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Supposesomeonegaveyouasealed,solid-coloredpen.Youcouldn'tseehowmuchinkithad.Itmightrundryafterthefirstfewtentativewordsorlastjustlongenoughtocreateamasterpiece（orseveral）thatwouldlastforeverandmakeadifferenceintheschemeofthings.Youdon'tknowbeforeyoubegin.Undertherulesofthegame,youreallyneverknow.Youhavetotakeachance!
Actually,noruleofthegamestatesyoumustdoanything.Insteadofpickingupandusingthepen,youcouldleaveitonashelforinadrawerwhereitwilldryup,unused.Butifyoudodecidetouseit,whatwouldyoudowithit?Howwouldyouplaythegame?Wouldyouplanandplanbeforeyoueverwroteaword?Wouldyourplansbesoextensivethatyouneverevengottothewriting?Orwouldyoutakethepeninhand,plungerightinandjustdoit,strugglingtokeepupwiththetwists?Wouldyouwritecautiouslyandcarefully,asifthepenmightrundrythenextmoment,orwouldyoupretendtobelievethatthepenwillwriteforeverandproceedaordingly?
Andofwhatwouldyouwrite:oflove?Hatred?Fun?Misery?Life?Death?Nothing?Oreverything?Wouldyouwritetopleasejustyourself,orothers,oryourselfbywritingforothers?Wouldyourstrokesbetremblinglytimidorbrilliantlybold?Fancywithaflourishorplain?Wouldyouevenwrite?Onceyouhavethepen,norulesaysyouhavetowrite.Wouldyousketch?Scribble?Doodleordraw?Wouldyoustayinoronthelines,orseenolinesatall,eveniftheywerethere?There'salottothinkabouthere,isn'tthere?
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假设有人给你-一个密封的，纯色的钢笔。你不能看到它有多少墨水。它可能会干枯后写上几个字就足够长的时间来创建一个杰作（或几个）会持续到永远，影响事物的变化。在你开始之前你不会知道。在这个游戏规则下，你真的不知道。你必须抓住每一个机会！
事实上，这个游戏里没有规则指定你必须要做什么。而不去使用钢笔，你可以把它放在书架上或抽屉里就干了，没有任何用处。但是，如果你决定要用它的话，你会做什么？你怎么玩这个游戏？你会在你开始写字之前计划吗？或者你的计划是非常广泛的，你永远不会动笔呢？或者你会把手中的笔，一头扎进去就去做，努力跟上的曲折？你会小心谨慎的写字，好象这支笔在下一个时刻就没有墨水了，或者你会假装相信笔可以写到永远？
那你会写些什么呢：爱？仇恨？好玩吗？痛苦？生活吗？死亡？什么？或一切吗？你写作只是为了愉己，或其他人，或由别人为你写的？你的落笔会是颤抖胆怯的还是鲜明果敢的？花里胡哨还是朴实无华？你会写吗？你一旦有了这支笔，没有规则说你必须写作。你会素描？涂鸦？信笔涂鸦？你会留在还是线上，或者根本看不到线，即便他们在那里？有很多值得思考的事情，不是吗？