On Writing Well P2

Part 2 Methods

unity(统一）

1.the only way to learn write is force yourself to produce a certain number of words on a regular basis

2.All writing is ultimately a question of solving a problem.

统一人称、时态、语态，为写作的目标服务

the leading and the ending

1.The most important sentence in any article is the first one. If it doesn’t induce the reader to proceed to the second sentence, your article is dead.

2.One moral of this story is that you should always collect more material than you will use.

短句结尾，呼应开头

Bits & Pieces

1.VERBS.

Use active verbs unless there is no comfortable way to get around using a passive verb.The difference between an active verb style and a passive-verb style—in clarity and vigor—is the difference between life and death for a writer.

Short is better than long.

2.ADVERBS.

Most adverbs are unnecessary.

3.ADJECTIVES.

Most adjectives are also unnecessary.

make your adjectives do work that needs to be done.

4.LITTLE QUALIFIERS.

Prune out the small words that qualify how you feel and how you think and what you saw: “a bit,” “a little,” “sort of,” “kind of,” “rather,” “quite,” “very,” “too,” “pretty  much,”“in a sense” and dozens more. They dilute your style and your persuasiveness.

5.PUNCTUATION.

These are brief thoughts on punctuation, in no way intended as a primer. If you don’t know how to punctuate—and many college students still don’t—get a grammar book.

The dash is used in two ways. One is to amplify or justify in the second part of the sentence a thought you stated in the first part. The other use involves two dashes, which set apart a parenthetical thought within a longer sentence.

No area of life is stupid to someone who takes it seriously.

去写自己感兴趣的东西，不要夸夸其谈，实事求是，好文章是反复修改出来的，相信自己的素材