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写一本书：十五年后依旧是同样的痛
Writing a book, still the same pain 15 years later
导读
Kent Beck 回顾自己写书 15 年后依然要面对同样的痛苦，评论区的职业小说家和长期写作者分享了各自的经验。这篇值得写作者读，因为它把「写书」从灵感神话拉回到大纲、字数和修改这些可操作的层面。
可以直接用的写作要点
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动笔前先写一份足够细的详细大纲，细到不会盯着空白页发呆，同时又留出即兴发挥的余地。
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列大纲的本质是不断追问「写什么」和「为什么写」，始终清楚下一段该往哪走。
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做好心理准备：最终成稿的每一页至少写过三遍，编辑和重写才是写作的大头。
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按每天 1000 字左右的现实节奏估算周期，7.5 万到 10 万字的一本书要写上好几个月，还要额外算上重写、编辑和研究的时间。
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详细大纲是防止写作脱轨的关键：拆得够细以消除空白页焦虑，又留出即兴发挥的余地。
我是职业小说家，一年出两本书，也是《华尔街日报》畅销书作者和埃德加奖提名者。我过去犯的最大错误，跟坐在代码编辑器或 Photoshop 前却没有计划一样。虽然大家多少都能凭感觉写，但没有详细计划，脱轨的概率会指数级上升。我曾用一周写出一本畅销书，靠的不是什么特殊技能（我打字并不快），而是把大纲拆得足够细，从不会盯着空白屏幕，又始终留有即兴发挥的空间。对我而言，列大纲就是不断追问一系列嵌套的「写什么」和「为什么写」，并且始终知道下一步该往哪走。
amayne查看英文原文
I’m a working novelist (I put out about two books a year, I’m a WSJ best-seller, Edgar nominee, blah blah blah) and the number one mistake I made in the past is the same as when I would sit down in front of a code editor or Photoshop and not have a plan. While we can all “seat of the pants” things to some degree, without a detailed plan your chances of getting derailed increase exponentially. I’ve written best-sellers in week (for real) - not because I have any special skill (I’m not a particularly fast typist) but because I write very detailed outlines that break things down enough that I never stare at a blank screen yet always have enough room to have fun improvising. Outlining for me is asking a series of nested questions about “What” and “Why” and always knowing where I need to go next.
成稿的每一页至少写了三遍，严格苛刻的编辑是质量的保证。
写书很容易：坐到键盘前，割开手腕，把自己倾泻出来。（顺便说，这不是笔误。）我写过一本，过程中对那些以此为生、十年如一日一本接一本写的人产生了近乎无限的敬佩。即便是你觉得应该容易的主题，最终成稿的每一页你至少也写了三遍。光是编辑过程就极其残酷，而你合作的编辑越严格、要求越高，结果就越好。
bostik查看英文原文
Writing a book is easy. You sit down by the keyboard, slit your wrists, and pour your self out. (That's not a typo, btw.) I've written one, and in the process acquired a near limitless admiration for those who can do it for living, book after book, decade after another. Even for a topic you feel should be easy - every page that ends up being in the final result, you have written at least 3x. The editing process alone is brutal, and the harsher, more demanding editor you get to work with, the better the results.
一本书最低约 7.5 万到 10 万字，按每天 1000 字算也要好几个月，还没算重写和研究。
文中的数字对我来说相当准确。大约 7.5 万到 10 万字（加上图表约 200 页）大概是出版商和大多数读者心目中「真正一本书」的最低门槛。我写作 20 年，大部分日子都在写。我一直觉得每天 1000 字是「写作日」的良好基准（差不多是一篇博客或文章的长度）。这是在穿插各种会议和杂事、但没有其他重大任务的情况下。（下班或参加活动回家后，我发现很难再挤出 1000 字。）同事都觉得我写得快。算算就知道。而且这基本还没算重写、大量编辑、深度研究和采访等等。
ghaff查看英文原文
FWIW, the numbers in that piece seem pretty spot on for me. Something around 75K-100K words (translating to about 200 pages with some figures, etc.) is probably the minimum for what publishers (and most readers) consider a "real" book. I've been writing most days for about 20 years. I've always considered 1K words/day a good ballpark for a "writing day." (That's a decent length for a blog post or article.) That's with various meetings and other activities/tasks but without any other major commitment. (i.e. I find it hard to crank out 1K words at the end of the day after getting home from a day of work or an event) I'm considered a fast writer by people I work with. Do the math. And that's more or less ignoring rewrites, extensive edits, any in-depth research/interviews, and so forth.
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