写作

去年，我在Amazon Kindle上订阅了一本很小众的杂志《Poets and Writer’s Magazine》，里面读到一篇关于作家如何养成良好写作习惯的文章，作者叫Ellen Sussman，我觉得她讲得有理，于是对她的作品也发生了兴趣。发现她在2008年曾经编写过一本《Dirty WOrds: A Literary Encyclopedia of Sex》。这其实是一本文摘，先把与性有关的单词从A到Z排列，每一个条目下摘引一篇独特的文章。 ...

The best column article ever written. Nobody Understands Debt by Paul Krugman. Why we need columnists? Once I asked a friend who is a programmer and geek: “Do you read columns in Chinese?” “Seldom do I read these stuff. Though you are a columnist, I have to say, most columnist are cheaters and not worth of a dime. “ His answer really discouraged me. But I think he is right. Many columns published on newspapers and magazines, only few are worth of reading. But in the world of English language, this is not true. Columnists enjoy a large scale readership. Their opinions are not only powerful enough to change the public opinion but also change the policies of government. Mr. Paul Krugman-the Nobel Prize for economics winner, is a good example. His column in the New York Times is so popular that some readers claim that the only reason to subscribe the Times is to read his OP-ED. ...

The best column article ever written. Nobody Understands Debt by Paul Krugman. Why we need columnists? Once I asked a friend who is a programmer and geek: “Do you read columns in Chinese?” “Seldom do I read these stuff. Though you are a columnist, I have to say, most columnist are cheaters and not worth of a dime. " His answer really discouraged me. But I think he is right. Many columns published on newspapers and magazines, only few are worth of reading. But in the world of English language, this is not true. Columnists enjoy a large scale readership. Their opinions are not only powerful enough to change the public opinion but also change the policies of government. Mr. Paul Krugman-the Nobel Prize for economics winner, is a good example. His column in the New York Times is so popular that some readers claim that the only reason to subscribe the Times is to read his OP-ED. ...

三小时写作法：每天拿出三个小时，专门用来写作。每写45分钟，休息15分钟。 今天第一天，9am-12am，实际写作时间135分钟，中间2次休息30分钟，写了4600字。 此法最重要的是完全断网，我用软件freedom解决，设定好时间，绝对断网，任何办法都无法破解。 今天试用这个办法。三个多小时。干出了6000字。 写作是世界上第一等苦差事，用每天三小时写作法，集中上午的时间写作，可以让自己在其他时间不用再惦记该死的写作，该读书读书，该散步散步，这是中年写作者得救的唯一办法。 ...

一、我有多长时间没有好好写博客了？ 时间长得连我自己都记不起来了。不写博客的理由有千千万，让自己沉默的借口有万万千，概括起来，无非下面几条： 写博客已经过时了。现在是碎片化写作的时代，哪有那么多时间精雕细琢地写一篇千字以上的文章。 博客还有谁看？中文互联网界，如今是微信一枝独秀的时代，就是你写了文章，如果不在微信公众号发出来，也不会有几个人看到。 写博客已经无法给博主带来显而易见的好处。一位微信公众号号称有30万订户的大牛告诉我，如果他专心经营这个公众号，一年的收入少说也会有100万元。如果他写的是博客，能有几万元的收入就不错了。 二、博客真的失去价值了吗？ 价值是一种基于判断的东西。每个人的追求不同，对价值的认识也不同。小草求它地上的伴侣，大树求它天空的寂寞。在我认识的朋友中，依然有人把博客的价值看得很重。 ...

用汉语写作，最大的问题在于，你的面前总有一群目标读者在晃动，他们决定了你写什么，以及怎么写。 前几天整理邮箱，把在诺丁汉留学期间的邮件进行了分类存档。既然美国人何伟在涪陵支教两年，就能写一本《江城》，那我这9个多月的日子，也可以写一篇万把字的特写了。但是想来想去，只开了个头。 大巴前沾满了人。父亲送儿子，妻子送丈夫，丈夫送妻子。我没有亲友来送，只是跟单位人事部的同事握手言别。大巴开动，窗外一片告别的手，车上有人擦眼抹泪。 2006年9月24日13:30，当我们从浦东机场起飞前往伦敦希斯罗机场的时候，回程票早已买好，9个月零16天之后，我们将重新回到这片古老的土地。当一个故事开头和结局都被安排妥当，唯一的悬念就是故事的进程。 ...

卓越近期订购的英语工具书已达。 1、The Elements of Style: 50 Anniversary Edition 这是一本风行50年的写作小书，最初是一本美国康奈尔大学William Strunk教授自己编写的、教学生写作的小册子。只有43页，只限校园内使用。后来出版社找到Strunk的学生，《夏洛的网》的作者，当时在《纽约客》写评论的作家E.B.White，请他补写章节、丰富实例，于1959年出版。此后在1972、1979年分别出了第二、第三版，2000年出版了第四版。 ...