I’vebeenwritingformostofmylife.ThebookWritingWithoutTeachersintroducedmetoonedistinctionandonepracticethathashelpedmywritingprocessestremendously.Thedistinctionisbetweenthecreativemindandthecriticalmind.Whileyouneedtoemploybothtogettoafinishedresult,theycannotworkinparallelnomatterhowmuchwemightliketothinkso.
Tryingtocriticizewritingontheflyispossiblythesinglegreatestbarriertowritingthatmostofusencounter.Ifyouarelisteningtothat5thgradeEnglishteachercorrectyourgrammarwhileyouaretryingtocaptureafleeting(稍纵即逝的)thought,thethoughtwilldie.Ifyoucapturethefleetingthoughtandsimplyshareitwiththeworldinrawform,nooneislikelytounderstand.Youmustlearntocreatefirstandthencriticizeifyouwanttomakewritingthetoolforthinkingthatitis.
ThepracticethatcanhelpyoupastyourlearnedbadhabitsoftryingtoeditasyouwriteiswhatElbowcalls“freewriting.”Infreewriting,theobjectiveistogetwordsdownonpapernon-stop,usuallyfor15-20minutes.Nostopping,nogoingback,nocriticizing.Thegoalistogetthewordsflowing.Asthewordsbegintoflow,theideaswillcomefromtheshadowsandletthemselvesbecapturedonyournotepadoryourscreen.
Nowyouhaverawmaterialsthatyoucanbegintoworkwithusingthecriticalmindthatyou’vepersuadedtositonthesideandwatchquietly.Mostlikely,youwillbelievethatthiswilltakemoretimethanyouactuallyhaveandyouwillendupstaringblanklyatthepagesasthedeadlinedrawsnear.
Insteadofstaringatablankstartfillingitwithwordsnomatterhowbad.Halfwaythroughyouavailabletime,stopandreworkyourrawwritingintosomethingclosertofinishedproduct.Movebackandforthuntilyourunoutoftimeandthefinalresultwillmostlikelybefarbetterthanyourcurrentpractices.
57.Whentheauthorsaysthecreativemindandthecriticalmind“cannotworkinparallel”(Line4,Para.1)inthewritingprocess,hemeans________.
A)noonecanbebothcreativeandcritical
B)theycannotberegardedasequallyimportant
C)theyareinconstantconflictwitheachother
D)onecannotusethematthesametime
58.Whatpreventspeoplefromwritingonis________.
A)puttingtheirideasinrawform
B)attemptingtoeditastheywrite
C)ignoringgrammaticalsoundness
D)tryingtocapturefleetingthoughts
59.Whatisthechiefobjectiveofthefirststageofwriting?
A)Toorganizeone’sthoughtslogically.
B)Tochooseanappropriatetopic.
60.Onecommonconcernofwritersabout“freewriting”isthat________.
A)itoverstressestheroleofthecreativemind
B)ittakestoomuchtimetoeditafterwards
C)itmaybringabouttoomuchcriticism
D)itdoesnothelpthemtothinkclearly
61.Inwhatwaydoesthecriticalmindhelpthewriterinthewritingprocess?
A)Itrefineshiswritingintobettershape.
B)Ithelpshimtocomeupwithnewideas.
C)Itsavesthewritingtimeavailabletohim.
D)Itallowshimtositonthesideandobserve.
