Bunuel
Over the years, many successful authors have wryly noted that the biggest challenge in translating one's vision into a successful book is to maintain discipline and practically write the book:
not to plan it, edit it, publish it, but to simply write it.
A. not to plan it, edit it, publish it, but to simply write it
B. not planning it, editing it, publishing it, but simply writing it
C. not to plan it, to edit it, publish it, but simply writing it
D. not planning it, editing it, publishing it, but to simply write it
E. not planning it, editing it, publishing it, but simply to write it
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.