英语作文 34招让你英语作文写得更好

　　1. Daniel

　　Pay attention to punctuation, especially to the correct use of commas and periods. These two punctuation marks regulate the flow of your thoughts, and they can make your text confusing even if the words are clear.

　　注意标点，特别是逗号和句号的正确使用方法。这两种标点符号可以调节你的思维，它们也能使文字清楚的文章读起来让人费解。

　　2. Thomas

　　Participate in NaNoWriMo, which challenges you to write a 50,000 word novel in a month. I noticed that my writing has definitely improved over the course of the book and its not even finished yet.

　　参与NaNoWriMo，这是一个让你一个月内写出50,000字小说的挑战计划。我发觉自己在写书的过程中写作能力确实得到了提高甚至到现在我的书还没写完。

　　3. Bill Harper

　　Try not to edit while youre creating your first draft. Creating and editing are two separate processes using different sides of the brain, and if you try doing both at once youll lose. Make a deal with your internal editor that it will get the chance to rip your piece to shreds; it will just need to wait some time.

　　A really nice trick is to switch off your monitor when youre typing. You cant edit what you cant see.

　　试着不要在你创作第一稿时进行修改。创作和修改是两个分开的过程，它们用到不同的大脑半球，如果你试图同时做这两件事时就会失败。和自己心里的小编达成一项协议：总会有机会改个面目全非；只不过需要等上一会儿。

　　一个非常好的技巧是在打字的时候关掉显示器。你不能编辑自己看不到的东西。

　　4. Jacinta

　　In a sentence: write daily for 30 minutes minimum! Its easy to notice the difference in a short time. Suddenly, ideas come to you and you think of other things to write. You experiment with styles and voices and words and the language becomes more familiar

　　一句话：每天至少写30分钟！短时间内就能很容易地看出这种差别。你正想着写其他东西的时候灵感会突然到来。你的风格、表达、文字和语言会在锤炼中更加纯熟

　　5. Ane Mulligan

　　Learn the rules of good writing then learn when and how to break them.

　　学习优秀的写作规则然后学习何时以及如何打破它们。

　　6. Pete Bollini

　　I sometimes write out 8 to 10 pages from the book of my favorite writer in longhand. This helps me to get started and swing into the style I wish to write in.

　　我有时用正楷把自己最喜欢作家的书抄上8到10页这能帮助我开始进入写作状态，并用我想要的风格写作。

　　7. Nilima Bhadbhade

　　Be a good reader first.

　　首先成为一个好读者。

　　8. Douglas Davis

　　While spell-checking programs serve as a good tool, they should not be relied upon to detect all mistakes. Regardless of the length of the article, always read and review what you have written.

　　不要仅仅依靠拼写检查工具来寻找所有错误。无论文章有多长，总要阅读和回顾你写下的东西。

　　9. Kukusha

　　Learn to take criticism and seek it out at every opportunity. Dont get upset even if you think the criticism is harsh, dont be offended even if you think its wrong, and always thank those who take the time to offer it.

　　学会接受批评，并利用一切机会找出批评你的文章。即使你觉得批评很苛刻也不要丧气，即使你觉得批评错了也不要感到被得罪，而且你要一直感谢那些花时间给你的文章提出批评的人。

　　10. John England

　　Right click on a word to use the thesaurus. Do it again on the new word and make the best use of your vocabulary.

　　通过右键单击一个单词查词典。当遇到新词的时候就这样做，充分利用好你的词汇表。

　　11. Lillie Ammann

　　After editing the work on screen or in print, I like to read the text aloud. Awkward sentences and errors that slipped through earlier edits show up readily when reading out loud.

　　当文章在屏幕上编辑好或打印出来后，我喜欢大声朗读出来。大声朗读会使先前编辑时漏掉的笨拙的句子用法和错误暴露出来。

　　12. H Devaraja Rao

　　Avoid wordiness. Professor Strunk put it well: a sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts.

　　避免啰嗦。斯特伦克教授说得好：一句话里不该有一个多余的词，一段文章里不该有一个多余的句子，同样，一幅素描不该有一条多余的线条，一台机器不该有一个多余的零件。

　　13. David

　　Write as if youre on deadline and have 500 words to make your point. Then do it again. And again.

　　假装是最后期限了，自己还有500字的内容没写。然后再次这样。再这样。

　　14. Yvette

　　Sometimes I type in a large font to have the words and sentences bold before me.

　　Sometimes, in the middle of a document I will start a new topic on a fresh sheet to have that clean feeling. Then, Ill cut and insert it into the larger document.

　　I wait until my paper is done before I examine my word usage and vocabulary choices. (And reading this column it has reminded me that no two words are ever exactly alike.) So at the end, I take time to examine my choice of words. I have a lot of fun selecting the exact words to pinpoint my thoughts or points.

　　有时候我用大号字体和粗体字写作。

　　有时，在一个文档写到一半的时候，为了给自己一种干净的感觉，我会新建一页开始一个新的主题。然后，我把它剪切并插入到那篇长文档里面。

　　我在文章写完后才检查单词的用法和选择的问题。（同时读这个专栏也提醒我没有两个单词是完全一样的。）所以在最后我要花时间检查我选择的词。选择传达我想法和观点的最确切的词的过程给了我很多乐趣。

　　15. Amit Goyal

　　To be a good writer is to start writing everyday. As Mark Twain said, the secret of getting ahead is getting started.

　　Try using new words. i.e avoid repeating words. this way we learn the usage of different words.

　　Do edit your previous articles.

　　Start with small paragraphs like writing an article for a Newspaper, and proceed from there.

　　想要成为一名好作家就要开始每天写一点。就如同马克吐温所说：走在前面的秘诀就是立刻开始。

　　试着用新的词。比如避免重复用语。这样我们能学到不同单词的用法。

　　一定要修改你的写下的文章。

　　开始的时候写一些小段的文章，像为报纸写的那种，然后从这些文章开始不断进步。

　　16. John Dodds

　　Remove as many adjectives as possible. Read Jack Finneys tale, Cousin Lens Wonderful Adjective Cellar for a fantastical tale about how a hack becomes a successful author with the help of a magical salt cellar that removes adjectives from his work.

　　尽量少用形容词。读一读杰克芬尼的故事《表哥莱恩的奇异瓶》，讲的是一个写手是如何成为一名成功作家的荒诞故事，他只是靠一个带有魔法的盐瓶的帮助，将作品中的形容词去掉了。

　　17. John Ireland

　　I set my writing aside and edit a day or two later with the aim of making it terse. It has trained me to be more conscious of brevity when writing for immediate distribution.

　　为使文章更简洁，我把它放到一边，过一两天后再修改。这种方法训练我在写作的同时有意地简洁表述。

　　18. Jai

　　Try to write in simple way. Express your views with most appropriate words.

　　用简单的方式写作。用最合适的词表达你的观点。

　　19. Mark

　　Read great writers for inspiration. If you read them enough, their excellent writing style will rub off onto your dazzling blog.

　　YOU ARE what you read (and write!).

　　读伟大作家的作品来启发灵感。如果你读得足够多，他们卓越的写作风格会感染你的让人眼花缭乱的博客。

　　20. Caroline

　　I watch my action tense and wordiness in sentences when I am writing my technical diddley.

　　For example, in a sentence where you say you will have to I replace it with you must, or Click on the Go button to can be replaced with Click Go to.

　　Think of words such as enables, instead of allows you to or helps you to.

　　If one word will work where three are, replace it! I always find these, where I slip into conversational as I am writing quickly, then go back and purge, purge, purge.

　　我在写技术文章时注意句子中的动作时态和多余词。

　　例如，一句话中说的是you will have to 我替换为 you must, 又如 Click on the Go button to 可以替换为 Click Go to.

　　用单词enables来代替allows you to 或 helps you to。

　　如果用一个词能起到三个词的作用，替换成一个词！我总是这样干，写得快的时候我会比较啰嗦，然后回头再精简、精简、精简。

　　21. Akhil Tandulwadikar

　　Dont shy away from adopting the good habits that other writers use.

　　Do not worry about the length of the article as long as it conveys the point. Of course, the fewer words you use, the better.

　　Start the article with a short sentence, not more than 8 words.

　　采用其他作者用的好习惯的时候不要回避。

　　不要担心文章的长度，只要它传达了观点。当然，用语越简洁越好。

　　文章开头用短句，不要超过8个字。

　　22. Julie Martinenza

　　Instead of adding tags (he said/she said) to every bit of dialogue, learn to identify the speaker by showing him/her in action. Example: Pass that sweet-smelling turkey this way. With knife in one hand and fork in the other, Sam looked eager to pounce.

　　不要在每句对话前面加上标签（他说/她说），学着用动作来点明说话人。例子：把那香喷喷的火鸡端过来。山姆一手拿刀一手拿叉，急切地想扑过去。

　　23. Aaron Stroud

　　Write often and to completion by following a realistic writing schedule.

　　经常写，遵循一个切实可行的写作进度表把文章写完。

　　24. Joanna Young

　　One that works for me every time is to focus on the positive intention behind my writing. What is it that I want to communicate, express, convey? By focusing on that, by getting into the state that Im trying to express, I find that I stop worrying about the words - just let them tumble out of their own accord.

　　Its a great strategy for beating writers block, or overcoming anxiety about a particular piece of writing, whether thats composing a formal business letter, writing a piece from the heart, or guest blogging somewhere big

　　对我来说，每次都有效的一招是集中精神到写作背后的积极意图上。

　　我想沟通、表述、传达的是什么？通过集中精神，通过进入我试图表达的状态，我发现自己不再对文字发愁只是让它们自愿地排在一起。

　　这是条极好的突破写作瓶颈的策略，对于克服对特定的写作对象的紧张也有效，包括写正式的商业信函，写心灵感悟，或者在一些大地方写邀请博客。

　　25. Shelley Rodrigo

　　Use others writers sentences and paragraphs as models and then emulate the syntactic structure with your own content. Ive learned more about grammar and punctuation that way.

　　用其他作者的句子和段落作模板，随后模仿那些句子结构写出自己的内容。我用这种方法学到了很多语法和标点符号用法。

　　26. Sylvia

　　Avoid long sentences.

　　避免长句。

　　27. Mike Feeney

　　Learn the difference between me, myself and I. For example: Contact Bob or myself if you have any questions. I hear this very often!

　　分清楚me, myself和I的不同。例如：Contact Bob or myself if you have any questions.我经常听到这种用法。

　　28. Richard Scott

　　When doing a long project, a novel, for instance, shut off your internal editor and just write.

　　Think of your first draft as a complex outline waiting to be expanded upon, and let the words flow.

　　写长文章的时候，例如一篇小说，关掉内心的编辑器，写就是了。

　　把你的第一稿视作一篇等待扩展的复杂的概要，然后让文字自由流淌。

　　29. David

　　Careful with unnecessary expressions. At this point in time came along during the Nixon congressional hearings. Too bad it didnt go out with him. What about on a daily basis?

　　小心不必要的表达。尼克松在国会听证会里面用了At this point in time的表达，可惜这种表达没和他一起消失掉。on a daily basis也是一样。

　　30. E. I. Sanchez

　　For large documents, I use Words Speech feature to have the computer read the article back. This allows me to catch errors I have missed - especially missing words or words that sort of sound the same but are spelled differently (e.g. Front me instead of From me).

　　我使用Word的语音功能来读长文档。这样我能找出以前忽略掉的错误特别是一些遗漏的和听上去一样实际拼写不同的词（例如：用From me代替了Front me）。

　　31. Cat

　　Either read the book Writing Tools 50 Strategies for Every Writer, by Roy Peter Clark, or read the Fifty Writing Tools: Quick List on his blog. Then join a writing group, or hire a writing coach.

　　读一读Roy Peter Clark写的50个帮你写作的工具，或者读一读他的博客上的50个写作工具：要点名单。然后加入一个写作小组或聘请一名写作指导。

　　32. Suemagoo

　　Write the first draft spontaneously. Switch off your internal editor until it is time to review your first draft.

　　自然而然地写出第一稿。在该回顾第一稿的时候未到时不要修改。

　　33. Lydia

　　If youre writing fiction, its a great idea to have a plot. It will coordinate your thoughts and add consistency to the text.

　　如果你在写小说，列一个情节大纲是非常棒的主意。它能协调你的思维，并且使文章情节前后一致。

　　34. Pedro

　　Edit your older articles and pieces. You will notice that great part of it will be crap, and it will allow you to refine your style and avoid mistakes that you used to make.

　　修改你以前的文章和段落。你会发现所谓的精华成为了废话，这样可以帮助你完善你的风格，避免犯过去同样的错误。