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Paul Harding: A New Way To Think About Writing | How I Write

2025/6/11
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David Perell: 我认为写作不仅仅是情节和人物，更重要的是如何生动地描绘现实，如何运用感官去体验世界，并将这些体验转化为文字。写作应该是一个即兴创作的过程，而不是被大纲束缚。 Paul Harding: 作为一名教师，我认为最重要的是培养学生的自我意识和思考能力，让他们找到适合自己的写作方式。我喜欢在写作中保持开放的心态，让语言和经验自然地引导我。写作需要耐心和观察力，要放下先入之见，真正地去体验和感受事物。我写作的每一个句子都是对现实的探索和表达。

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Paul Harding, a Pulitzer Prize winner, doesn't use outlines; his writing is improvisational. He emphasizes the importance of observation and dropping pre-conceived notions to access raw sensations. He teaches students to cultivate this observational skill and to not rush the process.
  • Pulitzer Prize winner for Fiction
  • Improvisational writing style
  • Focus on observation and self-awareness
  • Emphasis on raw sensations and pre-linguistic experience

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I interviewed Paul Harding, who won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for his very first novel Tinkers. Unlike most novelists, he’s not really interested in plots, and only halfway interested in characters. So what is he interested in? He’s focused on describing the wonders and mysteries of life, teaching us how to see, hear, and feel more vividly, and how to translate those sensations onto the page.

Hey! I’m David Perell and I’m a writer, teacher, and podcaster. I believe writing online is one of the biggest opportunities in the world today. For the first time in human history, everybody can freely share their ideas with a global audience. I seek to help as many people publish their writing online as possible.

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