Harlan Coben believes that if you're a writer, you'll find the time; and that if you can't find the time, then writing isn't a priority and you're not a writer. For him writing is a  1   job-a job like any other. He has  2   it with plumbing, pointing out that a plumber doesn't wake up and say that he can't work with pipes today.

  3  ,like most writers these days, you're holding down a job to pay the bills, it's not  4  to find the time to write. But it's not impossible. It requires determination and single-mindedness.   5   that most bestselling authors began writing when they were do-ing other things to earn a living. And today, even writers who are fairly 6   often have to do other work to  7   their writing income.

As Harlan Coben has suggested it's a 8   of priorities. To make writing a priori-ty, you'll have to  9   some of your day-to-day activities and some things you really en-joy. Depending on your  10  and your lifestyle, that might mean spending less time watching television or listening to music, though some people can write 11    they listen to music. You might have to  12   the amount of exercise or sport you do. You'll have to make social media an 13   activity rather than a daily time-consuming  14  .There'll probably have to be less socializing with your friends and less time with your family. It's a   15   learning curve and it won't always make you popular.

There's just one thing you should try to keep at least some time for,  16   your writing-and that's reading. Any writer needs to read as much and as widely as they can; it's the one  17   supporter-something you can't do without.

Time is finite. The older you get, the  18   it seems to go. We need to use it as carefully and as  19  as we can, that means prioritizing out activities so that we spend most time on the things we really want to do. If you're a writer, that means-      20  -writing.

1.[A]difficult  [B]normal  [C]steady   [D]pleasant

2.[A]combined [B]compared  [C] confused  [D]confronted

3.[A]If   [B]Though  [C] Once   [D]Unless

4.[A]enough  [B]strange  [C] wrong  [D]easy

5.[A]Accept  [B]Explain  [C] Remember  [D]Suppose

6.[A]well-known [B]well-advised [C] well-informed [D]well-chosen

7.[A]donate  [B]generate  [C] supplement [D]calculate

8.[A]cause  [B]purpose  [C]question  [D]condition

9.[A]highlight  [B]sacrifice  [C] continue  [D]explore

10.[A]relations [B]interests  [C] memories  [D]skills

11.[A]until  [B]because  [C] while   [D]before

12.[A]put up with [B]make up of  [C]hang on to  [D]cut down on

13.[A]intelligent [B]occasional  [C] intensive  [D]emotional

14.[A]habit  [B]test   [C] decision  [D]plan

15.[A]tough  [B]gentle   [C]rapid   [D]funny

16.[A]in place of  [B]in charge of [C] in response to [D] in addition to

17.[A]indispensable [B] innovative [C]invisible  [D]instant

18.[A]duller  [B]harder   [C] quieter  [D]quicker

19.[A]peacefully [B] generously  [C] productively [D]gratefully

20.[A]at most  [B]in turn   [C] on average  [D]above all