关于写作，毛姆给出了以下建议： 每一个作家都该有一本笔记，但又要注意不要去参考它。 也就是说，当你看到让你眼前一亮的事物或者有突然的灵感时，应该及时将这些想法记录下来，否则过一会就会被忘得精光。当你记下一个东西的时候，但由于临时没有特别深入的想法，只要记录下来，你就会在心中留一个底，以后如果出现再次让你有感受的场景，便可以继续深入撰写。每补充延伸一次内容，这些事情就会开始变得有意义。 1、你必须比 ...

This book studies recent psychological findings which suggest that reading fiction cultivates empathy, encouraging us to be critically reflective, suspicious readers as well as participatory, 'naïve' ...

Around 2,500 years ago, Babylonian traders in Mesopotamia impressed two slanted wedges into clay tablets. The shapes represented a placeholder digit, squeezed between others, to distinguish numbers ...

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Chapel Arts Studios hosted the residency at the library on November 1 and 2, featuring Dr Laurence Dubé-Rushby.

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