I __3__
Salome Bey, telling her I was from Essence magazine, and that I wanted to meet her to talk about her career. She __4__ and told me to come to her studio next Tuesday. When I hung up, I was scared out of my mind. I __5__ I was lying. I was not a writer at all and hadn't even written a grocery list.
I interviewed Salome Bey the next Tuesday. I sat there __6__, taking notes and asking questions that all began with, “Can you tell me ...” I soon realized that __7__ Salome Bey was one thing, but writing a story for a national magazine was just impossible. The __8__ was almost unbearable (不可容忍的). I struggled for days __9__ draft after draft. Finally I put my manuscript (手稿) into a large envelope and dropped it into a mailbox.
It didn't take long. My manuscript __10__. How stupid of me! I thought. How could I __11__ in a world of professional writers? Knowing I couldn't __12__ the rejection letter, I threw the unopened envelope into a drawer.
Five years later, I was moving to California. While __13__ my apartment, I came across the unopened envelope. This time I opened it and __14__ the editor's letter in disbelief:
Dear Ms Profit,
Your story on Salome Bey is fantastic. Yet we need some __15__ materials. Please add those and return the article immediately. We would like to __16__ your story soon.
Shocked, it took me a long time to __17__. Fear of rejection cost me dearly. I lost at least five hundred dollars and having my article appear in a major magazine. More importantly, I lost years of __18__ writing. Today, I have become a fulltime writer. Looking back on this __19__, I learned a very important lesson: You can't __20__ to doubt yourself.
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