1 . At twenty-three, I had no idea that a summer class I feared would change my life and help me achieve dreams.

The class focusing on literature centered on _________ and illness. A few weeks into the course, I realized I was changing my opinion about it _________ feeling scared. It was _________ me to go after my dreams and stop waiting for tomorrow to work towards my _________. As I drove to school one day, I _________ my wish list and realized l wanted to see my name on the _________ of a published book. Thus, I went home, sat down, and _________ what story I would tell.

Recently, I’d had _________ to several news stories about wrongful conviction (定罪). Inspired by them, l _________ I wanted to write about that topic and explore it more __________. Therefore, I __________ a green notebook, where I set out to write the first page of what would become my first novel. Four years later, my manuscript (原稿) was __________ by a small publisher. The moment I received the e-mail, I told my husband the __________ news, trembling and crying.

Even bigger __________ were brought to life after that. I wrote more books and got picked up by one of the five publishers. Life may bring us a big surprise. Sometimes, the things we fear the most will eventually become the things that change us for the __________.