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保罗·格雷厄姆《《好的写作》》· Good Writing · 领导 · 认知

Notes [ 1 ] The closest thing to an exception is when you have to go back and insert a new point into the middle of something you've written. This often messes up the flow, sometimes in ways you can never quite repair. But I think the ultimate source of this problem is that ideas are tree-shaped and essays are linear. You inevitably run into difficulties when you try to cram the former into the latter. Frankly it's surprising how much you can get away with. But even so you sometimes have to resort to an endnote. [ 2 ] Obviously if you shake the bin hard enough the objects in it can become less tightly packed.

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定位:Essay, additional excerpt 7 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

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作者在注释中补充:唯一接近例外的情况是,你需要在已写好的文章中间插入新观点。这常会打乱行文流畅,有时难以修复。但根本原因是思想呈树状,而文章是线性的。把树状思想塞进线性文章,难免遇到困难。令人惊讶的是,我们通常能处理得不错,但偶尔还是得借助尾注。另一个注释提醒:如果摇晃箱子太用力,里面的物体也可能变得松散。所以修改也要适度,别为了改动而破坏原有的紧凑。

上下文

这是格雷厄姆《好写作》一文的注释部分,补充说明插入新观点为何困难,以及修改的限度。

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你在修改文章时,是否遇到过插入新观点后结构混乱的情况?如何平衡线性与树状思维?

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