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What is a good essay? Paul Graham gives his definition:
- Good writing should be convincing, certainly, but it should be convincing because you got the right answers, not because you did a good job of arguing.
- An essay doesn't begin with a statement, but with a question. You notice a door that's ajar, and you open it and walk in to see what's inside.
- Just as inviting people over forces you to clean up your apartment, writing something that other people will read forces you to think well.
- An essay you publish ought to tell the reader something he didn't already know.
- The river's algorithm is simple. At each step, flow down. For the essayist this translates to: flow interesting. Of all the places to go next, choose the most interesting.
- Essays should aim for maximum surprise.
- If there's one piece of advice I would give about writing essays, it would be: don't do as you're told. Don't believe what you're supposed to. Don't write the essay readers expect; one learns nothing from what one expects. And don't write the way they taught you to in school.
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Paul Graham 介绍了什么样的文章才是好文章：
- 好的文章应该有说服力，是因为你在写作中得到了正确答案，而不是因为论证工作做得好。
- 一篇文章以问题开始。就像你注意到一扇门是虚掩着的，然后你打开它，走进去看看里面有什么。
- 就像邀请别人来家里做客迫使你打扫你的公寓一样，写一些别人会读的东西也会迫使你好好思考。
- 你写的文章应该告诉读者一些他还不知道的东西。
- 对于河流而言，每一步都要往下流。对于写作而言，类似地，要挖掘有趣的话题。在所有下一步要去的地方中，选择最有趣的地方。
- 文章应该以最大的惊喜为目标。
- 如果有一个关于写文章的建议，那就是：不要按照别人说的做。不要相信你应该相信的东西。不要写读者所期望的文章；人们从期望的东西中什么也学不到。也不要按照他们在学校里教你的方式来写。
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