Writers get embarrassed sometimes in talking about how much fun writing can be, but drafting is often really enjoyable. Often, you're tumbling in the dark, and you don't know where the story is going to lead.

  • -- Karen Russell 卡伦·拉塞尔

作家在谈论写作的乐趣时,有时会感到尴尬,但起草往往是真正令人愉快的。通常,你在黑暗中跌跌撞撞,你不知道故事的走向。

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The benefit of this kind of outlining is that you discover a story's flaws before you invest a lot of time writing the first draft, and it's almost impossible to get stuck at a difficult chapter, because you've already done the work to push through those kinds of blocks.

这样做的好处是,在花大量时间写初稿之前,你就能发现故事的缺陷,而且你几乎不可能在一个困难的章节卡住,因为你已经做了很多工作来克服这些障碍。

Fear is felt by writers at every level. Anxiety accompanies the first word they put on paper and the last.

每个层次的作家都会感到恐惧。焦虑伴随着他们写在纸上的第一个字和最后一个字。

Extremely embarrassed. We were questioning our pride.

非常尴尬。我们在质疑我们的骄傲。

I've spent my life being embarrassed.

我这辈子都在尴尬中度过。