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写作很难，所以更要去写
Writing is hard, so do it
导读
这篇短文针对“写作很难”这一常见借口，主张唯一的应对方式就是直接去写。对写作者来说，它的价值在于把写作从“等有灵感再动笔”重新定义为一种必须亲自实践的能力训练，评论区还延伸到写作对思维整理和沟通的作用。
可以直接用的写作要点
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把写作当成一种“不能不做”的习惯，而不是等能力足够或灵感降临才动笔。
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写作是理解一个话题的强制过程：把想法落到纸上，半成品的念头才不会在脑中反复盘旋。
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写长而连贯的技术文档，本质是按其重要性和相互关系来分析和组织大量想法，这种结构能力可以刻意练习。
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先大量写下来、把想法倒空，再回头看它们如何彼此连接；不要一开始就追求结构完美。
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如果你不写就难受，那这就是写作最正当的理由，不必为写书找功利借口。
作家写作不是因为他们会写，而是因为他们不写不行。写作是极重要的沟通技能，也是逼自己理解一个话题的手段。但写书很少是时间的最佳用法，博客文章可能是比书更好的写作形式，准备并做一次演讲可能是提升沟通能力（以及个人品牌）的更好方式。不过，如果你想过之后仍有写书的冲动，那可能就是你“不写不行”，那就放手去写、写好它，不必费心为它找理由。
raganwald查看英文原文
"Writers don't write because they can write. They write because they can't not write." Writing is an incredibly important communication skill, and it is a forcing function for understanding a topic. But still, writing a book is rarely the best use of your time nor the best way to learn to communicate or analyze. Blog posts might be a better form of writing than a book. Preparing and delivering a talk might be a better way to improve your communication (and "brand," for that matter). However, if after thinking it through you still have an itch to write a book, it could be that you simply can't not write a book. In which case, go for it and do it well, and don't worry about justifying it. It could be that the reason you should write is that you can't not write.
意识流写作把杂念外化到纸上，能释放脑内反复盘旋的半成品想法。
比起健身、打游戏、吃饭、散步等我试过的各种典型“放空”活动，最能让我放松的是意识流写作。睡不着的时候，我会花二十分钟把脑子里每一个念头都写进笔记本（不是电脑），这能把我从阻止入睡的思维堵塞和脑内风暴中拉出来。写纸上之后，它就变得真实了，不再作为一个空洞的、半完成的念头停留在那里。
jblock查看英文原文
More so than working out, video games, eating, taking a walk, or any of the typical "zoning-out" activities I've tried over the years, the one that never fails to relax me is stream-of-consciousness writing. I've found that on nights where I have trouble sleeping, taking 20 minutes and writing out every single thought in my skull (into a notebook; not onto a computer) pulls me out of the mental block and brain thunderstorm that is resisting calls to slumber. When it's out on paper, it becomes real. It doesn't sit and dwell as an empty, half-complete thought.
写作是组织大量想法的战略规划训练，先写满再谈结构。
写作能力，尤其是写长而连贯的技术文档，取决于能否按重要性和相互关联来分析、组织大量想法与概念。这就是战略规划，是一项极重要的技能。除了沟通上的好处，写作还是在静态目标上练习这种能力的好方法。而且正如文章所说，你常常需要先大量写下来，才能对它们如何连接形成好的感觉；制定新战略也一样——如果你写作时不曾写到需要更大纸张的地步，那说明你做得不对。
Robin_Message查看英文原文
The ability to write, especially a long but coherent technical document, is dependent the ability to analyse and structure a vast number of ideas and concepts according to importance and how they fit together. This is strategic planning, and it's an extremely important skill to develop. As well as other benefits in communication, writing is a good way to practice with a static target. Also, as the article says, often you need to write a lot down just to get it out there before you can have a good feel for how it connects together. The same is true for developing new strategy - if you don't have to write pages and wish for bigger sheets of paper†, you're doing it wrong. † Metaphor alert; you don't actually have to.
可参考作者整理的写作经验清单，作为进一步阅读材料。
不久前我试着把自己学到的写作心得浓缩成了一篇博客文章，链接在此。
jgrahamc查看英文原文
Some time ago I tried to distill what I had learnt about writing into a blog post: http://blog.jgc.org/2012/07/some-things-ive-learnt-about-writing.html
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