“Make a habit of reading what is being written today and what was written by earlier masters. Writing is learned by imitation. If anyone asked me how I learned to write, I’d say I learned by reading the men and women who were doing the kind of writing I wanted to do and trying to figure out how they did it. But cultivate the best models. Don’t assume that because an article is in a newspaper...
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“Make a habit of reading what is being written today and what was written by earlier masters. Writing is learned by imitation. If anyone asked me how I learned to write, I’d say I learned by reading the men and women who were doing the kind of writing I wanted to do and trying to figure out how they did it. But cultivate the best models. Don’t assume that because an article is in a newspaper or a magazine it must be good. Sloppy editing is common in newspapers, often for lack of time, and writers who use cliches often work for editors who have seen so many cliches that they no longer even recognize them.”
“You’ll never make your mark as a writer unless you develop a respect for words and a curiosity about their shades of meaning that is almost obsessive.”
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“You’ll never make your mark as a writer unless you develop a respect for words and a curiosity about their shades of meaning that is almost obsessive.”
“This is the problem of writers who set out deliberately to garnish their prose. You lose whatever it is that makes you unique. The reader will notice if you are putting on airs. Readers want the person who is talking to them to sound genuine. Therefore a fundamental rule is: be yourself. “No rule, however, is harder to follow. It requires writers to do two things that by their metabolism are...
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“This is the problem of writers who set out deliberately to garnish their prose. You lose whatever it is that makes you unique. The reader will notice if you are putting on airs. Readers want the person who is talking to them to sound genuine. Therefore a fundamental rule is: be yourself.
“No rule, however, is harder to follow. It requires writers to do two things that by their metabolism are impossible. They must relax, and they must have confidence.”
On the leaking battleship Arizona sunk by the Japanese on December 7, 1941 that a bureaucratic fiat prohibiting children under 45 inches tall from visiting the Arizona Memorial:
“I don’t think children are too young to appreciate what that ship represents,” Magee told me. “They’ll remember it if they see the leaking oil — if they see that the ship is still bleeding.”
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On the leaking battleship Arizona sunk by the Japanese on December 7, 1941 that a bureaucratic fiat prohibiting children under 45 inches tall from visiting the Arizona Memorial:
“I don’t think children are too young to appreciate what that ship represents,” Magee told me. “They’ll remember it if they see the leaking oil — if they see that the ship is still bleeding.”
MOUNT RUSHMORE: “In the afternoon when the sunlight throws the shadows into that socket,” one of the rangers, Fred Banks said, “you feel that the eyes of those four men are looking at you, no matter where you move. They’re peering right into your mind, wondering what you’re thinking, making you feel guilty: ‘Are you doing your part?’ ”
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MOUNT RUSHMORE: “In the afternoon when the sunlight throws the shadows into that socket,” one of the rangers, Fred Banks said, “you feel that the eyes of those four men are looking at you, no matter where you move. They’re peering right into your mind, wondering what you’re thinking, making you feel guilty: ‘Are you doing your part?’ ”
A reporter once asked Joe DiMaggio how he managed to play so well so consistently, and he said: "I always thought that there was at least one person in the stands who had never seen me play, and I didn't want to let him down.
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A reporter once asked Joe DiMaggio how he managed to play so well so consistently, and he said: "I always thought that there was at least one person in the stands who had never seen me play, and I didn't want to let him down.
纯粹因为太好笑了……
Take a class of writing students in a liberal arts college and assign them to write about some aspect of science, and a pitiful moan will go around the room. "No! Not science!" the moan says. The students have a common affliction: fear of science. They were told at an early age by a chemistry or a physics teacher that they don't have "a head for science."..;.
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纯粹因为太好笑了……
Take a class of writing students in a liberal arts college and assign them to write about some aspect of science, and a pitiful moan will go around the room. "No! Not science!" the moan says. The students have a common affliction: fear of science. They were told at an early age by a chemistry or a physics teacher that they don't have "a head for science."
Take an adult chemist or physicist or engineer and ask him or her to write a report, and you'll see something close to panic. "No! Don't make us write!" they say. They also have a common affliction: fear of writing. They were told at an early age by an English teacher that they don't have “a gift for words”.
Nobody can write a book or an article "about" something.
one man pursuing one whale. Every writing projected must be reduced before you start to write.
therefore think small. decide what corner of the subject you are going to bite off, and be content to cover it well and stop. an unwieldy writing is a drain on your enthusiasm.
as for what point you want to make, every successful piece...
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Nobody can write a book or an article "about" something.one man pursuing one whale. Every writing projected must be reduced before you start to write.therefore think small. decide what corner of the subject you are going to bite off, and be content to cover it well and stop. an unwieldy writing is a drain on your enthusiasm.as for what point you want to make, every successful piece of non-fiction should leave its reader with one provocative thought that she or he didn't have before.not two thoughts, or five- just one. so decide which single point you want to leave in the readers' mind. it will not only give you a better idea which route you should follow and what destination you hope to reach. it will affect your decision on tone and attitude.don't become the prisoner of a preconceived plan.有舍才有得吧，不可能做到一丝不漏的全面，于是也不需要太过急切。
One (*my note:simplification for the readers)is craft, the other(*my note: writing for yourself) is attitude. The first is a question of mastering a precise skill; the second is a question of how you use the skill to express your personality.
2012-03-08 19:571人喜欢
One (*my note:simplification for the readers)is craft, the other(*my note: writing for yourself) is attitude. The first is a question of mastering a precise skill; the second is a question of how you use the skill to express your personality.
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