A．who think too much of the dark side of lifeB．who regr……
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Advice of a
Writer 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 a 20 _year career in the U. S.
Coast Guard to become a freelance writer (自由撰稿者), 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.
"... people who die wondering, What if" (Line 3, Para. 3) refers to "those______ ".
A．who think too much of the dark side of life B．who regret giving up their career halfway C．who think a lot without making a decision D．who are full of imagination even upon death
