Vocabulary
1.Don't try to visualize the great mass audience.
visualize:使可見匪补；使形象化庶诡。e.g.visualize the scene of a battle想象戰(zhàn)斗的畫面铐维。此處意為：不要試圖去想象大量讀者的樣子涯雅。
2.But I found that the Dayton illuminati got it down with gusto.
gusto:熱情景埃；興致跪帝。通常用法：sb do sth with gusto
3.This is pure Mencken in its surging momentum and its irreverence.
irreverence:不虔誠的描函，不尊敬的崎苗。e.g.irreverent laughter無禮的笑聲
4.It may seem a miracle that Mencken could get away with such heresies in the 1920s, when hero worship was an American religion and the self-righteous wrath of the Bible Belt oozed from coast to coast.
heresy:與大多數(shù)人或某種觀念不符的異端邪說。復(fù)數(shù)形式是y變i＋es舀寓。
worship：可做名詞或動詞胆数，為敬奉、信奉互墓；敬重的意思必尼。復(fù)數(shù)與第三人稱單數(shù)均為worships ，做動詞時變形需要雙寫p
wrath:盛怒篡撵，震怒判莉。the wrath of God:上帝的怒火。
ooze：可作動詞或名詞育谬。動詞時意為滲出券盅；流出；泄漏膛檀；出眾锰镀，名詞時意為軟泥；滲出物宿刮；浸泡液互站。ooze out of ; ooze from ; ooze through.? oozy:adj,軟泥的
5.Mencken was never timid or evasive ; he didn't kowtow to the reader or curry anyone's favor.
timid: 羞怯的，缺乏勇氣的僵缺。timidity:n胡桃，膽怯 timidly: adv,膽怯地
evasive：回避的，逃避的磕潮。同義詞：cagey evasively:adv;evasiveness:n
kowtow :叩頭翠胰；順從容贝；惟命是從；對某人卑躬屈膝：kowtow to 叩頭：kowtow against
Excerpt
Editors and readers don't know what they want to read until they read it. Besides, they're always looking for something new.
You are who you are, he is who he is, and either you'll get along or you won't.
Just as it takes time to find yourself as a person, it takes time to find yourself as a stylist, and even then your style will change as you grow older.
Notice the decisions that other writers make in their choice for words and be finicky about the ones you select from the vast supply. The race in writing is not to the swift but to the original.
Writing is learned by imitation.
Good writers of prose must be part poet, always listening to what they write.
Remember that words are the only tools you've got.Learn to use them with originality and care.And also remember: somebody out there is listening.
Summary
這兩章是關(guān)于觀眾和語言的問題之景。
作者進行寫作時斤富，勢必面臨這樣的問題：為誰寫作?答案是，為了自己而寫作锻狗。如上一章所說满力，寫作是一種發(fā)自內(nèi)心的行為，與有無觀眾并沒有關(guān)系轻纪。既然如此油额，為什么還需要考慮clutter的問題呢？因為clutter關(guān)乎寫作的方法刻帚、技巧潦嘶。而為自己寫作則是寫作的態(tài)度。那么崇众，處于技巧上的原因無法吸引讀者掂僵，純是作者自己的問題，因為讀者并不知道自己想看什么顷歌。寫作者的風格可能會隨時間改變锰蓬，但真正重要的，是真誠地寫作衙吩。作品如果連自己都看不下去互妓，怎么能指望其他人來看呢?
在寫作中，需要注意語言的使用坤塞。用詞簡練并不意味著新聞報道式的文風冯勉。也不要故意用老舊的語言。如前所述摹芙，合適的才是最好的灼狰。此外，閱讀對寫作有很大幫助浮禾，同一件事交胚，不同作家有各自不同的表達方式，這也可看出作家不同的文風盈电。字典是很好的幫助工具蝴簇，同類詞語匯編之類的書也是。這并不意味著需要如孔乙己一樣知道“回”字的四種寫法匆帚，而是同一意思下不同的詞語表達熬词。這樣，可根據(jù)句子長短音律選擇不同詞語，從而達到音韻的和諧互拾。
