I am confused
I am a reporter in China, I never thought my writing would be a problem until I began to write English. When I show my Enlish writing to one of my American friend, he pointed out, my writing's logic was not western logic at all. He said in English writing I had better make everything as clear as I can, you cant jump here and there. He also said I need to list my ideas before I write, then follow the patterns.
I think his way to write is fine, but I hate patterns, and I think writing shouldnt have so many patterns except you write for your exams. I prefer to write what I saw, what I thought, maybe I coundnt give my clear ideas in my writing sometimes, but it is my feelings. I think the feeling in your article is more important than the model or pattern stuff. A good artile is like a good song, you make people feel what you feel, or give them asperisons.
I am really confused about this, I dont know if it is the culture shock.
By the way, is this one of the reasons why have no The Nobel Prize in Literature si far? hehe, if so, I have to say, what a shame...
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I am confused
I am a reporter in China, I never thought my writing would be a problem until I began to write English. When I show my Enlish writing to one of my American friend, he pointed out, my writing's logic was not western logic at all. He said in English writing I had better make everything as clear as I can, you cant jump here and there. He also said I need to list my ideas before I write, then follow the patterns.I think his way to write is fine, but I hate patterns, and I think writing shouldnt have so many patterns except when you write for your exams. I prefer to write what I
I am really confused about this, I dont know if it is the culture shock.
By the way, is this one of the reasons why have no The Nobel Prize in Literature si far? hehe, if so, I have to say, what a shame...
I agree with you. I don't like to follow patterns when writing. Although if you are writing an article, it is probably best to follow some kind of order so your reader doesn't get lost. Your friend was describing an Outline. This is how most people in the United States learn to write papers. Its purpose is to help you order your ideas in a way that is easy to follow.
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完全理解你说的。我男友是美国人。刚开始在一起的时候，每次有问题我一生气就告诉他我的感受。他说如果我只是告诉他我的感受，他不能够理解。也不知道怎样做才能改善。必须要什么都说的很清楚，他做了什么，有理有据有逻辑，为什么不该这么做。如果有道理，他就会明白。刚开始也觉得好累啊。没必要什么都说那么明白。可是后来习惯了这种模式也觉得它是一种更成熟的思辨模式。在对自己很强烈的情绪有了更深的了解以后才能够理性的解释。这也是成为一个更智慧的个体的过程。我觉得我们是在辩论，他觉得我们在讨论。有时候我也纠结。我觉得这个跟文化有关系。写文章可能也是。他们觉得写文章如果没有逻辑就难以让别人理解吧。
totally understand what you're saying. my boyfriend is american and when we first started an intimate relationship, everytime there's a problem that upsets me i just tell him how i feel. He'd get upset too since if i just tell him how i feel, he wouldn't understand cause it doesn't make any "sense". He won't understand and there's nothing he can do to help. I have to literally make it very clear about what he did that upset me, why it upset me, there has to reasons,logic and rational explainaing. If they all make sense then he'll understand. At first i felt it was very troublesome and things don't always have to be that clear.But then i realised it is actually a more mature way to think. You have control over your feelings and you understand and explain them well even if they're very strong. It might be a way to become a more awared, wiser and stronger individual. Sometimes i'd feel like we're having a debate when he thinks we are just discussing though. I think it's definitely related to the different cultures. Same with writing, they won't think it's a convincing and understandable article if there's not a logic that they can understand and hold on to.
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