写作方法2020bbc.com
那支永远改变写作的廉价笔
The cheap pen that changed writing forever
导读
这篇 BBC 文章讲的是圆珠笔如何从一项廉价发明彻底改变人们的书写方式。评论区补充了一个正文未提的角度：圆珠笔需要用力按压，反而加重手部疲劳；而且它加速了连笔字的衰落。对写作者来说，这是一次关于“工具如何塑造写作习惯与节奏”的具体讨论，值得一读。
可以直接用的写作要点
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选笔时要把“省力”当成标准：用钢笔写字更轻松，手不容易累，人也才能写得更久，初稿也更顺。
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连笔书写能减少笔尖离开纸面的次数，让思路和字迹都更连贯；写初稿时，可以刻意减少停顿，一口气把内容写下来。
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工具会不知不觉改变写作习惯：圆珠笔、键盘都各有利弊，弄清自己用的工具适合什么、会带来什么代价，再据此调整写作方式。
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打字和写字都是可以训练的技能，别假设“数字原住民”自然会盲打；主动练好输入速度，等于为写作省下时间。
HN 评论精选
圆珠笔需要用力，钢笔更省力，选择工具时要考虑手部疲劳。
有一个副作用没有被提到：转向圆珠笔之后，手部疲劳感增加了。用钢笔写字相对省力——这并不否认钢笔还有别的缺点。我猜这也是为什么我作为法国小学生时，被要求只能用钢笔写字。
kaonwarb查看英文原文
One side effect not discussed here: how the shift to ballpoint pens increased hand strain [0]. Writing with a fountain pen is relatively effortless - not to deny it has several other drawbacks. I imagine this is part of why, as an elementary school student in France, I was required to write with only fountain pens. [0] https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/08/ballpoint-pens-object-lesson-history-handwriting/402205/
圆珠笔和键盘先后终结了连笔；书写训练的时间应转向盲打。
圆珠笔还带来一个没被提到的后果：它加速了连笔书写的衰落。连笔能减少笔尖离开纸面的次数，从而减少漏墨和笔画断开，而圆珠笔没有这个问题。不过，连笔后来真正的终结者是键盘：我的孩子说小学学过连笔，到高中已经没人用了；我的大学生甚至读不懂手写的连笔评语。让我困惑的是，过去教漂亮连笔字所花的时间，为什么没有转去教盲打？我的学生几乎都没受过打字训练，这些所谓“数字原住民”里，很少有人能比得上我 45 年前在电动打字机上练出的技能。
ajarmst查看英文原文
A notable side effect not mentioned is that the biro began the downfall of cursive handwriting, as described by an interesting Atlantic article: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/08/ballpoint-pens-object-lesson-history-handwriting/402205/ I still use fountain pens, although that is arguably an affectation--they were already on the way out when I was in school. Cursive reduces the number of times you lift the stylus from the paper, greatly reducing the number of blots or gaps in flow of a fountain pen. Biros don't have that problem. Still, writing in cursive on good paper with a proper fountain pen has an aesthetic that I'd not like to give up. Arguably, the shift to keyboarding completed cursive's downfall. My children report that, although they did learn cursive in primary school, they now (High School) don't know anyone who uses it. I've had post-secondary students complain that they have difficultly reading cursive comments on submissions, even if I've taken pains to write neatly (I no longer challenge them thus.) I do find one thing puzzling: why has the effort once expended on teaching elegant cursive not shifted over to instruction in touch typing? None of my students report having had instruction in that (I've polled them several times). It seems odd to me that very so very few of the so-called "digital natives" I work with can challenge the skills I learned on an IBM electric 45 years ago.
换成钢笔后，写字更省力，字迹也更好，写得更久。
我最近换成了钢笔——写起来轻松多了，手也不那么紧张。是尼尔·盖曼推荐的，我试了一下就再也不想换回去：字变好看了（不过我写连笔），写久了也不容易累。
Cancan82查看英文原文
I recently switched to a fountain pen - way easier to write with and way less tension. Neil Gaiman suggested it and so I gave it a shot. Never going back - my handwriting is better (but I write cursive) and it is easier to write longer without strain. That said - super cool story.
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