2022 完形填空（英语二）

Harlan Coben believes that if you are a writer, you will find the time; and that if you can't find the time, then writing isn't a priority, and you are not a writer.

哈兰·科本认为，如果你是一名作家，你会找到时间；如果你找不到时间，那么写作就不是优先事项，你也不是作家。

For him, writing is a normal job — a job like any other.

对他来说，写作是一份普通的工作——一份和其他工作一样的工作。

He has compared it with plumbing, pointing out that a plumber doesn't wake up and say that he can't work with pipes today.

他将写作和管道维修进行了比较，指出水管工不会醒来后说他今天不能再和水管打交道了。

If, like most writers these days, you're holding down a job to pay the bills, it's not easy to find the time to write.

如果像现在大多数作家一样，你要保住一份工作来支付账单，那就不容易找到时间用来写作。

But it's not impossible.

但这并非不可能。

It requires determination and single-mindedness.

它需要决心和一心一意的态度。

Remember that most bestselling authors began writing when they were doing other things to earn a living.

记住，大多数畅销书作家是在做其他事情谋生的时候开始写作的。

And today, even writers who are fairly well-known often have to do other work to supplement their writing income.

而且在今天，即使是相当知名的作家，也经常要做其他工作来补充写作收入。

As Harlan Coben has suggested it's a question of priorities.

正如哈兰·科本所说，这是一个优先事项的问题。

To make writing a priority, you'll have to sacrifice some of your day-to-day activities and some things you really enjoy.

为了使写作成为优先事项，你将不得不牺牲一些日常活动和一些你真正喜欢的事情。

Depending on your interests and your lifestyle that might mean spending less time watching television or listening to music, though some people can write while they listen to music.

根据你的兴趣和生活方式，这可能意味着花更少的时间看电视或听音乐，尽管有些人可以边听音乐边写作。

You might have to cut down on the amount of exercise or sport you do.

你可能不得不减少你的运动量或体育活动。

You'll have to make social media an occasional activity rather than a daily, time-consuming habit.

你必须让社交媒体成为一种偶尔的活动，而不是一种日常的、耗时的习惯。

There'll probably have to be less socializing with your friends and less time with your family.

可能要减少与朋友的社交活动，减少与家人的时间。

It's a tough learning curve, and it won't always make you popular.

这是一个艰难的学习曲线，而且它不会总是让你受欢迎。

There's just one thing you should try to keep at least some time for, in addition to your writing — and that's reading.

除了写作，还有一件事你应该努力留出至少一些时间，那就是阅读。

And writer needs to read as much and as wildly as they can.

作家需要尽可能多地阅读。

It's the one indispensable supporter — something you can't do without.

这是一个不可或缺的支撑——你离不开的东西。

Time is finite.

时间是有限的。

The older you get, the harder it seems to go.

你越老，（时间）似乎走得越猛。

We need to use it as carefully and as productively as we can, that means prioritizing out activities so that we spend most time on the things we really want to do.

我们需要尽可能谨慎和有效地使用时间，这意味着要确定活动的优先次序，以便我们把大部分时间花在我们真正想要做的事情上。

If you are a writer, that means — above all — writing.

如果你是一个作家，这意味着——最重要的是——写作。