This column will change your life: how to think about writing

What is the secret of writing well? As I mentioned before, it seems to me that many people know, but their "author's rules" are nearly always meaningless (allowing technical language terms). For example, "Please show, do not say" is usually a bad suggestion. In the correct context, passive voice is very good. The rule that Elmore Leonardo's most famous' Do not use verbs other than 'say' for dialogue is absolutely silly. Even the respected Orwell rules are a bit junk. The last rule is "to break one of these rules, not direct barbarity", which means that his advice is actually simply "do not write barbarism". Therefore, it is bad that psychologist Steven Pinker announced his own proposal "fashion sense" later this year. However, according to a recent edge.org interview, this may be different. Pinker pointed out, "Writing oneself is a psychological phenomenon." So the first place I should start is real psychology

Pinker thinks that the key is to write "cognitively unnatural". Almost every human being exists, no one has written anything; after that, only a few elite do so in the thousands of years. It is still a weird communication method. I can not see the expression of the reader. You can not ask for explanation. Usually, you do not know who they are and how much they know. How can I compensate for this?

Pinker's answer is based on the work of two linguists Mark Turner and Francis-NoëlThomas who call this approach "common attention". Writing is a contemporary twist in the behavior of ancient species: drawing something visible to something that is visible. Imagine stopping to hiking friends while hiking to point out distant churches. A gap between the trees that can be seen over there - a yellow stone? Can you see the spire now? "When you write, you lead the reader to the problem that you, the writer, you should pretend to see something interesting in the world," Pink said.

Perhaps this looks ridiculous. Who else can write? However, when people give up this way, a lot of bad writings will occur. Scholars can be more interested in showing their knowledge; bureaucrats can be more concerned about their backs; journalists are more concerned about breaking news and offending readers I can. All these hinder "common attention" and lower the transparency of sentences.

This is not a "rule of the author" but a change of view. This is also the answer to the old question: Should you write for yourself or should you write for the audience? The answer is "for the audience." But please do not impress. As long as they are looking for the right place, the idea is to help them identify what you know they can see. The good news is that it makes it easier to write again. Turner and Thomas said: "When we point out something that some people next to us can see directly, we do not feel any difficulties." "We Building it for the other people's brains to execute information, confrontation or influence This is where the author and the reader scan the landscape side by side, the reader wants to see; your work Is to give a pointer

Directions: Before you read, consider your knowledge of the night and / or Erie Wiesel. Write information in K column. While reading this book, please think about what you want to know. Please write your question in the W column. After reading this book, write the answer to your question from the W column using the L column and write all the other contents you wrote down from that book. Note: It is a good habit for individual students to be responsible for leading research subjects in public speaking and leadership skills. In this module, another student comes out before class and can discuss discussion of research on a daily discussion. Of course, the teacher should properly lead the discussion and ensure that the gap left by the student is filled.

If you are writing a graduation announcement speech for primary school or grade 8, you can write down the day of your school. If an incident has changed your life, you can mention it. Think about how it will affect your life, what you have learned, and how it will affect your growth and success.

Writing leads to change. If it is not in anyone's life, your life will change forever. Once you acquire the habit you write daily or weekly, your brain will handle everyday life from the writer's point of view. You stop, think, and analyze, it is not a quick action, it is not a blur of vision or a meaningful decision