从冰与火之歌作者网站的FAQ摘录： Q:我想当个作家，你能给我任何建议吗？ A:我想，对个想当作家的人，最重要的是就是阅读！ 而且别只读你想写的那类玩意，像奇科幻啦，漫画啦。 你什麽都要给它读上一读。读小说、非小说、杂志新闻之类的，历史、历史小说、自传。 读读神话小说、奇幻、科幻、恐怖小说、大众小说、文学经典、色情小说、冒险以及 讽刺文学。 每个作家都有一些东西可学，无论你看到的是优点或缺点。 (没错，烂书一样可以带给你跟好书一样多的感想与教训。) 然後，就是要写，天天都写！即使一天只写一两页也好，所谓多多益善。 但是别写我作品的同人志、也别写托尔金的、各种漫画的、「银河飞龙」的或任何既有 世界设定的。 每个作家都必须学着怎麽创作自己的角色、世界与设定，用别人的设定写作是个懒方法。 如果你都不训练你自己的写作底子，你就不可能建立自己的东西。 (下面是文学商业市场的文章，我就不翻译了 @@) Given the realities of today's market in science fiction and fantasy, I would also suggest that any aspiring writer begin with short stories. These days, I meet far too many young writers who try to start off with a novel right off, or a trilogy, or even a nine-book series. That's like starting in at rock climbing by tackling Mt. Everest. Short stories help you learn your craft. They are a good place for you to make the mistakes that every beginning writer is going to make. And they are still the best way for a young writer to break in, since the magazines are always hungry for short SF and fantasy stories. Once you've been selling short stories for five years or so, you'll have built up a name for yourself, and editors will start asking you about that first novel. Whatever you do, though... good luck. You'll need it. --

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