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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 __1__filled the room and brought the theater to life. I was so moved that I decided to write an article about her. I__2__Salome Bey, telling her I was from Essence magazine, and that I wanted to meet her to talk about her career. She agreed and told me to come to her studio next Tuesday. When I hung up, I was scared out of my mind. I__3__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__4__taking notes and asking questions that all began with, “Can you tell me…£¿”I soon realized that __5__ Salome Bey was one thing, but writing a story for a national magazine was just impossible. The__6__was almost unbearable. I struggled for days and finally I put my manuscript into a large envelope and dropped it into a mailbox.

It didn’t take long. My manuscript__7__. How stupid of me! I thought. How could I compete in a world of professional writers? Knowing I couldn’t__8__the rejection letter, I threw the unopened envelope into a drawer. Five years later, I was moving to California while__9__my apartment I came across the unopened envelope. This time I opened it and read the editor’s letter in__10__£º

Dear Ms. Profit£¬

Your story on Salome Bey is fantastic. Yet, we need some__11__materials. Please add those and return the article immediately. We would like to__12__your story soon.

…Shocked, it took me a long time to__13__. 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__14__writing. Today, I have become a full­time writer. Looking back on this experience, I learned very important lesson: You can’t__15__to doubt yourself.

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