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  3. 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 dif

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 dif

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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 is never rewarded. When I left a 20-year career in the U.S. Coast Guard to become a freelance writer(自由撰稿人), 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.  
The passage is meant to ______ .
选项 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、warn young people it’ s unrealistic for a writer to pursue wealth and fame
D、encourage young people to pursue a writing career
答案A
解析 主旨题。根据文章的第一段的第二句话和末段的末句可知道要成为一名作家要经历艰辛。通常文章的首段和末段是文章的中心思想或结论所在处，阅读时要注意。
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