2024年5月10日发(作者：amiable)

Unit 1 Genius and the Craftsman

I. Question: What is the difference between “genius” and “craftsman” in

meaning?

Genius: someone who has great mental or creative ability. (天才)

Craftsman: 1) skilled workman, especially one who makes things by hand.（艺

人，匠人）

2) Person who attends carefully to the details of a creative task.（对创作刻意求

工得人）

II. Reading

1. What is the main idea of the text?

Genius and craftsmanship function to produce a good story.

Write-rewrite (continually improving skills)

2. What is the purpose of the text?

Give some advice to those who are interested in writing on how to cultivate

their genius and improve their writing skills.

3. What is difference between genius and craftsmanship in the text?

Genius: it is the creative function of the human mind.

Craftsmanship: it is learned by practice, and by practice it is mastered.

4. What are the three functions of craftsman?

1) To trust (your genius)

2) To write (your story)

3) To generate skill

4. What is the significance of rewriting?

1) You gain a complete knowledge of the story.

2) You gain a facility which no other exercise, no book, no teacher, however

knowledgeable, can possibly give you.

3) Rewriting is rewriting, and writing is a writer’s work.

ure

1. Difference between genius and craftsman (creative and persistent)

2. How to conceive a story? (Unconscious-conscious-come to life)

3. Rewriting

IV. Notes

1. Spellbound: entrancing

2. Afoot: being prepared or be progressing

3. Enigma: mystery

4. Rapture: happiness

5. in the depth of sth: when /where sth is deepest, most severe.

V. Fast reading

VI. Home reading

Reading: Basic principles

VII. Extra introduction