I see the shape of the poem before I start writing, and the writing is just the process of arriving at the shape.

  • -- Carol Ann Duffy 卡罗尔·安·达菲

在我开始写作之前,我就看到了诗歌的形状,而写作只是达到这种形状的过程。

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Think about the comfortable feeling you have as you open your front door. That's but a hint of what we'll feel some day on arriving at the place our Father has lovingly and personally prepared for us in heaven. We will finally - and permanently - be 'at home' in a way that defies description.

想想你打开前门时的那种舒适的感觉。这只是一个暗示,当我们有一天到达天父亲自为我们预备的天堂时,我们会有怎样的感觉。最终,我们将以一种难以描述的方式永远“自在”。

The benefit of this kind of outlining is that you discover a story's flaws before you invest a lot of time writing the first draft, and it's almost impossible to get stuck at a difficult chapter, because you've already done the work to push through those kinds of blocks.

这样做的好处是,在花大量时间写初稿之前,你就能发现故事的缺陷,而且你几乎不可能在一个困难的章节卡住,因为你已经做了很多工作来克服这些障碍。

It doesn't make much difference how the paint is put on as long as something has been said. Technique is just a means of arriving at a statement.

只要有人说了什么,油漆怎么涂就没有多大区别。技巧只是一种表达方式。

Everything goes by the board: honor, pride, decency to get the book written.

一切都随波逐流:荣誉、骄傲、体面,这些都是写这本书所需要的。