Some years ago when I was in my first year in college, I heard Salome Bey sing for the first time. The moment was exciting. Salome’s      filled the room and brought the theater to life. I was so       that I decided to write an article about her.
I           Salome Bey, telling her I was from Essence magazine, and that I wanted to meet her to talk about her career. She       and told me to come to her studio next Tuesday. When I hung up, I was scared out of my mind. I       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        , taking notes and asking questions that all began with, “Can you tell me…” I soon realized that       Salome Bey was one thing, but writing a story for a national magazine was just impossible. The       was almost unbearable. I struggled for days with draft after draft.          I put my manuscript (手稿) into a large envelope and dropped it into a mailbox.
It didn’t take long. My manuscript         . How stupid of me! I thought. How could I       in a world of professional writers? Knowing I couldn’t      the rejection letter, I threw the unopened envelope into a drawer.
Five years later, I was moving to California. While       my apartment, I came across the unopened envelope. This time I opened it and read the editor’s letter in       :
Ms Profit,
Your story on Salome Bey is fantastic. Yet we need some       materials. Please add those and return the article immediately. We would like to       your story soon.
Shocked, it took me a long time to         . 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           writing. Today, I have become a full – time writer. Looking back on this               , I learned a very important lesson: You can’t              to doubt yourself.

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