AsawriterIknowaboutwinningcontest,andaboutlosingthem.Iknowwhatitisliketoworkhardonastoryonlytoreceivearejectionslipfromthepublisher.Ialsoknowthepressuresoftryingtoliveuptoareputationcreatedbypreviousvictories.Whatifshedoesn’twinthecontestagain?That’sthestrangethingaboutbeingaparent.Somanyofourownpastscarsanddashedhopescansurface.
WhydidRebeccawanttoenterthisyear’swritingcontest?
A)Shebelievedshepossessedrealtalentforwriting.
B)Shewassureofwinningwithhermother’shelp.
C)Shewantedtoshareherstorieswithreaders.
D)Shehadwonaprizeinthepreviouscontest.
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