篇章
关于写作的观点分歧：William Zinsser & Dr. Brock
It was hard and lonely, and the words seldom just flowed.
The words just flowed. It was easy.
Rewriting is the essence of writing
Let it all hang out.
Establish a daily schedule and stick to it.
Just stopped writing and put the work aside for a day when it would go better.
Professional writers are solitary drudges who seldom see other writers.
Writing will be affected by unpleased emotion.
告诉我们：对于如何写作的形式并没有正确或者错误的固定标准，不同作家不同方法习惯。但好的写作作品其语言之类有其要求：
①Personal transaction that's at the heart of good nonfiction writing
②Out of it come two of the most important qualities that this book will go in search of: humanity and warmth
③The secret of good writing is to strip every sentence to its cleanest components
④Clear thinking becomes clear writing; one can't exist without the other
词汇
it was a revelation to all of us
revelation：something that is surprisingly good, enjoyable, or useful: 出乎意料的；令人大开眼界
例：Alice Walker's novel was a real revelation to me.
✏️ revelation about 揭示.揭露
例：These are revelations about his private life.
revelatory . adj
His playing has many moments of revelatory insights.
仿：His performance in contest is a revelation to all of us.
What emotional baggage did he bring along
Baggage:luggage or beliefs 行李；既有的信念
emotional baggage ：情感包袱
We are a society strangling in unnecessary words, circular constructions, pompous frills and meaningless jargon
strangle：to kill someone by pressing their throat 扼杀; 或：to limit or prevent the growth or development of something:妨碍，阻碍，束缚
同义：hamper, halter, cramp
例：Mills argues that high taxation strangles the economy.
仿：The order to emulate former design has stringled designers' initiative
The reader is someone with an attention span of about 30 seconds—a person assailed by many forces competing for attention
assail：v.
① worry or upset you:为...困扰
✏️ be assailed by/ with
例：Carla was suddenly assailed by doubts.
②to attack someone or something violently 批评
例：a novel assailed by critics
③to criticize someone or something severely:
✏️ assail somebody for something 质问，攻击
例：He was assailed for gross misconduct.
仿：He was totally assailed by implication of strike.
But, as always, there's a catch
catch：[可数且通常单数] 非正式 a hidden problem or difficulty:
This deal looks too good to be true – there must be a catch somewhere.
The catch is that you can't enter the competition unless you've spent$100 in the store.
仿：The catch is that those children don't realize the implications of smoking.
【回顾】But there is a catch: once the compensatory changes have occurred—new muscle fibers have grown and become more efficient, new capillaries have grown, and so on.——PEAK
动词短语
① How was he drawn into it?
（ to make someone become involved in something, especially when they do notwant to be involved ）
② What emotional baggage did he bring along
（to take someone or something with you when you go somewhere:）
③ Let it all hang out
（to relax and do what you like）
④ ...when he tried to convert into English his own government's memos
（to change into a different form that can beused for a different purpose or in a different way）
⑤ piecing it out like an ancient rune, making guesses and moving on.
（to start talking about a new subject in a discussion, book etc）
Thought
Clear thinking becomes clear writing; one can't exist without the other
言简意赅！怎么做？改。自己逻辑清楚表达的意思才会清晰明了。作家也不是生来写文章词达其意、言语简洁、准确无误。只是他们更有耐心琢磨。Zinsser说：the essence of writing is rewriting，自己手稿修改5-6次。写字，一种如切如磋,如琢如磨的用心。Eric今日分享“写完了文章就想立刻发出去，不肯静下心来写和修改......”感觉可能静不下心来是大多数人症结所在，不能静心读书，使自己逻辑更加清楚，观点更加深刻；不能静心修改雕琢，写出来的只是流畅文字而并不好。静心，切磋琢磨。
