthepassage?
Genuinewritersoftenfindtheirworkinterestingandrewarding.
Awriter’ssuccessdependsonluckratherthanoneffort.
Famouswritersusuallyliveinpovertyandisolation.
Thechancesforawritertobecomesuccessfularesmall
3.Whydidtheauthorbegintodoubthimselfafterthefirstyearofhiswritingcareer?
Hewasn’tabletoproduceasinglelook.
Hehadn’tseenachangeforthebetter
Hewasn’tabletohavearestforawholeyear.
Hefoundhisdreamwouldnevercometrue.
4.“Iwasn’tgoingtobeoneofthosepeoplewhodiewo