D
Itistr uethatgoodwritersrewriteandrewriteandthenrewritesomemore.Butinordertoworkupthedesiretorewrite,itisimportanttolearntolikewhatyouwriteattheearlystage.
IamsurprisedatthenumberoffamouswritersIknowwhosaythattheysodislikereadingtheirownwritinglaterthattheyevenhatetolookoverthepublishers’opinions.Onereasonwemaydislikereadingourownworkisthatwe’reoftendisappointedthattherichideasinourmindsseemverythinandplainwhenfirstwrittendown.JerryFodorandStevenPinkersuggestthatthisfactmaybearesultofhowourmindswork..
Differentfrompopularbelief,wedonotusuallythinkintheworksandsentencesofordinarylanguagebutinsymbolsforideas(knownas“mentalese”),andwritingourideasdownisanactoftr anslationfromthatsymboliclanguage.Butwhilementalesecontainsourthoughtsintheform.ofacomplextapestr y(织锦),writingcanonlybecomposedonethreadatatime.Thereforeitshouldnotbesurprisingthatourfirstattemptatexpressingideasshouldlooksosimple.Itisonlybyrepeatedlyrewritingthatweproducesnewthreadsandconnectthemtogetclosertotheideasformedinourminds.
Whenpeoplewriteasifsomestr ictcritics(批评家)arelookingovertheirshoulder,theyaresoworriedaboutwhatthiscriticmightsaythattheygetstuckbeforetheyevenstart.PeterElbowmakesanexcellentsuggestiontodealwiththisproblem.Whenwritingweshouldhavetwodifferentminds.Atthefirststage,weshouldseeeveryidea,aswellasthewordsweusetoexpressit,aswonderfulandworthputtingdown.Itisonlyduringrewritesthatweshouldexaminewhatweexcitedlywroteinthefirststageandcheckforweaknesses.
68.Whatd owelearnfromthetextaboutthosefamouswriters?
ATheyoftenregretwritingpoorworks
BSomeofthemwritesurprisinglymuch.
CManyofthemhatereadingtheirownworks
DTheyarehappytoreviewthepublishers’opinions.
正确答案:C


