Read four students’ plans for a career in writing and answer

the questions.
A Mary
People are always asking me what I’m going to do in the future
and until now I haven’t really known how to reply. It’s difficult to
explain that I think my future lies in writing. When I first
mentioned it to my parents, they didn’t laugh but they acted as
though it was something I would grow out of and they were
confident that I would get a ‘proper job’ eventually. But I’ve
always been serious about being a writer. I love the English
language and I’ve been a keen reader since the age of five.
I’ve done a lot of short stories and some have been printed in
magazines. What I’d really like is to write thrillers. I know that
sounds crazy and many people don’t think thrillers are real
books at all. But I love a good puzzle, so that’s what I say now.
‘I’m going to be a thriller writer.’ Then I wait to see the
expression on people’s faces!
B Michael
My dad and my uncle were both journalists and wrote for
Sunday newspapers. We always had people in the house who
were connected with newspapers and news and I grew up with
their conversations in the background. It must have rubbed off
on me because I desperately want to follow in Dad’s footsteps
and become a journalist, too. I don’t think I’d like to do exactly
the same as he did – he was a political journalist – because
I’m not that serious about politics, but I’d like to travel and
maybe write reports from different places around the world. I
can see myself writing about environmental problems in
Australia or North Africa or somewhere like that.
C Nick
When you’re a kid, you have no real idea of what you’re going
to do in the future. You might have a dream of being a famous
footballer or actress or even a princess (that was my younger
sister’s strong belief!). But most people don’t really know the
sort of person they’re going to be, so deciding on a future
career is tricky. It was only last summer that I suddenly knew
what I wanted to do and that was to become a writer. I’ve
always done drama in my free time and I suddenly realised
that I was pretty good at writing dialogue. So next term I’m
going to start a screen writing course. With luck, one day I’ll
be writing the soaps and dramas you watch on TV!
D Jane
We had a creative writing course at my secondary school last
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year and I went on it because I’ve liked writing for a long time.
I always wrote diaries when I was younger and I also used to
write short, funny stories for the other kids in my class to read
at primary school. However, it soon became quite clear that I
wasn’t going to be the next great English novelist! I’m just not
patient enough and I don’t think I’ve got the skill to write
complex books. But I am clever with words, so what I’d like to
do is to go into the advertising world, writing adverts. What
you need in that job is to write things that are catchy but short
and funny. I think it’s the right profession for me because there
will be lots of variety and I’ll be working in a busy, fast-moving
world. I’m glad I went on the creative writing course though,
because I learned that there are all sorts of jobs which involve
writing, which is why I’ve made this decision.

1. What does Michael want to become?

He want to become a writer to travel and write stories there.

2. What job would Jane like to do?

She enjoys writing a lot and has been working on creative writing
3. What would Mary really like to write?
She to be thriller writer and wait to the expression
going a
see on
people's faces