The Audience and Words
I.The Audience
Who am I writing for ? Whom am I writing for ?
You shouldn't aim at currying favour with the reader, but writing for yourself with blast so that the audiences are willing to tag along you.
Tips:
① Craft or mechanical act:master skill ——Simplify, prune and strive for order
② Attitude or creative act: express your personality——your opinion, preference and world view
II. Words
The sentence isn't? a combination, patched instant words, cheap words or clichés together. It should have clear meanings, original words and logical descreptions.
Tips:
① Cultivate the best models to imitate.
② Uitilize dictionary properly to recognize words clearly.
③ Care about sound and rhythm of words.
III Phrases
1.If they doze off in the middle of your article because you have been careless about a technical detail.
doze off 短語動詞
to go to sleep, especially when you did not intend to
同義 drop off,nod off
例:I must have dozed off.
仿: The meeting was so drag on that I had dozed off.
Now I'm saying you must write for yourself and not be gnawed by worry over whether the reader is tagging along.
tag along短語動詞
to go somewhere with someone, especially when they have not asked you to gowith them
同義 tag on 英式: tag along with
例:Kate tagged along with mum and Vicky.
if you go about it with enjoyment you will also entertain the readers who are worth writing for.
go about短語動詞
to start to do something:
例: I want to learn German but I don't know the best way to go about it.
...as I listen to the enthusiastic cackling of urbanites, who have suddenly taken up the hen socially
take up
to accept a suggestion, offer, or idea:
例:Rob took up the invitation to visit.
.....occasionally someone wises you up by refusing to submit where it isn't necessary.
wise up (to something)
(informal) to become aware of the unpleasant truth about a situation
例:wise up to the flavours of North Africa.
Take the time to root around and find the ones you want
root around
[intransitive] to search for something by moving things or turning things over
同:rummage,
例:Who?s been rooting around in my desk?
....they are chopped off to form verbs.
chop something? off 短語動詞
to remove something by cutting it with a sharp tool:
例:The branch had been chopped off.
IV Thought
Don’t worry about whether the reader will “get it” if you indulge a sudden impulse for humor. If it amuses you in the act of writing, put it in. (It can always be taken out, but only you can put it in.)
作者提出寫作為自己而寫,或許,不僅是因為這是對于語言修煉的一種要求,也是為了讓寫作者在寫作—孤獨的苦計活上走的更久。
村上在《我的職業是小說家》有一段對寫小說的描述:獨自一人困守屋內,“這也不對,那也不行”,一個勁地尋詞覓句,枯坐案前絞盡腦汁,花上一整天時間,總算讓某句話的文意更加貼切了,然而既不會有誰報以掌聲,也不會有誰走過來拍拍你的肩膀,夸贊一聲“干得好”,只能自己一個人心滿意足地“嗯嗯”頷首罷了。成書之日,這世上可能都沒有人注意到這個貼切的句子。
困守小屋,一個人心滿意足頷首稱贊,這活長久堅持的真是著實佩服!用心錘煉自己文字表達自己心聲,只是為了自己,當遇見數個懂你文章欣賞你文字的讀者這便是件開心的事;反之,迎合大眾口味和時尚,刻意追求讀者追隨,當不得時自己寫作思維、熱情也會日漸消退吧。