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mAny A young pErson tElls mE hE wAnts to BE A writEr. (76) {{u}}i AlwAys EnCourAgE suCh pEoplE, But i Also ExplAin thAt thErE’s A Big DiFFErEnCE BEtwEEn "BEing A writEr" AnD writing.{{/u}} 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 (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 (77) {{u}}i woulD kEEp putting my DrEAm to thE tEst EvEn though it mEAnt living with unCErtAinty AnD FEAr oF FAilurE.{{/u}} this is thE shADowlAnD oF hopE, AnD AnyonE with A DrEAm must lEArn to livE thErE.

"... pEoplE who DiE wonDEring: whAt iF " (linE 3～4, 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