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R.L. 斯坦与代笔作家（2012）
R.L. Stine and Ghostwriters (2012)
导读
这篇2012年的博客文章讨论 R.L. Stine 在创作《鸡皮疙瘩》系列时是否使用了代笔。评论区用1999年 Scholastic 诉 Parachute Press 的法庭文件指出，Stine 确实雇了代笔，常常只写大纲，把成稿交给别人。对写作者来说，它涉及署名、系列化写作和“作者”身份边界的问题，也让人重新审视高产背后的分工和取舍。
可以直接用的写作要点
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高产系列书的常见分工方式是：作者只提供大纲和设定，成稿交给代笔。写作者要想清楚自己必须亲自掌控的环节是哪些。
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《鸡皮疙瘩》每本只有约2.3万词，说明产量问题往往不在写作速度，而在能否忍受反复讲同一套故事的枯燥。
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童年读者被打动的是节奏和好读，不是文笔。写青少年读物时要先把阅读门槛压低，让人愿意读下去。
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只靠怀旧撑不起重读。系列写作要有超越套路的角色和情感，否则成年读者回头再看会失望。
HN 评论精选
法庭文件比传闻可靠：Stine 承认自己写大纲，代笔完成成稿。
这篇考证太草率了，花几分钟谷歌就能确认他确实雇了好几位签约代笔。1999年 Scholastic 起诉 Parachute Press 时，就把这件事作为违约证据提了出来。见法庭文件链接：请注意，Stine 一方并不否认雇了代笔，只主张使用代笔不构成违约。所以通过法律代理，他基本确认了：前20本之后，很多书并非他本人所写。文件显示，他常常只写大纲，再交给其他承包人。Scholastic 还称，因为代笔写得不如 Stine 好，他们损失了大量收入。
acc_vector查看英文原文
This is very lazily researched, a few minutes in google will give you pretty clear confirmation that he did in fact use several contracted ghostwriters. This was brought up by Scholastic publishing as evidence of breach of contract when they sued Parachute Press back in 1999. See this link for the court filings [0], note here that RL's representatives do not deny the claim that the ghostwriters were employed by RL but instead that the use of them did not suffice to constitute breach of contract. So he has essentially via his legal representation confirmed that to varying degrees he did not in fact write many of the books past the first 20. Instead, this filing shows that he often wrote outlines which he then passed onto other contractors. Scholastic claims here that they lost substantial amounts of revenue because the ghostwriters did not write stories as well as RL. [0] https://decisions.courts.state.ny.us/NYSComDiv/Oct02/600512-99-003.PDF
单本篇幅很小，高产真正难在能否忍受重复同一套路的枯燥。
《鸡皮疙瘩》每本都很短，约2.3万词，他全部自己写完全有可能。有人画过高产作者的字数图表，其中 Wildbow 是写《Worm》《Pale》等网络连载的作者；他目前每周约写2.2万词，差不多一周写完一本《鸡皮疙瘩》。不过我还是怀疑 Stine 用了代笔，因为反复写同一个故事太枯燥了。
cm2012查看英文原文
Goosebumps books are very short (23000 words each), it is very conceivable that he wrote them all himself. Here's a chart of words written by prolific authors (Wildbow added in here is the author of a bunch of Web Serials like Worm, Pale, etc.): https://i.redd.it/cviz2vld5t461.png Wildbow right now writes about 22,000 words a week, or ~one goosebumps book to completion. That said, I suspect Stein did have them ghost written only because it would be so. tedious. to write the same story over and over.
简短、抓人的故事是极好的语言和阅读入门材料。
1999年我们一家刚到迈阿密时，最先做的事之一就是去公共图书馆。我几乎把每一本《鸡皮疙瘩》都借来读，一边学英语。谢谢 R.L. Stine，我10岁时是靠读你那些恐怖故事学会英语的。
d136o查看英文原文
When my family arrived to Miami in 1999 one of the first things we did was make use of the public library. I checked out probably every goosebump book as I learned English. Thank you R.L. Stine, I learned English as a 10 year old by reading every single one of your spooky stories.
童年经典依赖的是当时的阅读体验；重读会暴露套路化写作的局限。
我最近把《鸡皮疙瘩》全部重读了一遍，想提醒被这个标题激起兴趣的人：成年后再读，这些书经不起重读。说这话的人，小时候是真心喜欢它们。不过《Animorphs》系列正在重新出有声书，听起来很享受。
CSMastermind查看英文原文
I recently reread all of the Goosebumps books and I'll warn anyone inspired to do so by seeing this headline: they don't hold up as an adult. And I say that as someone who really loved them as a kid. With that said, the Animorphs books are all being rereleased as audio books and they've been a pleasure to listen to.
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