写作方法2020writenext.io编辑精选
让写作成为习惯
Make Writing a Habit
导读
这篇短文主张把写作变成日常习惯，配套产品只是一个记录写作历史的工具。对写作者最有价值的讨论来自评论区：把"写作"和"发表"彻底分开，用最低成本的方式把想法先落到文件里，再慢慢深化。
可以直接用的写作要点
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把写作和发表分开：先为自己写，不担心形式和读者，才能持续动笔。
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建立一个零成本的随手记录处（一个文件夹、一个文件），把在 HN、YouTube、日常对话里的即兴想法就地展开成几个要点。
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先写要点式粗稿，不求文采，之后再回头精炼、扩写，甚至可以跨年份反复修订同一篇。
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每天写一页，一旦开始就不要停笔；把写作当作从潜意识里提取想法的思考工具，而不是产出成品。
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向读者介绍任何东西时，先讲清"这是什么、能做什么"，否则语言再有吸引力也让人一头雾水。
HN 评论精选
写作不等于发表，把两者混为一谈可能让你干脆不写。给自己找个写作的地方既免费又简单：mkdir ~/thoughts。你在 HN 上回复完别人后，顺手打开编辑器建个文件，把观点在那里展开写下去；不必写得文绉绉，几条抓住要点的项目符号就够了，以后再回来深入分析。哪怕你没真的回复谁，只是有想法也可以记下来。观察到一个有趣现象，就写一行存进文件——这比发推特容易，推特你要操心呈现方式，而写文件只抓想法，不用顾虑形式。你不必发表，写作首先是给自己的。多年间不断回看、修改、扩充，用十年时间写文章，看看五年前的自己多聪明或多无知，允许自己笑自己的笑话，也允许自己尴尬地删掉一些。让想法自在地被改变，免受评判；某天你也许觉得够成熟了，再挑出那些始终没变的部分分享出去。
mekoka查看英文原文
Writing is not publishing. If you conflate the two you might not write at all. Having a place to write is as free and easy as: mkdir ~/thoughts Now, after you've replied your quick counterpoints to someone on HN, whip out the text editor and vim ~/thoughts/why-writing-is-not-free-nor-easy Go and expand on your thoughts on the subject there. It doesn't have to be prosaic, some simple bullet points that encapsulate the main ideas are enough. You can revisit later for an in-depth or progressive analysis. Do that even if you didn't actually reply to anyone, but felt merely like jotting down notes about your take on the matter. Write your own thoughts on stuff that people share in real life, on HN, youtube, facebook, etc. Observe a curious phenomenon and write a single line about it in a file. It's easier than Twitter. With the latter you worry about presentation, whereas the former lets you capture the main thoughts quickly, without worrying about form. You don't have to publish. It's just writing, it's for you first and foremost. Over the years revisit, refine, and expand on your thoughts. Write articles over the course of 10 years. See how clever or ignorant you were 5 years ago. Allow yourself to laugh at your own jokes or to delete some posts in embarrassment. Let your mind be changed as it's meant to, safe from judgment. Some day you may feel wise enough and ready to share some selected pieces that have remained constant all throughout.
Shane Parrish 最近和 Brian Koppelman 做了一期相关播客。Koppelman 说他每天写一页，但只要开始写就不会停；这与其说是写作，不如说是一种以写作为媒介的思考方法，用来从潜意识里挖出想法。他还提到，在写作这类任务中保持惯性很重要。看剧本如何从初稿一路修改到定稿也很有意思。
grativo查看英文原文
Shane Parrish recently did a podcast on this topic with Brian Koppelman. In the podcast, Brian Koppelman talked about how we wrote a single page everyday, however he did would not stop writing once he started. Rather than writing it was a thinking technique using writing as a medium. It was a way to derive thoughts from the subconscious. He also mentions how maintaining momentum is important in accomplishing tasks such as writing. Also kind of fun to see how scripts are created and how they are revised from rough draft to final draft. https://fs.blog/knowledge-project/brian-koppelman/
我就是不知道这个产品是做什么的。你的文案很吸引我，但我完全不知道自己注册的是哪些功能。
jayparth查看英文原文
I just don't know what this product does. Your messaging appeals to me but I have literally no clue what features or functionality I'm signing up for.
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