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爱德华·博克:爱德华·博克自传·补录 166
爱德华·博克《爱德华·博克自传》· The Americanization of Edward Bok · 领导
In fact, Bok reasoned it out that the novelist did not really expect an answer or an opinion, but was at such times thinking aloud. The mental process, however, was immensely interesting, particularly when Stevenson would ask Bok to hand him a book on words lying on an adjacent table. "So hard to find just the right word," Stevenson would say, and Bok got his first realization of the truth of the maxim: "Easy writing, hard reading; hard writing, easy reading."
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定位:Additional excerpt 166 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录
白话
博克后来想明白了:这位小说家其实并不真的期待答案或意见,他只是在借说话整理思路,相当于自言自语。这个过程让博克觉得特别有意思,尤其是史蒂文森会让他把旁边桌上的一本词语书递过来,嘴里念叨“找个合适的词真难”。博克由此第一次真切体会到那句老话:写得轻松,读起来费劲;写得费劲,读起来轻松。也就是说,作者在词句上多花功夫,读者才能读得顺畅;省下的力气,最后都会转嫁给读者。
上下文
博克观察史蒂文森反复推敲用词,并由此领悟写作与阅读的关系。
今日一问
你写东西时,是愿意多花力气找那个“对的词”,还是把费劲留给读者?
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