GMAT CLUB OLYMPICS: Over the years, many successful authors have wryly

Explanation:

Parallelism + Verb Forms + Meaning

• All elements in a list must be parallel.

A. Trap. This answer choice fails to maintain parallelism among “plan it”, “edit it”, “publish it”, and “to simply write it”; please remember, all elements in a list must be parallel.

B. Correct. This answer choice maintains parallelism among “planning it”, “editing it”, “publishing it”, and “simply writing it”.

C. This answer choice fails to maintain parallelism among “to plan it, “to edit it”, “to publish it”, and “simply writing it”; please remember, all elements in a list must be parallel.

D. This answer choice fails to maintain parallelism among “planning it”, “editing it”, “publishing it”, and “to simply write it”; please remember, all elements in a list must be parallel.

E. This answer choice fails to maintain parallelism among “planning it”, “editing it”, “publishing it”, and “simply to write it”; please remember, all elements in a list must be parallel.

B is the best answer choice.