开始写作前最基本的问题就是问清自己为何写作。

Thee most basic question to ask yourself before you start is why you are writing.

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我们沿着最漂亮的诺丁山街往上走，我喜欢在开始每天的写作前，呼吸些新鲜的空气，否则我真不觉得自己醒得透透的。

We go up and along the prettiest Notting Hill streets, and I love to get some fresh air before I start writing each day, as otherwise I really don't feel as if I have properly woken up.

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William Landay是小说Mission Flats的作者，受到高度赞扬，2003发表的犯罪题材处女作获得约翰·克雷希·戴格奖。他在转行写作前是助理检查官。

Mission Flats, which was awarded the John Creasey Dagger as the best debut crime novel of 2003, and.

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In the second poem here, "I Looked Up From My Writing," the poet, the first person, is being interrupted at his desk at night.

在第二首诗中“从我的写作中来看“,诗人也是第一人称，夜晚在书桌前被打扰。

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