Formulate your ideas before you begin to write.

在你开始动笔，先系统地陈述一下你的思想。

He had been always about to paint a masterpiece, but had never yet begun it.

他老是说就要画他的那幅杰作了，可是在他还没有动笔。

Before you put pen to paper, consider how your bullet journal can best serve you.

在动笔，请先考虑一下子弹笔记如何最大限度地服务于你。

Would your plans be so extensive that you never even got to the writing?

你会不会由于计划过于宏大而来不及动笔呢？

There is nothing like boredom to make you write, agreed a young Agatha Christie.

没有什么比无聊更让你动笔作了，年轻的阿加莎·克里斯蒂对此表示同意。

The second week you returned and my work practically had to be given up.

可第二个星期你回来了，我简就无法再动笔了。

And I've told her she's to keep her quill to herself for a whole year.

我叫她一年内不得动笔东西。

But long before they wrote it down on paper, people told it to one another.

但早在他们动笔，人们就已经传开了。

Um...last night, I started writing, and...well, I think there's a book in there.

呃...昨天晚上 我就动笔了，呃...我想完全可以本书出来。

I never heard of anyone making a 'skeleton', as we were taught at school.

我从未听说过任何一位作家像我们在学校那样，动笔先列什么提纲。

You don't know before you begin.

而这些，在动笔，都是无法得知的。

Just sit down and start writing, without a plan or specific thought process, and your interests may be revealed.

不需要计划，不需要详尽的思考过程，只要坐下来，动笔记录，你的兴趣可就会显露出来。

He began to write, looking up now and again to check the large hour-glass on the desk beside Professor Marchbanks.

他动笔着答案，不时抬眼查看一下玛奇班教授桌子上的大沙漏。

They do read a lot as far as I know, but they haven't got the confidence to write, said Khoo Thwe.

据我所知他们进行了大量的阅读, 但他们没有信心动笔, 科尔·塔维说道。

But the fact is that no writer knows what they're doing until they've done it.

但事实是，没有作家知道自己会成什么样，他们真正动笔下。

Until next time, hurry up and get writing so we can talk some more.

下次见，快点动笔吧，这样我们就继续聊了。

And finally, I'm getting around to writing.

最后，我终于开始动笔作了。

And that's what I'm trying to press in the book I've just started.

这正是我在刚动笔的新书中试图强调的要点。

But what he does with his actual pen is very dangerous.

但他实际动笔所做的事情却非常危险。

I guess you're right, I got to go get started.

我想你说的对, 我要开始动笔了。