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我如何在三天内写成一本书
How I Wrote a Book in 3 Days
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这篇帖子讲作者声称三天写完一本书，引发 HN 读者讨论：快速写作是否牺牲质量、书作为直接消费品为何更需要打磨，以及长期调研和修订的价值。对写作者来说，它值得用来反思“快写”与“写好”的区别，避免把速度当成成果。
可以直接用的写作要点
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三天写完可以当作草稿或实验，但不要把速度当成质量，读者直接消费的是文字本身。
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复杂主题往往需要长期调研和多轮修订，初稿之外的打磨时间可能远超三天。
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写作前先明确目的：若只是练习或快速产出，可压缩周期；若追求影响力，就要给打磨留时间。
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少用“伟大产品是决策的结果”这类正确但空洞的格言，多写具体、有信息量的内容。
HN 评论精选
软件可以靠成品藏拙，书却直接暴露文字质量，快写更容易显得粗糙。
当然，没读之前我不会下最终判断。但看到标题的第一反应是一个词：“Poorly”（写得很糟）。不是说这有什么不对。我见过的三天写出来、还有点功能的程序也都写得很糟，但没关系，因为你不消费代码，你消费应用。书的问题在于你直接消费书的产物，所以我怀疑。
shadowfiend查看英文原文
I will not pass final judgement on the book until I've had an opportunity to read it, of course. But my initial reaction to this title is one word: “Poorly.” Not that there's anything wrong with that. Every application I've seen that was written in three days with any amount of functionality was also written poorly. But it didn't matter. Because you don't consume the application's code, you consume the application. The trouble with writing a book is that you do consume the product of the book directly. That's why I'm skeptical. That said, maybe this book is awesome. That would be awesome, and hopefully would get more people riding the writing train and flexing that language muscle so many often forget about.
复杂写作依赖长期调研与多轮修订，三天很难保证深度和质量。
我写科幻小说，涉及经济、期货市场、基因提升、AI、金融、战斗和轨道力学，每天写3到5小时，写了18个月，对三天能完成的东西不太以为然。我怀疑光研究月球地质、矿物学、钛精炼、空气压缩性就花了不止三天。更别说我的初稿花了9个月，修订花了12个月。有些东西需要迭代和打磨，写作我认为就是其中之一。
tjic查看英文原文
Having been working on a science fiction novel that covers economics, futures markets, genetic uplift, AI, finance, combat, and orbital mechanics, and having been working on it for 3-5 hours per day for 18 months ( http://morlockpublishing.com/the-book/ ), I'm somewhat underwhelmed with anything that can be done in three days. I suspect that I spent more than three days on researching lunar geology, minerology, titanium refining, the compresibility of air, etc. Not to mention that my first draft took 9 months, and my revisions have taken 12 months. Some things require iteration and polishing. Writing, IMO, is one of those things.
速度不是价值，书应追求影响力和质量，别把“快写”本身当卖点。
我不明白这类文章的要点是什么。很多人用类似公式匆忙传达信息：大学生在学期最后一周写，叫论文；博主一直写，叫博客。书通常意味着深思熟虑、高质量。不是说不能三天写出一本像样的书，但意义何在？很可能让自己处于劣势。重要的是书的影响力。如果三天写完很快被遗忘，而别人花一年打磨出有意义的东西，谁在为读者创造价值很明显。这类文章像“看我三天写了本书”，没提真正独特或需要技巧的地方。我觉得它在鼓励制造人工、一周后就被遗忘的东西。
moocow01查看英文原文
I honestly dont understand what the take away is from these articles... Lots of people communicate information in a hurried manner using a similar formula. - College students do it the last week of every semester but its called a paper - Bloggers do it all the time but its called a blog A book typically infers to most people something that has been written in a very thoughtful or high quality manner with much thought put into it (and we have many descriptors for the "lesser" forms... articles, stories, etc.) That doesnt mean you can't write a proper book in 3 days... but whats the point? - you are just likely putting yourself at a disadvantage. What matters is how impactful the book is. If you spend 3 days and its forgotten (sorry but likely based upon effort) and somebody else spends 1 year to craft something meaningful (much more likely based upon the history of literature) its pretty obvious who is creating value for their readers. These articles read to me like "hey look at me I wrote a book in 3 days"... there is no mention of what is truly unique or skillful about it. Sorry to be so negative but I just feel like this encourages the creation of pretty artificial stuff that will be forgotten in a week.
避免正确但空洞的格言，写作要提供具体信息而非套话。
“伟大产品只是沿途一系列决策的结果。”烂产品、平庸产品也是。那又怎样？这句摘录没告诉我任何有用的东西。产品都是决策的结果。这种陈词滥调是否代表书的内容？
jamesbritt查看英文原文
"Great products are simply the result of decisions made aong the way." So are shitty products. So are mediocre products. So what? That pull-quote tells me nothing useful. Products are the result of decisions. Is this kind of trite observation indicative of the book's content?
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