…one or two books about writing, you'll be much better off. A handful I consult regularly: 1) Write Right! (a simple, ~90 page book on grammar and rules that will see you through 99% of situations); 2) How Fiction Works, by James Wood (which is mostly about noticing what you read); 3) On Writing Well by William Zissner (a perennial recommendation); 4) On Writing by Steven King (which is so fun to read that it's hard…
……是个真人。如果想用更出色、且依然硬核的技术流方式去理解句子和段落如何与我们产生共鸣或产生隔阂，最好去读读《Strunk and White》，更应该读一读詹姆斯·伍德的《小说机杼》（How Fiction Works）。如果有办法把至少这两本书的内容写进条件语句（conditional statements）里，那我可太想开开眼界了。[1] http://imgur.com/k9hsHfj
…a human. For a better, and still technical, approach to understanding how and why sentences and paragraphs work with us or against us, it's better to read Strunk and White, and even better to read "How Fiction Works" by James Wood. If there is a way to incorporate at least those two books into conditional statements, I would be excited to see it. [1] http://imgur.com/k9hsHfj
……一个编辑。这里有更多细节：https://jseliger.wordpress.com/2009/08/19/the-very-very-begi.... 具体来说：我想更擅长运用隐喻，去读读《我们赖以生存的隐喻》（Metaphors We Live By）和《小说机杼》（How Fiction Works）。
…an editor. Here are more specifics: https://jseliger.wordpress.com/2009/08/19/the-very-very-begi.... Here's something specific: I'd like to get better at using metaphor Read Metaphors We Live By and How Fiction Works.
Yes, this definitely counts as criticism! I think the best critics are the ones who can tell you specifically how and why something is great. As an example, James Wood's book "How Fiction Works" is basically a compendium of paragraphs and sentences Wood thinks are wonderful, which he cracks open to inspect and explain. It's really impressive whenever a critic can pull this off; I often struggle…
你可以的！https://writeofpassage.com/ 在关于写作的书里，我喜欢这几本：《小说机杼》（How Fiction Works）、《如何像作家一样阅读》（Reading Like a Writer）、《风格的写作》（Writing With Style）。当然还有很多其他的。也许最关键的部分在于找一个编辑。（我最后娶了一个，这倒也不算罕见。）我见过有人推荐……
You can do it! https://writeofpassage.com/ In books about writing, I like: How Fiction Works Reading Like a Writer Writing With Style There are many others of course. Perhaps the most important part is finding an editor. (I wound up marrying one, which is not uncommon.) I've seen recs for…
…But I don't think neither is all that obscure or all that direct, as both words seem to be synonyms for the same ideas expressed along the axis of "nature" and "artifice" that James Wood describes in _How Fiction Works_.
……读上一两本关于写作的书，你的水平就会好得多。有几本我经常翻阅：1) 《Write Right!》（一本约90页的小书，讲语法和规则，能帮你应付99%的场景）；2) 詹姆斯·伍德（James Wood）的《小说机杼》（How Fiction Works，主要是教你如何在阅读时见微知著）；3) 威廉·津瑟（William Zissner）的《写作精要》（On Writing Well，常青推荐款）；4) 斯蒂芬·金（Steven King）的《写作这回事》（On Writing，读起来太有趣了，以至于很难……
…one or two books about writing, you'll be much better off. A handful I consult regularly: 1) Write Right! (a simple, ~90 page book on grammar and rules that will see you through 99% of situations); 2) How Fiction Works, by James Wood (which is mostly about noticing what you read); 3) On Writing Well by William Zissner (a perennial recommendation); 4) On Writing by Steven King (which is so fun to read that it's hard…
……是个真人。如果想用更出色、且依然硬核的技术流方式去理解句子和段落如何与我们产生共鸣或产生隔阂，最好去读读《Strunk and White》，更应该读一读詹姆斯·伍德的《小说机杼》（How Fiction Works）。如果有办法把至少这两本书的内容写进条件语句（conditional statements）里，那我可太想开开眼界了。[1] http://imgur.com/k9hsHfj
…a human. For a better, and still technical, approach to understanding how and why sentences and paragraphs work with us or against us, it's better to read Strunk and White, and even better to read "How Fiction Works" by James Wood. If there is a way to incorporate at least those two books into conditional statements, I would be excited to see it. [1] http://imgur.com/k9hsHfj
……一个编辑。这里有更多细节：https://jseliger.wordpress.com/2009/08/19/the-very-very-begi.... 具体来说：我想更擅长运用隐喻，去读读《我们赖以生存的隐喻》（Metaphors We Live By）和《小说机杼》（How Fiction Works）。
…an editor. Here are more specifics: https://jseliger.wordpress.com/2009/08/19/the-very-very-begi.... Here's something specific: I'd like to get better at using metaphor Read Metaphors We Live By and How Fiction Works.
没错，这绝对算得上是文艺批评！我觉得最厉害的批评家，就是那些能具体告诉你某样东西究竟好在哪儿、为什么好的那些人。举个例子，詹姆斯·伍德的书《小说机杼》（How Fiction Works）基本上就是伍德认为极好的段落和句子的合辑，他把它们剖开来细细审视和剖析。批评家能做到这一点真的让人佩服；我常常很难……
Yes, this definitely counts as criticism! I think the best critics are the ones who can tell you specifically how and why something is great. As an example, James Wood's book "How Fiction Works" is basically a compendium of paragraphs and sentences Wood thinks are wonderful, which he cracks open to inspect and explain. It's really impressive whenever a critic can pull this off; I often struggle…
你可以的！https://writeofpassage.com/ 在关于写作的书里，我喜欢这几本：《小说机杼》（How Fiction Works）、《如何像作家一样阅读》（Reading Like a Writer）、《风格的写作》（Writing With Style）。当然还有很多其他的。也许最关键的部分在于找一个编辑。（我最后娶了一个，这倒也不算罕见。）我见过有人推荐……
You can do it! https://writeofpassage.com/ In books about writing, I like: How Fiction Works Reading Like a Writer Writing With Style There are many others of course. Perhaps the most important part is finding an editor. (I wound up marrying one, which is not uncommon.) I've seen recs for…
……但我认为这两个词既没有那么晦涩，也没有那么直白，因为它们似乎都是同义词，表达的是詹姆斯·伍德在《小说机杼》（How Fiction Works）中描述的围绕“自然”与“人工巧计”这一轴线的相同观点。
…But I don't think neither is all that obscure or all that direct, as both words seem to be synonyms for the same ideas expressed along the axis of "nature" and "artifice" that James Wood describes in _How Fiction Works_.