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Show HN：写初稿时别边写边改
Show HN: Avoid editing while writing your first draft
导读
这是一个小工具的介绍帖：写作初稿时把已经写下的文字遮住/淡化，从机制上阻止你回头修改。评论区讨论了一个经典写作争议——初稿到底该一口气写完，还是边写边改；对任何想改善自己写作流程的人都很有参考价值。
可以直接用的写作要点
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把"写完"和"写好"分成两件事：初稿只管往前推进，修改留到第二天清醒时统一做。
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如果文章前后强依赖（技术教程、论证文），可以边写边改上一段，但结尾务必留一轮通篇重排。
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给自己保留最近几行作为上下文，能缓解"不看前文"带来的思路断裂。
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与其靠意志力忍住不改，不如用环境约束：打字机模式、遮住已写文字、换个不能回删的工具。
HN 评论精选
反对"初稿不编辑"：前后强依赖的写作中，边写边改反而更顺。
这可能是不受欢迎的观点，但我写初稿时总是边写边改。我就是这样写完 250 多篇技术博客和上百万字课程笔记的。我基本是写两三句或一两段就停下来回看、改措辞、调整结构，再往下写，最后整体再做一次排序和修补。如果上一节没改到 95% 满意，我就没法继续写下一块，因为后面写什么取决于前面写了什么。有人也是这样工作的吗？
nickjj查看英文原文
This might be an unpopular opinion but I always edit while writing my first draft. This is how I've written 250+ technical blog posts and over a million words worth of course notes. I basically write a couple of sentences or paragraphs, stop, review, reword things if needed, change things around and move on. Then at the very end I'll give it all a final reordering / fixing until I'm happy with it. I feel like I can't progress to the next chunk of an article until the prior section is 95% edited because what I write next depends on what was previously written. Does anyone else work like that?
经典口诀"醉着写、醒着改"：初稿放松产出，修改留到清醒时。
教授给我们写论文的建议是：开一瓶好威士忌，喝上两杯，然后一直写（当然杯子要续），写到写字变成一件难事为止；第二天在严酷清醒的日光下再改。效果非常好，虽然你的肝可能不太领情。简言之：醉着写，醒着改。
redacted查看英文原文
The advice we got from our professors when writing theses was: crack open a bottle of fine whisk{e}y [0], get a couple glasses in, write (while keeping your drink topped of course) until writing is a serious challenge, edit the next morning in the harsh and sober light of day [1]. Works a treat, even if you liver may not fully appreciate it. [0] Whiskey may be substituted for your preferred liquor, but it is a solid traditional writers' choice [1] TL;DR 'Write drunk, edit sober'
折中方案：保留最近几行上下文 + 交互上难以编辑，兼顾连贯与不回头改。
我也在做类似的东西，但思路略有不同：你能看到前四行文字（它们不会淡出），这样还能保留一点上下文；同时你无法选中、编辑（交互上让人很难改）。我用它来培养写作习惯、白天分屏写东西整理思路、也当日记用。这样写感觉更自然，我平均每天能写 800 字，高峰两三千。
rpastuszak查看英文原文
Ha, this is so cool! I'm working on a very similar problem atm: https://ulysses.sonnet.io/ My approach is slightly different though: - you can see the previous lines (the last 4 lines of text), i.e. they don't fade, so you can still keep some context - you cannot select, edit (the UX makes it hard). I'm still working on making the UX around it more explicit, curious to hear feedback. There are several reasons for that (or use cases): - I use it to foster a better writing habit - During the day, I keep it on split screen and write to organise my thoughts when I work on more complex problems - I use it as a diary (and paste the text to the Notes app) Do you use it in a similar manner? Did working on the app change your writing habits in any way? The reason I ask is because in my case writing this way feels somehow more natural. I ended up writing 800 words per day on average (with spikes to 2-3k). Also, I'm following the same `div.fade` approach to mask text in my app. The main reason for that was incorrect colour correction/mixing on Firefox (banding or shifting the colour by 1 point). PS. I'll send over some of the apps here to my partner (a writer) and see which one suits her needs better. I'll let you know if I get any feedback.
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