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斯蒂芬·金：“成功写作所需知道的一切”
Stephen King: “Everything You Need to Know About Writing Successfully”
导读
这是斯蒂芬·金那篇著名的写作随笔，讲的是他对“怎样算写得好”的直白看法：诚实、认真对待写作、别指望别人替你改。它值得写作者读，是因为文中用一正一反两版篮球报道的对比，直观展示什么是“过度修饰”，并强调修订几乎和写作本身一样重要。
可以直接用的写作要点
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用同一段内容的“改前/改后”版本互相对照，能立刻看出哪些形容词和修饰是多余的。
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“尽量少写”：把可有可无的形容词、从句和铺垫删掉，信息量往往不减，可读性却更好。
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把修订当成和写作同等重要的环节：写完不等于完成，先放一放再逐句砍。
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写作是为自己写的，先自己判断好坏，不要一开始就四处征求许可和意见。
HN 评论精选
推荐《写作这回事》，把写作建议放进作者的真实经历里读更有说服力。
如果喜欢这篇文章，可以读金的《写作这回事》：一半回忆录、一半关于靠写作为生的随笔。回忆录部分有意思，因为他的人生本身精彩，而且和他的写作生涯紧密相连。写作部分则适合所有喜欢读小说并琢磨小说怎么被写出来的人、喜欢写作并思考过怎么写好的人，以及认真琢磨过如何把一件事做好的人。
scott_s查看英文原文
If you enjoyed this, read King's book "On Writing". It's half memoir, half an essay on writing for a living. The memoir part is interesting because he's had an interesting life, and it's closely tied to his writing career. The writing part should be interesting to anyone who: likes reading fiction and thinking about how it is created; likes writing and has spent time about how to do it well; has spent time thinking about how to a particular thing well.
少写、删掉浮夸的废话，并且先校对再发布，比急着表达观点重要。
好文。我喜欢他不去玄谈“人到底有没有天赋”：如果一个人无法从现实世界里得到足够的反馈，那他多半是在自欺。对 HN 读者来说，第 4 条最有用——这里太多文章只有高中作文水平，作者更急着把半生不熟的观点发到自己的博客上，而不是先校对（英语非母语者除外）。我大学里最好的一课，是历史教授因为我一篇论文不会写作而狠狠批了我一顿，然后出于同情给我宽限期重写；他标出了我一大堆华而不实的废话，我才终于学会：写作者应当尽量少写。之后我上了其他写作量大的课，再没发生过这种事。
Dirlewanger查看英文原文
Nice read. I like how he doesn't wax philosophical about knowing if one is talented or not. If one can't take enough queues from the real world, then they most likely are delusional. For the HN audience, #4 is the most relevant one. Too many things I read here have high school-level writing. The authors cared more about getting their half-baked opinion out on their Medium blog over proofreading (excluding ESLs). One of the best lessons from college is when one of my history professors metaphorically tore me a new asshole for not knowing how to write on one essay, and out of pity, gave me a grace period to fix it. He highlighted enough of my superfluous fluff that I finally got writing and how one must write as little as possible. I had other writing-intensive classes after that one and never had such an event happen again.
用改稿前后对比来识别过度修饰；持续地写、批判性地读，并把修订看得和写作一样重。
没想到会在 HN 看到这篇，不过很高兴，因为我正好在学着写小说。文中那篇篮球报道的“改前/改后”对照，是解释“过度写作”的简洁清楚的方式：第二版更清晰、更好读、不那么惹人厌，信息量和叙事性一点没少。大学里一连串诗歌和小说课的老师帮我意识到了这个坏习惯。我现在还是会犯，但已经学会自己抓出来，或者在自己没发现时接受同伴的提醒。我个人的看法是，程序员也能向诗人学习：不停地写；读别人的作品，既带着批判眼光也带着享受去读。写作是最性感的部分，但修订至少是同等重要的任务。
justindz查看英文原文
I'm not sure I quite expected to see this on HN, though I'm glad it was posted since I happen to be trying to learn novel writing. I thought the before and after example of the basketball article was a concise and clear way to explain over-writing. The second version was clearer, more accessible, less obnoxious and no less informative and narrative. A series of poetry and short fiction teachers in college helped me become self-aware about this bad habit. I still make the mistake consistently, but I have learned to either catch it or agree with the suggestions of my peers who catch it when I don't. I personally believe that programmers can learn from poets, for example. Write constantly. Read the work of others, both critically and for enjoyment. Writing is the sexy part, but revising is at least as important a task.
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