题目内容：

What to endure before publication?

It takes a lot to write a novel. Even those who haven’t tried would say, “Well, duh!” to this. But it’s not much the mind space or the considerable time it takes to write a novel that is as discouraging as how many times any writer must go back to the drawing board for yet another draft. To really ready a novel for publication, a writer must spend time with his or her book. Like any promising relationship, you, the writer, must date your novel, take it out to dinner, meet its parents, and see it through its most trying and desperate times. As a writer, you have to stay up all night with your novel crying and talking and sometimes even pulling your hair out before that perfect moment of inspiration can truly help you cross the finish line.

For many published authors I know, myself included, a completed novel takes them about 10, that’s right, 10 drafts, and at least a year of real editing. Will you be spending every single second editing your novel? No, of course not. Just as drafts need some real time on the surgery table, they also need rest in the recovery room. You don’t nurse a relationship by spending every waking second with them until you can’t stand the sight of each other, and you can’t produce a novel by breathing down its literary neck. However, a novel should undergo many drafts — and different kinds of drafts — before declaring it ready for an agent or editor to see.

Everyone has their own way to write a novel, and not all craft advice (or even craft “rules”）should all be followed by everyone, but when it comes to the many drafts of a novel, there are specific things a writer should focus on during each revision to help create a smooth transition from the initial idea to final products.

1.People are discouraged from writing a novel mainly because it requires ______.

A.a good publisher B.too much thinking

C.tons of working time D.frequent revisions

2.By “breathing down its literary neck” in Paragraph 2, the author most probably means ______.

A.writing casually thus failing to take readers’ breath away

B.letting go a single mistake thus annoying the readers

C.X-raying the work thus finding each literary mistake

D.sticking too close to the work thus causing anxiety

3.Which of the following is most likely to come after the last paragraph?

A.The importance of using proper transitional words in writing.

B.The writing experience shared by famous successful write.

C.Tips on how to make ten drafts to complete a good novel.

D.Setbacks writers may suffer if ignoring the craft advice.