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如何把东西写得极其出色
How to Write the Shit Out of Something
导读
这篇博文讨论如何把一个题目写到极致，核心是清晰、精炼、狠心删减。评论区把话题推向更根本的写作观：不要套模板，直接说出意思；写作本身就是想清楚的过程。对写作者来说，这些争论正好点出「简洁」与「边写边想」两个关键。
可以直接用的写作要点
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先直接说出你的意思，说完就停，别为凑格式或篇幅往论点里灌废话。
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警惕五段式作文模板：它会让简单观点被注水撑大，让复杂观点被削足适履。
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别等想清楚再动笔——写作本身就是把脑内散乱的想法圈起来、理清楚的过程。
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每写一句就问自己「这是真的吗」，并大声朗读、长短句交替、想象一个具体的读者。
HN 评论精选
直接说出意思然后停笔；五段式作文模板对真实写作有害。
这里有些好想法，但如果要我给新手作家建议，我会从一条规则开始：直接说出你的意思。美国英语课花大量时间教五段式作文——一段引言、三段论证、一段结论。但在课堂之外，这种格式不只是无用，而是有害：简单论点被强行灌水撑大，复杂论点被砍掉枝干塞进固定的框里；而大多数论点是简单论点，所以前一种危害更大。很多烂文章之所以烂，就是因为作者不能直接说出意思然后停手，他们把论点塞满废话，像塞枕头。论点应该精瘦、利落、坚硬如钻石。跳过那些——说出你的意思，然后停。
smacktoward查看英文原文
Some good ideas here, but if I had to give advice to fledging writers I'd start with one rule: just say what you mean. English classes in the U.S. spend a lot of time teaching people how to write five-paragraph essays: one paragraph of introduction, three paragraphs of argument, one paragraph of conclusion. But outside the classroom the five-paragraph essay form is worse than useless: it's actively harmful. For simple arguments, it's harmful because it forces the writer to jam words down the throat of their argument to plump it up so it fits the format. For complex arguments, it's harmful because it forces the writer to lop limbs off their argument to fit it into an arbitrary box. Most arguments are simple arguments, so the first sin is the greater one. So much bad writing is bad because the writer couldn't just say what they mean and then stop. They stuff their argument with fluff like it's a damn pillow. An argument should be lean, cut, diamond-hard. Packing it with fluff just makes it soft and saggy. So skip all that -- just say what you mean, then stop.
追求极致清晰、敢砍到极短，句子长短交替、大声朗读、为具体的人写作。
写作是一种杀死自己的方式。他们说「杀死你的心头好」，我说杀死你自己。清晰到让人疼。如果这能把文章砍到只剩两句话，那太好了。造一些一开始读着别扭的句子，让我们惊讶。太多写作只是 blah blah blah。去读高手写的东西，吃掉他们，吸收他们的力量。学词。写短句。写长句。大声读出来。别躲，站出来，抓住我的肩膀问：你到底在不在听。听你自己。为某个人而写。承认你的愚蠢——不，别这样，要放肆。揍我，别担心，我会揍回来。我们同在这个星球上。词语是导弹。
mbrock查看英文原文
Write as a way to kill yourself. They say kill your darlings, I say kill yourself. Be so clear it hurts. If that cuts your essay down to two sentences, wonderful. Make sentences that feel weird at first. Surprise us. So much writing is just blah blah blah. Read skilled writers. Eat them, assimilate their strength. Learn words. Write short sentences. Write long sentences. Read aloud. Don't hide, come forward. Grab my shoulders and say are you even fucking listening. Listen to yourself. Write for someone. Admit your stupidity. No, don't do that, be reckless. Punch me. Don't worry, I'll punch back. We're on this planet together. Words are missiles.
写作是思考过程，不必先想清楚；用「这是真的吗」逐句自查。
对「动手打字前先确定你要说什么」，我不同意。写作本身就是确定你想说什么的过程，是与读者、与良心的想象对话。我们脑子里有大量想法像布朗运动一样乱撞，写作是把它们圈起来的方式。培养一个内在声音问「这是真的吗」很有用：每写一个词，就让那个声音问这个词是否真实。这听起来很像精神失常，但似乎管用。
davidvaughan查看英文原文
"Before you type even a word, determine what you want to say." I disagree. Writing is part of the process of determining what you want to say. It's an imaginary conversation with your reader and with your conscience. We all have vast quantities of ideas bouncing around in our heads, like those animated gifs of Brownian motion. Writing is a way of coralling them. It's useful to cultivate an inner voice that asks "is that true?". Every time you write a word, get your voice to ask if that word is true. Which actually sounds very like insanity, but seems to work.
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