In this age of Internet chat, videogames and reality television, there is no shortage of mindless activities to keep a child occupied.
在这个充斥着网聊,电子游戏与真人秀的时代,并不缺乏让小孩子沉迷的玩物。
Yet, despite the competition, my 8-year-old daughter Rebecca wants to spend her leisure time writing short stories.
尽管有着这些诱惑,我8岁的女儿Rebecca,却希望花时间写写小故事。
She wants to enter one of her stories into a writing contest, a competition she won last year.
她打算将其中一个作品拿去比赛-------一个去年她获胜的比赛。
As a writer I know about winning contests, and about losing them.
作为一名作家,我十分了解写作比赛中赢和输意味着什么。
I know what it is like to work hard on a story to receive a rejection slip from the publisher.
我知道,当辛辛苦苦写完一个故事却遭到出版社的拒绝是一种什么样的心情;
I also know the pressures of trying to live up to a reputation created by previous victories.
我也知道,要维护从前的成功所带来的声望需要承受多么大的压力。
What if she doesnt win the contest again?
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