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1. Know your audience 了解你的读者 An important point to start with: you are writing for your readers, not for yourself. Familiarize yourself with your expected audience. The readers of a poetry magazine are different from the readers of a fan fiction site; the readers of mass-market mystery novels are different from the readers of a flash fiction blog. 首先，有一点非常重要：你是在为你的读者写作，而不是你自己。去熟悉你的预期读者。诗歌杂志的读者和同人小说网站的读者是不同的；大众市场悬疑小说的读者和微型小说博客的读者也是不同的。 2. Keep your goals achievable 保证写作目标切实可行 Figuring out what you want to do with your writing before you begin is a crucial step in the process. Following that – are those goals achievable? Are you planning to submit a poem or short story to a literary magazine or a competition? If you are, then there are probably submission deadlines that you need to meet, which should be reflected in how you plan out your writing process. Do you have a length that you are looking to meet? If you’re writing a mystery novel, it might be helpful to know whether the word or page count stacks up against the expectations of the readers (and publishers). 在你开始写作之前想清楚你想写什么，这是写作过程至关重要的一步。接着想一想——这些写作目的是否切实可行？你是不是计划要交一首诗歌或者一篇短篇小说给文学杂志，还是要参赛？如果是的话，那么可能就有递交的截止日期了，这应当在你的写作计划中反映出来。写作字数有没有要求？如果你正写一篇悬疑小说，那么，去了解下字数限制和页数要求是否超出了读者（和出版商）的预期会十分有益。 | 
