So, what I did was, after reading a topic, I wasted no time and started writing straight away.

所以，我所做的是，读完一个主题后，我没有浪费时间，立即开始写作。

Stephen pushed aside the curtain, and before him sat a man writing away as if his life depended upon it—which it did.

斯蒂芬推开窗帘，坐在他面前的一个人正在写信，就好像他的生命取决于它——事实确实如此。