40个一句话的写作技巧

Your writing defines you.

你的写作决定了你。

Whether you write blog posts, books, newsletters, proposals, emails, or just scribble notes to yourself, writing is a foundational element to your work, art, and life.

无论你是写博客文章、书籍、通讯、提案、电子邮件，还是只是给自己写潦草的笔记，写作都是你工作、艺术和生活的基础要素。

Following are a collection of lessons I’ve learned over the years to help you get the most out of the next thing you write…whatever that may be.

以下是我多年来学到的一些经验，以帮助你在接下来的写作中获得最大的收益......不管那是什么。

1. The things you write will never be “done” and once you realize that you’ll be able to publish them. 

1.你写的东西永远不会 "完成"，一旦你意识到这一点，你就能发表它们。

2. Eliminate 20% of the words you wrote to make your draft 100% better.

2.消除你写的20%的字，使你的草稿100%好。

3. The most valuable thing you can learn from successful writers isn’t how they write, it’s how often they write.

3.你能从成功作家那里学到的最有价值的东西不是他们如何写作，而是他们的写作频率。

4. Great writers are great editors.

4.伟大的作家是伟大的编辑。

5. Writing that resonates with an audience isn’t about what’s in the writer’s head — it’s an expression of what’s in the reader’s head.

5.能与观众产生共鸣的写作不是关于作者头脑中的东西--而是对读者头脑中的东西的一种表达。

6. There’s no such thing as an “aspiring” writer — if you write, you’re a writer and if you don’t, you’re not.

6.没有 "有抱负的 "作家这回事--如果你写作，你就是作家，如果你不写作，你就不是。

7. You don’t need ideas to write, you need to write to find ideas.

7.你不需要想法来写作，你需要写作来寻找想法。

(Speaking of ideas, For The Interested will help you get the most out of yours.)

(说到想法，《为了感兴趣的人》将帮助你从你的想法中获得最大的收益）。)

8. First drafts feel bad, but everything after it feels good.

8.初稿感觉不好，但之后的一切都感觉不错。

9. Reading doesn’t make you a better writer, writing does.

9.阅读并不能使你成为更好的作家，写作才是。

10. It’s not about having something to say — it’s about having the guts to say it.

10.这不是指有话要说--而是指有胆量说出来。

11. “Wow, that had great grammar,” said nobody ever.

11."哇，这有很好的语法，"从来没有人说过。

12. Writer’s block is just an inflated sense of self-criticism.

12.写作障碍只是一种膨胀的自我批评意识。

13. The only guarantee in writing is the 100th thing you write will be infinitely better than the first.

13.写作的唯一保证是你写的第100篇文章会比第一篇好得多。

14. “I can’t write” is a lie. 

14."我不会写作 "是一个谎言。...