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我如何从每天写两千字提升到每天一万字
How I went from writing 2,000 words a day to 10,000 words a day
导读
作者讲述自己如何把日写作量从 2000 词提升到 10000 词：先规划再动笔、去没有网络的地方写作、进入高速写作的畅快状态。它值得写作者读，因为它谈的是写作流程、专注力和质量，而非单纯追求字数。
可以直接用的写作要点
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动笔前先把结构想清楚（如“雪花法”：从一句话逐步扩展成整部小说），再开始写，速度会明显提升。
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离开家、去没有无线网的咖啡馆写作，减少干扰，效率往往能翻倍。
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把字数看作“花掉的字数”而非“产出的字数”，警惕为凑数而写废话；读者要的是好故事、好论证和美的语言。
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当设计已经想通、只需把脑中已有的内容倒到纸上时，会进入高速又畅快的写作状态，要善用这种状态。
HN 评论精选
写作有“先规划后写”和“直接开写”两条路径，选哪种取决于作者的性格。
这像是“雪花法”的有力论据。该方法的要点是“逐步展开”一部小说：从一句话开始，逐渐扩展成整部小说；相对地，另一种方法（pantsing，即凭感觉直接开写）是立刻动手写第一章。两种方法都有大作家在用，看来这更像是性格问题。
beza1e1查看英文原文
Looks like a good argument for the Snowflake method [0]. This method is basically to "develop" a novel, by starting with a single sentence and gradually expanding it into the novel. In contrast, the other method (pansing) is to start writing the first chapter immediately. For either approach you find great writers using them. It seems to be a question of personality. [0] http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/art/snowflake.php
字数只是产出指标而非质量指标，为凑字数写作只会增加读者的厌烦。
这让我想起 Dijkstra 的名言：用“每月产出的代码行数”来衡量“程序员生产力”只差一小步；这是个代价高昂的度量单位，因为它鼓励写平庸的代码。若真要数代码行，不该把它们看作“产出的行数”，而应看作“花掉的行数”——把这种计数记在账本错误的一侧是愚蠢的。如此强调字数，我觉得是个糟糕的主意：谁想读一万词？没人。人们想读的是好故事、有趣的论证或优美的语言。如果写得不好，更多的词只意味着更多厌烦。想提升某个指标几乎总能做到，但这不代表整体也随之改善。
rauljara查看英文原文
I am reminded of the Dijkstra quote: From there it is only a small step to measuring "programmer productivity" in terms of "number of lines of code produced per month". This is a very costly measuring unit because it encourages the writing of insipid code, but today I am less interested in how foolish a unit it is from even a pure business point of view. My point today is that, if we wish to count lines of code, we should not regard them as "lines produced" but as "lines spent": the current conventional wisdom is so foolish as to book that count on the wrong side of the ledger. Putting such a great emphasis on word count strikes me as a terrible idea. Who wants to read 10,000 words? No one. What you want to read is a good story, or an interesting argument, or beautiful language. If the writing isn't any good, more words just mean more annoyance. If you want to boost a specific metric, you almost always can. But that doesn't necessarily mean that the whole picture improves along with it.
结构想通之后，创作会进入“把心中已有之物倒出来”的畅快状态。
作者在文中说：高速写作的美妙之处在于，小说开始“吞噬”你，你会抓住一切能写的时间，纯粹为了写的快乐而写；在突破一万词的那些天，每小时词数也惊人，达到 1600–2000 词，而平时是 1500。评论者说：这种创造的快感——当设计（暂时）被破解，剩下的只是把脑中已有的东西倒到磁盘上——正是我写代码时最兴奋的体验之一。
kroo查看英文原文
"But that's the great thing about going this fast, the novel starts to eat you and you find yourself writing any time you can just for the pure joy of it. Even better, on the days where I broke 10k, I was also pulling fantastic words-per-hour numbers, 1600 - 2000 words per hour as opposed to my usual 1500. It was clear these days were special, but I didn't know how." This thrill of creation, when you've got the design (momentarily?) cracked and all that's left is the small matter of putting to disk what's there in your mind already, describes some of the most exciting experiences I've had writing code.
断网、离开家写作能显著减少干扰、提高产出。
文中引用：有几件事立刻清楚了。第一，我在家以外的地方效率最高，也就是没有网络的地方。在没无线网的咖啡馆写作的下午，效率是我在家写作的上午的两倍。评论者说：互联网如今是宇宙中最强的干扰源。
sien查看英文原文
Quote: "Several things were immediately clear. First, my productivity was at its highest when I was in a place other than my home. That is to say, a place without internet. The afternoons I wrote at the coffee shop with no wireless were twice as productive as the mornings I wrote at home." The internet is now the most powerful distraction in the universe.
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