Nov.23On Writing Well（Ch23）

PART ONE THOUGHTS

前面章节所说的风格、结构、意图都是大的决定。这篇章节讲小的决定，文章的架构。Zinsser提到组织好文章结构的重要性等同于写清晰、令人愉悦的句子。一篇文章要简洁有序，逻辑清晰还有叙述技巧。

万事开头难，写作亦是如此。一个（挑逗）让人欲罢不能的开头可以抓住读者持续不断地看下去。开头可长可短.Zinsser还提到不要害怕把长句变为两个或三个短句，每个句子只可以包含一个想法思想。行文中可以增加耳熟能详的传说故事。

好的文章不会是平淡无奇的，文章中要体现作者的个性与声音。

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PART TWO VOCABULARY

1.provocative

intended to make people angry or upset; intended to make people argue about something 

e.g.a provocative remark

这个在文中说开头得让读者有阅读兴趣，得挑逗他们

2.squirm/skwɜːm/

[intransitive]to move around a lot making small twisting movements, because you are nervous, uncomfortable, etc.坐立不安

3.lore

knowledge and information related to a particular subject, especially when this is not written down; the stories and traditions of a particular group of people传说，典故

e.g.According to local lore,a ghost had haunted the forbidding city.