作家
Writer
在1940年代，一位名叫“收藏家”的富有的美国商人委托安妮斯·尼恩、亨利·米勒和其他著名作家为他私人创作情色小说，每页一美元。
“这引发了一场情色日记的流行。每个人都开始记录自己的性经历。这些故事是虚构的，或是从克雷夫特-埃宾和医学书籍中研究得来的。我们有过滑稽的对话。我们会讲述一个故事，其他人则要判断它是真实的、虚假的还是可信的。罗伯特·邓肯会主动提出进行实验，来验证我们的想象，确认或否定我们的幻想。”
尼恩从未亲自见过这位收藏家，但偶尔会接到她的电话。
“少写点诗歌，”电话那头的声音说，“要具体一些。”
写占星运势就像写情色文学一样。你必须写自己的生活，以及你认识的每个人的生活。你必须直面生活中最不舒服的部分：我们的癖好、阴影、令人尴尬的不安全感，并尽可能坦率地描述它们，同时对我们的敏感内心和脆弱梦想怀有慷慨与关怀。做得好是艰难的，但也可能令人愉悦。这是你将从事的其他所有写作类型的练习。
我们正在寻找这样的作者加入Co–Star内容团队。你将帮助数千万人通过占星术与彼此以及自己建立真实而有意义的联系。
你将做什么
- 用简洁和细腻、同情和客观的方式表达复杂的人类体验。
- 运用占星运势，找到新的方式让人们感到被看见。“找回生活的感受；让我们感受到事物，让石头变得坚硬。”
- 重写那些陈腐过时的内容。删去一切不必要的部分。
- 内化品牌，并用自己的语言让它鲜活起来。
- 你将带来
- 强烈的个人风格和内在方向感。
- 敏锐的观察力。你对自己和他人的心理进行深入剖析。
- 对人类行为的深刻理解——无论来自学术、占星、治疗，还是多年细致的观察。
- 你情绪智能，通常能给出好的建议。
- 优秀的沟通能力，自信地展示你的作品。
- 精准的写作能力。你的比喻朴实无华，风格深刻而不做作。
最初发布于喜马拉雅山
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In the 1940s a wealthy American businessman, known simply as “Collector,” commissioned Anïs Nin, Henry Miller, and other famous writers to produce erotic fiction for his private consumption, at a rate of one dollar per page.
“This started an epidemic of erotic journals. Everyone was writing up their sexual experiences. Invented, overheard, researched from Krafft-Ebing and medical books. We had comical conversations. We told a story and the rest of us had to decide whether it was true or false. Or plausible. Was this plausible? Robert Duncan would offer to experiment, to test our inventions, to confirm or negate our fantasies.”
Nin never met the collector herself. But occasionally she received a phone call.
“Less poetry,” said the voice over the telephone. “Be specific.”
Writing horoscopes is a little like writing erotica. You must write about your own life and everyone you have ever known. You must look directly at the most uncomfortable bits of life: our perversions, shadows, embarrassing insecurities, and describe them as plainly as possible, with generosity and care for our tender hearts and fragile dreams. Doing it well is arduous but can also be pleasurable. A practice for all the other types of writing you will do.
We’re looking for this kind of writer to join the Co–Star Content team. You’ll help tens of millions of people connect with each other and themselves—through astrology—in real, meaningful ways.
What you'll do
- Express complex human experience with simplicity and nuance, compassion and objectivity.
- Wield the horoscope to find new ways to make people feel seen. “Recover the sensation of life; make us feel things, make the stone stony.”
- Rewrite what feels tired and trite. Cut everything unnecessary.
- Internalize the brand, and make it come alive in your own words.
What you'll bring
- A strong voice and internal compass.
- Keen observational skills. You perform psychological brain surgery on yourself and others.
- Piercing knowledge of human behavior—whether through academia, astrology, therapy, or a lifetime of careful observation.
- You’re emotionally intelligent and generally give good advice.
- Excellent communication skills and confidence presenting your work.
- Precise writing. Your metaphors are unvarnished and your style is deep without being pretentious.
Originally posted on Himalayas