Part 1
1. aura
aura
2. clicke into place
clicke into place
3. damn-fool
damn-fool
4. decent
decent
5. demean
demean
6. documented
documented
7. feminis
feminis
8. pop
pop
9. prurient
prurient
10. studio
studio
Part 2
Summary
關(guān)于推敲字眼吱涉,以及對(duì)標(biāo)點(diǎn)符號(hào)的考究,作者詳細(xì)地探討了零碎而實(shí)用的細(xì)節(jié)玻蝌。以下我從詞性稳诚、句法剑逃、表達(dá)上篩選了自己認(rèn)為最重要的三點(diǎn):
- Use active verbs. Strong verbs are weakened by redundant adverbs. Nouns that express a concept are commonly used in bad writing instead of verbs that tell what somebody did. Make your adjectives do work that needs to be done.
- "But" announces total contrast with what has gone before, and the reader is thereby primed for the change.
- Don't overstate. Let the humor sneak up so we hardly hear it coming.
討論了字詞的甄選,就延續(xù)到句子段落的構(gòu)造和編排:
- Make sure that the sentence is under control from beginning to end so that the reader knows where he is at every step of the winding trail. Keep your paragraphs short. Writing is visual—it catches the eye before it has a chance to catch the brain. Each paragraph has its own integrity of content and structure.
整書的內(nèi)容慢慢過度到第三部分Part III Forms。這部分文章從非虛構(gòu)文學(xué)的文體界定入手偏陪,涉及非虛構(gòu)文體的歷史變遷及其與新聞文體的聯(lián)系和傳承酪耳,之后談及與之緊密相關(guān)的“采訪”的重要性和技巧浓恳,最后落腳在表達(dá)真實(shí)自我這個(gè)要素上,“我手寫我心”碗暗,也是寫作的堅(jiān)守和追求:
- Forget the competition and go at your own pace. Your only contest is with yourself. A writer is always working. Stay alert to the currents around you. Obviously the novelist can take us into places where no other writer can go: into the deep emotions and the interior life. As soon as a writer steps in, everyone else's experience becomes secondhand.
- Keep two standards in mind: brevity and fair play. Never let anything go out into the world that you don't understand. Writing is a public trust. The nonfiction writer's rare privilege is to have the whole wonderful world of real people to write about. On the question of who you're writing for, don't be eager to please. If you write for yourself, you'll reach the people you want to write for. Write about yourself, by all means, with confidence and with pleasure.
Part 3
隨著閱讀量的增大颈将,逐漸深入到本書的核心。這個(gè)體驗(yàn)其實(shí)是很奇妙的言疗,一方面自己不再像初讀的時(shí)候那么迫切地需要找到共鳴晴圾,不論是從別人的閱讀收獲還是作者的觀點(diǎn)表達(dá);另一方面我又在瀏覽加回顧的模式中噪奄,獲得一種上下文通篇理解的整體感死姚,眼前的篇章段落和曾經(jīng)閱讀的記憶慢慢有所勾連和拓展,仿佛得到某種肯定——來自原文閱讀本身的一種肯定勤篮,仿佛有了伙伴都毒,有了后盾。
在寫Daily Note和Weekly Note過程中其實(shí)也伴隨著惶恐碰缔,有時(shí)候不愿意自己的寫作太像一份“作業(yè)”账劲。字里行間曲折的意思,也許沒有盡然表達(dá)清楚金抡,卻真真是自己在英語學(xué)習(xí)中的個(gè)人體驗(yàn)瀑焦。一個(gè)很大的進(jìn)步是我拿起原版英文書的時(shí)候不會(huì)頭昏腦脹了,能夠很快找到一個(gè)具體的切入點(diǎn)梗肝,也能夠保持熱情深入進(jìn)去榛瓮。
是壓力給了你自信。
關(guān)于作品中提到的對(duì)一個(gè)人统捶、一個(gè)地方的描述榆芦,其實(shí)再怎么客觀真實(shí)柄粹,都難以跳脫自己這個(gè)濾波器。眼睛是接受光信號(hào)的CCD匆绣,腦子是處理信息的CPU驻右,記憶、情感崎淳、人性堪夭,這些元素,則是心臟收縮擴(kuò)張砰砰跳動(dòng)全身血液的拣凹、深入骨髓的本能吧森爽。比如在對(duì)家鄉(xiāng)城市的評(píng)價(jià),會(huì)有天然的優(yōu)越感嚣镜,而這種體驗(yàn)在我這里爬迟,不是表現(xiàn)成自夸,而是表現(xiàn)為一種面對(duì)他人夸贊時(shí)候的尷尬和拒絕菊匿,一種天然的警覺付呕。而當(dāng)寫作提及自己深愛的人,用詞就變成舉手投足的默契跌捆,變成不動(dòng)聲色的溫情——
這個(gè)傻子有很深的近視徽职。他特別的喜歡自己柔軟的金屬鏡框,有時(shí)工作太累了會(huì)忘記摘眼鏡就沉沉睡去佩厚。而他現(xiàn)在就這么看著自己姆钉,湊近,湊近抄瓦,沒戴眼鏡潮瓶。
開車從機(jī)場(chǎng)到單位的路上,有深重的霧氣闺鲸,紅牛飲料只給出冰冷的刺激筋讨。錯(cuò)過了路口開始堵車,危險(xiǎn)和遲到的警鐘推著輪胎一點(diǎn)點(diǎn)向前碾壓摸恍。城市在擴(kuò)張悉罕,工業(yè)在郊區(qū)的角落蓬勃地奏起交響,蒸蒸日上的不是傻子立镶,是傻子的單位——是傻子的單位越來越離不開傻子了壁袄。
飛機(jī)在后面追著太陽(yáng)跑到另一個(gè)海。離別成了再相見的借口——也是我越來越離不開這個(gè)傻子了媚媒。
以上嗜逻。