写童书,当然就要构思一个好故事了,而灵感,就是这个好故事的源泉。不过灵感这东西,没人说得清楚它们是怎么冒出来的。据作家们事后自己描述,它们往往出现得十分突然,相当神秘,而且没有任何征兆。一个著名的例子,就是托尔金。有一天他正在批改学生们的考试卷,有人交了白卷,于是因为闷热而百般无聊的他,拿起笔,信手涂鸦,在白纸上写下了一行字:在地底洞穴中住着一名 Write children’s books, of course, we must conceive a good story, and inspiration, is the source of this good story. However, this one inspiration, no one made it clear how they come out. According to writers who later described themselves, they often appear very suddenly, quite mysterious, and without any indication. A famous example is Tolkien. One day he was correcting the exam papers of the students. Someone handed in a white scroll, and because of the boredom, he picked up the pen, scribbled it and wrote a note on white paper: one in the underground cave