写作方法2022twitter.com
在这里你能看到我改了多少稿
You can watch how much I rewrite here
导读
这条推文展示了 Paul Graham 用 Etherpad 记录下的写作回放，可以看到他写《Startups in 13 Sentences》时反复删改的全过程。对写作者来说，它把“成稿”背后的重写劳动展示出来，能缓解“必须一次写好”的焦虑；评论里还讨论了被观看时写作状态会失真。
可以直接用的写作要点
- 01
把成稿和初稿对照看，会发现大量句子是被反复改写出来的，重写是常态而非失败。
- 02
可以试着记录自己的写作过程（版本历史、录屏），回放能暴露自己的修改习惯和卡点。
- 03
别把打磨后的文章当成别人一次写成的样子，拿自己的草稿去比别人的成稿是错误比较。
- 04
意识到“被观看”会改变写作行为，练习时应尽量在无人注视的状态下写真实的第一稿。
HN 评论精选
作者本人用回放是为了观察自己真实的写作过程，而不只是为了展示成果。
那天我就在现场：我走进 YC 时，PG 正兴奋得像个快要拿到生日礼物的小孩，说 Etherpad 做出了回放功能，他马上要试试。他想用这个功能看看自己究竟是怎么写作的。我在他背后看了一会儿，但站在别人身后盯着他思考和打字实在有点冒犯，而且反正之后可以回放，所以我就走了。隔了这么久记忆未必可靠，但我记得他后来说他不会继续用，因为他太习惯 vi 了。
dang查看英文原文
I was in the room when he started typing this - I walked into YC that day to be met by PG bubbling with delight about how Etherpad had implemented playback and he was about to try it out. He was like a little kid about to get a birthday present. IIRC, he wanted it so he could see how he actually writes. I watched over his shoulder for a little while, but it feels intrusive to be standing there breathing down someone's neck while they think and write, and hey, I could just play it back later, so I left. Memory is fallible after so much time but I think he told me later that he wouldn't keep using it because he was so used to vi. I want to add that he was going to try to get the Etherpad guys to implement vi shortcuts but that feels suspiciously like the sort of embellishment that creeps into a story years later.
被记录会让人表演化，真实的写作状态很难在围观下出现。
我一直觉得人们想公开这类东西很奇怪，比如直播写代码或直播编辑。人被观看时行为会改变；即使知道只是在被录、没人真的在看，我也会感到一点“聚光灯效应”。我怀疑自己没法录下不带表演成分的真实自我，因为那样就不能做任何可能显得尴尬的事。看着一个人把脑中的杂音原样播出来，是非常私密的事。
deckard1查看英文原文
I've always found it odd that people want to share this sort of thing. Such as live coding videos or live editing. People change behavior when they are being watched. Even when I know I'm being recorded and no one is watching, I feel a bit of the spotlight effect going on. I don't know that I could actually record my honest self without being performative. I wouldn't be free to do anything that might be embarrassing. Even in pair programming or coding interviews. It's an incredibly intimate thing, to watch someone take their brain noise and broadcast it, raw.
提供了无需 Twitter 即可查看回放的替代链接和背景说明。
不想加载 Twitter 的话可以直接看这个链接[1]。背景是：这是 Paul Graham 写作《Startups in 13 Sentences》一文的（近似）实时视图。
fastball查看英文原文
Direct link to the content[1] if you don't want to load twitter. Context is that this is a live view of Paul Graham writing his "Startups in 13 Sentences"[2] article in real(ish?) time. [1] https://byronm.com/13sentences.html [2] http://www.paulgraham.com/13sentences.html
同类还值得读
被低估的工程技能：把文章写好
Undervalued Engineering Skills: Writing Well
这篇文章讨论为什么“写得好”是被低估的工程能力，以及它如何在团队协作、系统设计和职业发展中持续带来回报。
写作方法2019 · 1,109 分 · 371 评4 条写作要点编辑精选每行只写一句话：让写作和修改都更轻松的排版法
Writing one sentence per line
这是 Derek Sivers 的一篇短文，主张写作时每行只放一个句子，而不是按段落排版。
写作方法2022 · 849 分 · 297 评4 条写作要点编辑精选书面沟通是远程工作的超级能力
Written communication is remote work super power
这篇文章讨论远程工作中书面沟通的价值，评论区则补充了异步与同步沟通的适用场景，并提醒读者：备忘录、结论先行、结构化命令格式等书面沟通传统早已有之。
写作方法2020 · 831 分 · 190 评4 条写作要点编辑精选如何写出有用的文字
How to Write Usefully
保罗·格雷厄姆在这篇文章里给"有用的写作"下了一个可操作的公式：有用≈重要×新颖×正确×清楚，任一项为零，整篇文章就等于零；他还主张敢下确定判断、删掉让自己心虚的句子。
写作方法2020 · 821 分 · 285 评4 条写作要点编辑精选如何写得更清楚、想得更清楚，并学会复杂材料（PDF）
How to write more clearly, think more clearly, and learn complex material [pdf]
这份 PDF 讨论如何把文章写清楚、把思路理清楚，并用写作来学习复杂材料。
写作方法2022 · 779 分 · 153 评4 条写作要点编辑精选