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 hour 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(自由栏目 )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 I 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______.
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