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10 Writing Tips from the World’s Greatest Authors 世界著名作家的十大写作小贴士 If you ask the average author why they chose to pursue writing as a career, they’ll probably look at you as if you were mad. Those who dedicate their lives to wordcraft tend to do so because they’re passionate about storytelling, about the written word in every form it chooses to take; they didn’t choose to write any more than you may have chosen to breathe. 倘若你问作家拿写作当成事业的原因，他们可能会认为你是个疯子。他们热衷于讲故事，把毕生精力都贡献在写作上，不拘泥于写作形式，正如你离不开空气。 That said, honing one’s craft is a daunting-yet-rewarding lifelong endeavor in which there is constant evolution, but never perfection. I believe it was Ernest Hemingway who said that when it comes to writing, we are “all apprentices in a craft that has no master,” and he’s right: writers will always doubt their abilities, adjust their prose style, think of giving up, have a love/hate relationship with their editors, and keep plowing forward because we have to. 也就是说，语言功底是一件令人生畏却又毕生努力的循序渐进的过程，没有最好，只有更好。海明威说过，在写作这件事上，我们都是学徒，没有师傅。他还指出：作家们总是怀疑他们的能力，调整散文风格，想过要放弃，对编辑爱恨交加，不得不努力把自己推向前进。 For everyone whose soul is brimming with tales demanding to be told, here are a few writing tips from some of the world’s greatest authors. Maybe they’ll inspire you, or perhaps you’ll disagree with them entirely, but they’re all worth contemplating. 每个人的灵魂都充满了故事。下面是几个世界著名作家的小贴士。也许他们可以激励你，你可能不全认同他们的观点，但是可以借鉴。 Be Disciplined 自律 “All through my career I’ve written 1,000 words a day—even if I’ve got a hangover. You’ve got to discipline yourself if you’re professional. There’s no other way.” 不管你决定一个星期写两页还是一天2000字，都要保证完成任务，并持之以恒。我的一生中一天会写1000字，即使在宿醉的情况下。如果你够专业就能做到自律。别无他法。——杰拉尔德 Keep a Notebook Handy 随身带笔记本 Inspiration can strike at any time, and it’s not uncommon for writers to scrawl ideas on receipts, napkins, bits of toilet paper, or anything within reach that can be written upon. If you have a good notebook with you at all times, you don’t have to risk losing some scrap or another upon which you’ve writte