10 29 secret ambition collocations


Secret ambition? It's a mystery!

Did you know that for every 20,000 novels written, only one gets published? So the l_____________ that I'll ever _______________ my ambition of becoming a professional mystery writer doesn't seem very high. But the prospect of turning my __________passion into my livelihood and achieving fame and _________ at the same time is just too exciting for me to be put _______by dull statistics.

So what does it ____________ to become a writer? Reading is important - all writers need to research their genre thoroughly to familiarize themselves ________ its codes and conventions. My bookshelves at home are stacked __________ the novels of all the great mystery writers, which I've read and, in many cases, re-read, ____________ knowing all the time `whodunnit'.

Of course, being a writer requires imagination. You have to develop your own personal style rather ___________ simply copy the work of `the greats'. I've turned _______ dozens of short crime stories for my university student magazine - some have been published, some not, but I've always aimed to produce original and imaginative material.

Last ______ _____ __________, successful writers possess enormous self discipline. I've often sacrificed my social life in __________ to devote the necessary time and effort to producing a good quality story. And more than once that has meant burning the _______________ oil.

We've all got a novel inside us. Getting it out in anywhere near publishable form is no __________ task, but with imagination and determination, and the help of an expert on `Masterclass', who could possibly ___________ to realize their ambition?

Secret ambition? It's a mystery!

Did you know that for every 20,000 novels written, only one gets published? So the l_____________ that I'll ever _______________ my ambition of becoming a professional mystery writer doesn't seem very high. But the prospect of turning my __________passion into my livelihood and achieving fame and _________ at the same time is just too exciting for me to be put _______by dull statistics.

So what does it ____________ to become a writer? Reading is important - all writers need to research their genre thoroughly to familiarize themselves ________ its codes and conventions. My bookshelves at home are stacked __________ the novels of all the great mystery writers, which I've read and, in many cases, re-read, ____________ knowing all the time `whodunnit'.

Of course, being a writer requires imagination. You have to develop your own personal style rather ___________ simply copy the work of `the greats'. I've turned _______ dozens of short crime stories for my university student magazine - some have been published, some not, but I've always aimed to produce original and imaginative material.

Last ______ _____ __________, successful writers possess enormous self discipline. I've often sacrificed my social life in __________ to devote the necessary time and effort to producing a good quality story. And more than once that has meant burning the _______________ oil.

We've all got a novel inside us. Getting it out in anywhere near publishable form is no __________ task, but with imagination and determination, and the help of an expert on `Masterclass', who could possibly ___________ to realize their ambition?



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