LEADERSHIP LAB: Writing Beyond the Academy 1.23.15
4 人推荐 · 跨 6 个月 · 2020–2025

中文导读
芝加哥大学写作项目负责人 Larry McEnerney 的经典讲座。他指出优秀写作的核心不在于遵守死板规则或自我表达,而在于对读者是否有价值,并一针见血地指出了学术写作习惯在现实世界中失效的原因。
为什么 HN 推它
HN 上被奉为写作圣经的必看神课,无数程序员与工程师反馈这场讲座彻底颠覆并重塑了自己的沟通与写作方式。
「好的写作从来不在于遵守规则,而在于文本的功能、面向的读者,以及读者认可的价值。」HN 网友原话:good writing is not about rules, it's about the function of the text, the readers, and what they value.
英文原摘要(HackerTube / Claude 整理)
Larry McEnerney of the University of Chicago Writing Program argues that good writing is defined by what readers value, not by rules or the writer's own ideas. He explains why academic habits fail outside academia and how to write so readers find the work valuable.
HN treats it as the definitive writing lecture and recommends it repeatedly, with several commenters saying it changed how they write.
HN 上的提及
This is clearer, more indepth, and longer
the explicit mention of the three-step structure is here
This is not a source of value !
My favorite writing lecture is this one
good writing is not about rules, it's about the function of the text, the readers, and what they value.