11. When I was fifteen, I told my English class that I was going to write my own books. Half of the students (1) at me, "Don't be a day dreamer. Only geniuses (天才) can become (2) " The English teacher said , "And this term you will get a D. How can you be a writer?"I (3) cried out when I heard that.
That night I wrote a (4) poem about broken dreams and posted it to the Capris Weekly newspaper. To my (5) , they put it on the newspaper and sent me 2 dollars. I (6) my teacher and class my work. They laughed again. (7) , I tasted success.
During the next 2 years I sold lots of poems, letters, jokes and articles. By the time I graduated from his school, I had tasted (8) success. But I never told my teacher, friends and family again because they didn't believe me at all.
I had 4 children later. While the children slept, I went on my writing. (9) took me 9 months to finish writing a book. I found a publisher and posted my book to him. A month later, I received a letter which asked me to start working on (10) book. Crying Wind, the title of my book, became the best seller. Now I have written 8 books. To all those who dreaming writing, I want to tell you, "Yes, you can. Don't listen to others who don't believe you. "