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My education started in a small village of India, I did not have any English then. When I discovered that famous novelist George Orwell was born in Motihari, it made me wonder if I could be a writer too. That day, it became my    41   .

My father opened up the world of books for me. I must have been seven or eight, when he first    42    me to a Hindi (Ó¡µØÓï) storybook. When dad was reading the book for me, I was    43   with the stories. By the time I was in Grade 10, I had finished reading hundreds of novels. Also, my private tutor made me beileve that it was    44   for me to learn the language. After 10 months with her, I started reading picture books in English.

Two years later, I began to read my first English novel. Then I realized that I should try writing newspaper articles, improve my skills and then progress to longer forms. I    45   a couple of Hindi newspapers with my writing but was promptly turned down. They said my article didn’t    46    their standards. I was so    47    that I doubted my ability. At this time, I met kind-hearted Daniel who published my first article after heavy editing. It was an important turning point for me, my    48    as a writer began.

After writing a dozen articles and reviews, I knew it was finally time to plan my novel.

Creating the plot was really    49    for me. But I managed to write the first    50    of my novel! Full of    51   , I sent it to Mary Mount, a famous editor right away. My submission was    52    again, but I was still grateful just to hear from her.

One year later, I finished my writing work again. I contacted another editor. A month later, the feed-back landed on my table,    53    it was desperate, to put it mildly. I cried, believing I’d never get it published.

When I shared it with my friend, her feedback and support helped me improve my manuscript further. Then I submitted it to a few publishers and a few days later, I got a call from a publisher. To my delight, he informed me that my book would be published. What surprised me was that a few production houses had expressed interest in my novel. One of the directors even intended to    54   it for the screen. It is    55   my effort and the encouragement from my family and friend, after 21 years struggling, that eventually I fulfilled my dream.

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