写作与思考2019openculture.com编辑精选
卡夫卡与写作瓶颈的痛苦搏斗（2017）
Franz Kafka Agonized over Writer’s Block (2017)
导读
这篇 Open Culture 文章讲的是卡夫卡也曾深受写作阻塞折磨，Hacker News 的讨论由此延伸到具体应对办法：海明威“趁着写得顺提前停笔”的习惯、写作焦虑其实有实证有效的训练方法，以及阻塞往往来自情节或结构复杂度超出掌控，而不是缺少灵感。对写作者来说，这些是能立刻上手的操作性经验，而不只是作家轶事。
可以直接用的写作要点
- 01
在写得顺手、还清楚接下来要写什么的时候主动停笔，第二天就能立刻接上，省去重新进入状态的成本。
- 02
状态好时不要熬夜把脑子里的东西一次榨干，否则第二天从零起步，更容易被各种干扰拖住。
- 03
停笔后写几句摘要笔记，记下接下来要写什么，第二天直接拿来用，避免担心忘掉而舍不得停。
- 04
当多条线索同时压来时，阻塞往往是结构问题：先把情节线索和内在逻辑理清，再动笔写下一段。
HN 评论精选
在写得顺时提前收手并留下笔记，第二天更容易接上节奏。
海明威自己的一本书里给出了对付写作阻塞最好的办法，我多年来在编程中也一直用：要做——在还写得顺、进入状态的时候总是稍微提前停手，比如在你还清楚接下来要写什么的时候停下，这样第二天或下一次写作时你明确知道从哪里开始，能很快回到写作的流里。不要做——在高效的时候逼自己太狠，比如熬夜把脑子里所有东西倒出来直到写不动为止，第二天你会从零开始，更容易在开始“正事”之前找到一百个分心的理由。如果担心忘了脑子里的东西，停笔后写点摘要笔记，第二天再用。
dmix查看英文原文
One of Hemingway's personal book's had the best solution to writers block that I've been using for years with programming: Do: Always stop working a bit early while you're on a roll (in the zone), for ex: while you still know what to write next. Then the next day, or next writing spurt, you know exactly where to start and get back into the flow of writing. The juices will flow easier. Don't: Push yourself too hard during moments of productivity, for ex: staying up late pumping out everything you have in your head until you can't write anymore. The next day you'll be starting from zero and more liable to find a hundred distractions before starting 'real work'. If you're scared of forgetting something in your head write some summary notes after you stop, then use them the next day.
阻塞常常是结构复杂度问题，而不是缺少灵感。
我认为写作阻塞的原因是故事的情节（或者软件的架构……）变得过于复杂。要再写一页，光想出一些新点子是不够的——你写下的东西必须同时满足已有的各条故事线索，遵循它们的内在逻辑，并把这些线索编织到一起。如果作者的作品有一个很强的哲学内核，那这种阻塞可能不只是卡住某一个故事，而是让整个创作都停摆，因为他的全部作品实际上都是那个内核的持续展开。
Tycho查看英文原文
I think the reason for writer’s block is when the complexity of the plot of the story (or the architecture if the software you’re writing, or...) becomes too great. To write another page it’s not enough to just come up with some new ideas. Whatever you write must simultaneously satisfy the existing strands of the story, obeying their internal logic while tying it all together. If the writer has a strong philosophical core to their work, then this could halt output all together rather than just for one individual story (because their whole output is really a continual development of their philosophy).
写作焦虑有实证有效的训练方法，却几乎找不到提供这类服务的人。
很奇怪，我听过很多人谈自己写作的痛苦，却没听说过有专治这个的治疗师。上网搜“写作焦虑”，能找到学术论文讨论“写作过程训练”多么有效，却找不到真正在做这种训练的人。软件任务估点也是一样：大家都说难，能教的人要么轻描淡写地说“靠经验自然就会”，要么觉得这太简单，“凭直觉再乘个二”就行。有人能猜到为什么市面上没有专门教人克服这类常见难题的治疗师和辅导老师吗？
afarrell查看英文原文
Its so strange that I’ve heard so many people talk about their struggles with writing, yet no therapists who focus on it. If you search online for writing anxiety, you can find academic papers discussing how effective Writing Process Training[1] is, but you cannot find anyone who practices Writing Process Training. Then again, the same is true for software task estimation. Lots of people talk about how hard it is but the only ones who can teach it are those who blithely say “you learn it by experience” or find it so simple they think it is a matter of “go with your gut and multiply by 2”. Does anyone have any guesses at the reason behind the absence of therapists and tutors who offer services in teaching people how to overcome these commonly-held challenges? [1] http://ei.yale.edu/publication/efficacy-cognitive-behavior-therapy-writing-process-training-alleviating-writing-anxiety/
同类还值得读
不要想好再写，要写来思考
Don’t think to write, write to think
这篇短文主张不要把写作当成思考完成后的记录，而要把写作本身当作思考的工具：动笔的过程会逼出想不清楚的地方。
写作与思考2022 · 553 分 · 145 评4 条写作要点编辑精选写作即思考：学会自信地写作
Writing Is Thinking: Learning to Write with Confidence
这是一篇讲“写作即思考”的博客：作者认为写作不是把想好的东西誊写出来，而是借助写作本身把想法想清楚，因此写作者应当建立信心、敢于先写烂稿。
写作与思考2019 · 529 分 · 83 评4 条写作要点编辑精选如何用写作来思考
How to think in writing
这篇文章讨论的是「用写作来思考」：作者认为写作不只是把想清楚的东西表达出来，更是想清楚本身的工具——文字落在纸上，你才有机会看见自己思路里的跳跃、含混和漏洞。
写作与思考2024 · 424 分 · 120 评4 条写作要点编辑精选写作，帮你逃离默认的人生设置
Write to Escape Your Default Setting
文章的核心主张就写在标题里：写作是帮你逃离「默认设置」的手段——日常的思维和表达都有惯性默认的默认模式，而落笔能逼你跳出来，重新看清自己到底在想什么、要说什么。
写作与思考2025 · 407 分 · 93 评4 条写作要点编辑精选写作就是思考
Writing is thinking
文章以“写作即思考”为题，讨论写作不只是把已有想法记录下来，而是帮助澄清、组织和推进思考的过程。
写作与思考2025 · 330 分 · 128 评4 条写作要点编辑精选