写作这件小事

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  下这个题目之后,我觉得有点不对劲:写作不能算是一件小事吧?还记得上学的时候,每次老师布置写作作业,我们的心都会猛然一沉,然后是哀嚎声、叹气声,满教室的怨念。
  不知道写什么,不知道怎么写,不知道从哪里开始写……两眼发直地盯着面前的白纸或者空白的文档,焦虑指数随着deadline的逼近而直线上升……
  写作啊写作,为什么就这么难呢?
  最近看到一本挺有意思的写作指南,叫做《关于写作——一只鸟接着一只鸟》,书中写道:“三十年前,我的哥哥十岁,第二天得交一篇鸟类报告。虽然他之前有三个月的时间写这份作业,却一直没有进展。当时他坐在餐桌前,周围散置着作业簿、铅笔和一本本未打开的鸟类书籍。面对眼前的艰巨任务,他不知如何着手,简直快哭出来了。后来身为作家的父亲在他身旁坐下,把手放在他肩上说:‘一只鸟接着一只鸟,伙伴。只要一只鸟接着一只鸟,按部就班地写。’”
  是啊,想那么多干吗?把那些焦虑、担忧、犹豫和不自信都抛诸脑后吧,静下心来,踏踏实实地,从第一只鸟开始,一字字,一段段,一章章地写。到最后,不知不觉间,你已经洋洋洒洒地写完了那份作业,或者那篇论文,或者那本书。这时,就在满满的成就感中为自己骄傲吧,也许再来上一句美国作家Dorothy Parker的名言:“I hate writing, I love having written.”
  “一只鸟接着一只鸟”,写作如此,人生其实也如此吧。
  Let me walk through the fields of paper touching with my wand
  dry stems and stunted
  butterflies...
  —Denise Levertov, A Walk through the NotebooksCE
  文:Rachel
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