This text offers a plan to help those who have blanched at the prospect of finishing a long piece of writing. Eviatar Zerubavel describes how to set up a writing schedule and regular work habits that should take most of the anxiety and procrastination out of long-term writing, and even make it enjoyable. Zerubavel argues that the dreaded "writer's block" often terms out to be simply a need for a better grasp of the temporaral organization of work. This book rethinks the writing process in terms of time and organization. It offers writers a simple yet comprehensive framework that considers such cariables as when to write, for how long, and how often, while keeping a sense of momentum throughout the entire project. It shows how to set priorities, balance ideals against constraints, and find the ideal time to write.
Eviatar Zerubavel is Professor of Sociology and director of the graduate program at Rutgers University.
It is perseverance, not talent, that helps you get through difficult projects. Make writing a routine, w/ the aid of a timetable. allow for warm-up time & subprime time (adding references, checking footnotes, reading, etc.) adjust it with experiments id...
评分It is perseverance, not talent, that helps you get through difficult projects. Make writing a routine, w/ the aid of a timetable. allow for warm-up time & subprime time (adding references, checking footnotes, reading, etc.) adjust it with experiments id...
评分It is perseverance, not talent, that helps you get through difficult projects. Make writing a routine, w/ the aid of a timetable. allow for warm-up time & subprime time (adding references, checking footnotes, reading, etc.) adjust it with experiments id...
评分It is perseverance, not talent, that helps you get through difficult projects. Make writing a routine, w/ the aid of a timetable. allow for warm-up time & subprime time (adding references, checking footnotes, reading, etc.) adjust it with experiments id...
评分It is perseverance, not talent, that helps you get through difficult projects. Make writing a routine, w/ the aid of a timetable. allow for warm-up time & subprime time (adding references, checking footnotes, reading, etc.) adjust it with experiments id...
这本书的叙事节奏掌控得极为精妙,仿佛一位技艺娴熟的钟表匠在打磨每一个齿轮。开篇的铺陈略显缓慢,但这种看似“慢”的节奏,实则是在为后续的爆发蓄力,将世界的基调和主要角色的复杂性层层剥开,让你在不知不觉中被吸入那个充满蒸汽与黄铜光泽的时代。作者对环境细节的描摹达到了令人发指的程度,无论是伦敦雾霭中弥漫的煤烟味,还是那些高耸入云、齿轮裸露的机械建筑,都栩栩如生地跃然纸上。我尤其欣赏作者处理群像戏的手法,即便是次要角色,其动机和背景也都有着令人信服的深度,不会沦为推动主角前进的工具。在情节的高潮部分,那种紧张感是纯粹的、令人窒息的,仿佛时间本身都被拉伸到了极限,每一个决定都可能导致整个精巧结构的分崩离析。这种对张力的精准把握,远超一般工业革命背景小说的范畴,它更像是一部关于人类意志与冰冷机械对抗的史诗。读完合上书页的那一刻,我深感一种被精心引导后的满足,如同观看了一场复杂而完美的机械表演,每一个环节都严丝合缝,无可挑剔。
评分如果要用一个词来概括这本书给我的感受,那便是“宏大”——不仅仅是物理层面的宏大,更是情感和概念层面的磅礴。它的世界构建(Worldbuilding)达到了一个近乎令人敬畏的水平,你感觉到的不是一个被简单搭建出来的背景,而是一个真正“活”着的、呼吸着的、不断运转的复杂生态系统。从城市布局到能源供给,从阶级权力结构到地下秘密社团的运作,所有细节都经过了严密的逻辑推演,丝毫没有为了情节方便而出现的逻辑断裂。这种全方位的沉浸感,使得阅读过程本身变成了一种探索,你仿佛戴上了一副特殊的眼镜,看穿了日常表象,直达事物运转的底层结构。我尤其欣赏作者在处理历史必然性和个人能动性之间的关系时所采取的谨慎态度,它没有给出简单的答案,而是将选择的重担抛给了读者。这是一部需要耐心、需要沉浸、最终能给予读者巨大精神回报的作品,它的体量和深度,足以在我的个人书单中占据一个非常重要的位置。
评分我必须坦言,这本书对某些读者来说可能门槛稍高,它需要的不是一次囫囵吞枣的阅读,而是一种近乎学术研究的投入。它的语言风格华丽而繁复,句子结构常常蜿蜒曲折,充满了古老的修辞和晦涩的典故,初读时,我不得不频繁停下来查阅那些被嵌入文本中的专业术语,这无疑打断了阅读的流畅性。然而,正是这种对词语的极致雕琢,赋予了文本一种独特的厚重感和历史的沧桑感。作者似乎对十九世纪末期的哲学思潮有着深刻的理解,书中关于“创造的伦理”和“灵魂的定义”的探讨,尖锐而深刻,远非肤浅的奇幻设定所能比拟。尽管叙事节奏有时显得过于沉静,但这些沉静之处往往蕴含着最深层的哲学思辨,是构建世界观不可或缺的砖石。对于那些渴望在阅读中寻求智力挑战,并愿意沉浸在语言的复杂美学中的读者来说,这绝对是一次值得深入探索的文本迷宫。它拒绝简单化,坚持用最复杂的方式呈现最宏大的主题。
评分我对角色塑造的刻画印象最为深刻,特别是主角群的内心挣扎,简直让人心碎。这不是那种脸谱化的英雄之旅,相反,每个人似乎都在被自己一手搭建起来的“系统”所反噬。例如,那位天才的发明家,他的理性至上主义最终导致了人际关系的全面崩塌,他的成就越大,他内心的孤独感就越是像冰冷的铁块一样沉重。作者没有试图去美化他们的痛苦,而是直白地展示了野心、才华和道德困境交织在一起时产生的毁灭性后果。我仿佛能感受到那些角色在深夜里,面对着自己创造出的精密仪器时,那种夹杂着骄傲与恐惧的复杂情绪。他们的对话充满了机锋和试探,每一次交流都像是两个精密仪器在进行不完全兼容的信号对接,充满了误解与张力。读到某些关键的背叛和牺牲时,我甚至感到一种强烈的代入感,仿佛自己也身处那冰冷的、由蒸汽驱动的世界中,为他们那些注定悲剧性的命运感到无力。
评分从主题的多义性来看,这本书简直是一座宝藏,它绝不是一本“只讲故事”的书。首先,它对阶级固化的批判是毫不留情的,那些驱动着宏大机械运转的底层工匠,他们的汗水和被消耗的生命,在作者笔下得到了最痛苦却也最真实的呈现。其次,小说巧妙地运用了“类比”的手法,将机械的精准与人性的混乱进行了对比,探讨了在高度秩序化的社会结构下,个体自由意志的价值何在。我发现自己经常在阅读过程中停下来,思考书中人物所做的选择是否也映照着我们当下社会中的某种困境。更令人惊喜的是,它还穿插了一些关于艺术本源的讨论,机械的“完美复制”与人类创作的“不完美独特性”之间的张力,构成了故事内在的哲学核心。这不是一本读完就忘的书,它会像一枚小小的沙粒卡在你的思维缝隙里,持续地引发回响和自我审视,迫使你重新审视那些习以为常的社会规范。
评分推荐给正在被写论文和deadline弄疯的同志们....
评分Unlike common psychological guide books, it is the experience of a prolific sociologist who does not recount his stand with an enthusiastic vigour. Yet it is this attitude which makes The Clockwork Muse a convincing book. I hope I can be as disciplined as described to execute the guidelines.
评分Unlike common psychological guide books, it is the experience of a prolific sociologist who does not recount his stand with an enthusiastic vigour. Yet it is this attitude which makes The Clockwork Muse a convincing book. I hope I can be as disciplined as described to execute the guidelines.
评分推荐给正在被写论文和deadline弄疯的同志们....
评分Unlike common psychological guide books, it is the experience of a prolific sociologist who does not recount his stand with an enthusiastic vigour. Yet it is this attitude which makes The Clockwork Muse a convincing book. I hope I can be as disciplined as described to execute the guidelines.
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