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写作即思考（2014）
Writing Is Thinking (2014)
导读
这篇 2014 年的文章主张“写作即思考”：动笔并非把已想清楚的东西记下来，写作本身就是形成、检验和推进想法的过程。对写作者来说，它提醒我们把写作当作思维工具而非成果包装，并解释了为什么“先想清楚再写”往往行不通。
可以直接用的写作要点
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把写作当作思考的延伸：想法在脑中装不下时，纸面就是大脑的外部存储，先写出来再整理。
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不要等“想清楚了再动笔”，把构思与写作分开恰恰是卡稿的根源，边写边想才能逼出新想法。
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成稿是给读者使用的产品，要以读者需求为准来组织和检验，而不是迁就作者的自我表达。
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用概念做实验：把事物拆成属性再追问“如果没有这一条会怎样”，这种递归式思考可以写成文章。
HN 评论精选
写作是大脑的外部存储，复杂思想靠它才得以成形和传承。
写作能扩展你的记忆。不写下来，你会迷失在自己的思绪里；想得太远时，这些想法最终会整体崩塌。写作是伟大的发明，因为它让知识可以跨时间、跨人群传递。但我觉得很少有人意识到：没有写作，人们钻研过的许多复杂想法根本不可能存在——大脑装不下那么多东西，纸面成了你和大脑的延伸。
stanrivers查看英文原文
Writing allows you to extend your memory. Without writing, you are going to get lost in your thoughts and eventually they will all crumbled down around you when you push too far. Writing is such a great invention - because it lets you transfer knowledge across time and between people. However, I find less people appreciate that, without writing, a lot of the complex ideas people have worked through would not be possible. Your brain just can’t hold it all in there. The paper becomes an extension of you and your brain.
把思考与写作割裂是卡稿的根源，两者应合而为一。
推荐经典书《Thinking on Paper》：它指出，卡稿和许多写作问题都源于一种传统倾向——把“思考”和“写作”分开。作者借用符号理论说明这种分离不成立，并示范如何大幅提升产出与表达想法的能力。
tacon查看英文原文
A classic book on using writing to come up with new ideas is "Thinking on Paper"[0]: "Thinking on Paper shows how writer's block as well as many other writing problems are engendered by the tendency, supported by traditional approaches, to separate thinking from writing. Drawing on the developing field of symbol theory, V.A. Howard and J.H. Barton explain why this separation is unsound and demonstrate how to improve dramatically our ability to generate and express ideas." [0] https://www.amazon.com/Thinking-Paper-V-Howard/dp/0688077587
写作是递归思维的载体：拆解概念属性再追问反例，就能生成新想法。
我同意写作就是思考，它甚至触及人之所以为人的根本。这位作者在写“写作”本身，这是递归的：人类能对事物做概念性、递归性的思考，即“思考思考本身”，这打开了其他生物不具备的创造空间。比如“桌子”作为概念会带出“四条腿、平整的桌面”，而把其中某项抽掉再问“没有腿的桌子是什么”“没有桌面的桌子是什么”，概念就变得可玩，然后再把它写下来。
feralimal查看英文原文
I have to agree that writing is thinking. In fact, in my opinion it gets to the root of why humanity is what it is. This lady is writing about writing. This is recursive. Humanity has the ability to think conceptually and recursively about things - this is thinking about thinking. This act opens the world to creativity in a way that is not possible for other creatures. Eg we can think about a table as a concept - it brings to mind something like "Four legs, a flat solid top". As a concept though, we can take those bits out it and ask things like 'What would a table be with no legs?' or 'what would a table be without a solid top'. This is how easy it is for us to play with concepts - thinking about thinking. And then write about it.
成稿要以读者需求为准；写作思考也并非适合所有人。
写作确实有助于思考，但最终的成稿是供读者使用的教育产品，应该围绕读者的需求来构建和检验，而不是服务于作者的自我或自我陶醉。另外值得一提的是，这篇文章建立在针对特定性格的建议之上：并非人人都靠写作思考，很多人只有通过交谈讨论新想法和问题才能获得洞见与清晰度。
robfitz查看英文原文
Sure, writing helps with thinking, but the final written output is an educational product that ought to be built and tested around the needs of the reader, not the ego or indulgence of the writer. (It's also worth noting that the article is built on personality-specific advice, and not everyone is wired or able to think via writing. I personally love it, but a whole lot of people will only receive useful insights and clarity by talking through new ideas and issues and not via of writing about them.)
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