Youth is booming, the era of writing calls for peak

The writing of young writers has established a brilliant and glorious tradition in the great historical process of the Chinese nation's pursuit of national liberation and national rejuvenation. Young writers can be seen in every important literary trend. In today's new historical position, contemporary young writers shoulder the heavy responsibility and have great prospects

There is no shortcut to literary creation. If young writers want to produce works that match the times, they have to go deep into life, take root in the people, build cultural self-confidence, and constantly innovate and make breakthroughs. They should not only write a good book, but also write a good book of "themselves" to set an example for young people and even the society

The majority of young writers are a strong new force in the cause of socialist literature with Chinese characteristics, and are the future of the cause of socialist literature with Chinese characteristics. The writing of young writers has established a brilliant and glorious tradition in the great historical process of the Chinese nation's pursuit of national liberation and national rejuvenation. We can see young writers in every important literary trend. In the great era of the Chinese nation from standing up, getting rich to becoming strong, and in such a new historical position, young writers are shouldering heavy responsibilities and have great prospects. They should actively be present in the great era, recorder of historical process, voice of the people, builder of China's cultural development and social progress, shape new people of the era, and climb the literary peak, And make contributions to the great development and prosperity of socialist literature with Chinese characteristics in the new era.

Calibrate coordinates with "road signs"

"There must be a main peak in the majestic mountains, and the dragon has nine chapters but one lead". For the majority of young writers, it is necessary to deeply study the Marxist theory, consolidate the ideological foundation, and deeply study the latest achievement of sinicization of Marxism - Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, which serves as the ideological guidance for observing and understanding China, the world, society and the cause we are engaged in.

Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, Comrade Xi Jinping has delivered important speeches on literary and artistic creation and work for many times, profoundly answering a series of important theoretical and practical questions about the development of literature and art in China. Comrade Xi Jinping's important exposition on literature and art is the theoretical program and action guide of socialist literature and art with Chinese characteristics in the new era, and the guiding ideology and fundamental adherence to the prosperity and development of China's literature and art cause. Based on the scientific summary of the historical experience and practical exploration of Chinese literature and art in the past hundred years, it puts forward and answers a series of important propositions with new historical characteristics faced by the cause of socialist literature and art with Chinese characteristics, which are both very specific and fundamental, vivid and distinctive, both acting on the current literary scene and having a broad and far-reaching historical perspective, It is a landmark to guide the direction of literature and a coordinate for young writers to correct their own writing. It needs to be carefully studied, deeply understood and diligently practiced.

Rich ore in mining era

Reflecting the times is the mission of literary workers. Today's characteristics of the times and life characteristics have brought unprecedented challenges to the writing of young writers. On the one hand, the content of life is rich and colorful, and changes are rapid and complex. In the face of such a picture of life and experience content, how young writers avoid "superficial" and "superficial", and how to move from the "general understanding" state to the "profound grasp" state, is the work that creators must complete. On the other hand, new media technology has greatly improved people's ability to obtain information, but it has also brought some "masking" on a deeper level. Today, as long as we turn on computers and mobile phones, all kinds of information pour out to us. However, life on the screen cannot replace real life, and fragmented information cannot replace our true understanding and thinking of life. If you sit at home every day and are satisfied with writing articles and compiling works with the information searched on the Internet, thinking that this is life and this is creation, you will inevitably fall into a misunderstanding and get lost. Many young writers have just left the campus, and their social life experience is relatively insufficient. Some people may be familiar with their own industry field, but they know little about the lives of the masses of people outside this field, so they turn to write about their own joys and sorrows. But it is easy to "write out" and "write out". When the limited experience is excavated, if there is no more nutrition, the writing career will be difficult to sustain. This is one of the bottlenecks restricting the development of young writers.

There is no shortcut to literary creation. If we want to fully exploit the rich mine of the era life and extract gold like works from it, we must go deep into life and take root in the people. Why can writer Zhao Shuli write so vividly about the countryside and farmers? Because his roots are rooted in the countryside and farmers. Not only did he become famous at the beginning, but later he became a great writer, which is still the same. He works in Beijing, but he likes to go deep into the countryside. He likes to stay in the countryside of southeast Shanxi, live and eat with farmers, and care about the grain harvest and agricultural policies as much as he cares about literature. Zhou Libo wrote Storm and Great Changes in Mountain Villages. He went to the land reform areas in Northeast China and his hometown in Hunan to live in depth for one or even three years before he finally wrote a great work reflecting the changes of the times. When Liu Baiyu was 68 years old, he went to the front line for an interview and climbed to the forefront of the mountain with a stick. Afraid of danger, the receptionist advised him not to move forward. He said, "How can I do that? I have always followed the vanguard throughout my life." Such determination and courage are worth learning from today's young writers.

Rooting in the fertile soil of Chinese culture

The literary peak will not rise out of thin air. At all times and in all countries, behind all great writers and works, there must be the spiritual background and cultural pedigree of a specific nation, as well as a deep understanding, deep recognition and high self-confidence of this background pedigree. Only when the root is deep can the root be consolidated, and only when the source is far can the root grow. A high degree of confidence in our nation and the culture of our times is the root of literary creation and the source of excellent works. To strengthen cultural self-confidence, we need to have a deep understanding of the extensive and profound traditional Chinese culture, and have a deep and sincere recognition of the cultural ideals and values of the Chinese nation.

What kind of culture can we build up a highly confident culture in contemporary China? That is the socialist culture with Chinese characteristics. The socialist culture with Chinese characteristics has a long cultural origin, a distinctive formation background, and a strong realistic foundation. The majority of young writers should build a high degree of identity and confidence in the socialist culture with Chinese characteristics. Through excellent literary works, they should help the broad masses of the people to build up such identity and confidence, and then make all the people in their ideals, beliefs The values and morality are closely united.

Cultural self-confidence is reflected in daily creation, which is to adhere to and promote the socialist core values in ideology and creation, and resolutely resist the false influence of nihilistic history, pan entertainment, pan materialization and vulgarity, vulgarity, kitsch and so on. To promote the transformation of socialist core values into the ideological consciousness and behavior habits of the broad masses of the people, literary creation needs to give full play to the role of spring breeze and rain, moistening things silently. It is necessary to spread the socialist core values to the masses of the people with vivid stories, plump images and vivid language, so as to realize the social benefits and social values of literary morality and cultural people.

Bring out more "created in China"

Today, our country is transforming from "Made in China" to "Created in China". Literature also calls for "Chinese creation", telling Chinese stories with Chinese voice, showing Chinese style and highlighting Chinese spirit, which is the call of the new era for young writers.

The cultural collision and exchange brought about by the reform and opening up have led to the introduction of a large number of foreign literary works and literary theories, expanded the vision of Chinese writers, and played a positive role in the development of Chinese literature. However, the development of Chinese literature today, if it is still just "catching up" and "introducing", it is obviously not enough. If we can't open our mouth and write without leaving the theories and skills abroad, it can only show that we haven't found our own voice, our own story, and our own national spirit. In other words, cultural self-confidence and aesthetic self-confidence have not been established sufficiently. If cultural self-confidence and aesthetic self-confidence cannot be established, our writing will be easy to indulge in imitation and follow the trend, and it will be impossible to write a good new epic of the Chinese nation.

"If a worker wants to do his job well, he must first sharpen his tools.". In the turbulent world culture, the majority of young writers should value our national aesthetic tradition more, activate the ideological resources in the national cultural treasure house, establish our own theoretical system and discourse system, and present the brilliance of Chinese literature in telling the world a good story about China. At the same time, we should also establish a broad cultural vision. We should not only pay attention to the development trend of world literature, study the outstanding achievements of world literature, and absorb the nutritional essence to nourish our own writing, but also actively "go out", so as to better push the stories of China and the image of Chinese people to the people of the world, so that they can better feel the charm of Chinese literature, Deepen the understanding of Chinese culture and enhance the understanding, understanding and recognition of Chinese values and spirit.

Build Your Own "Literary Identification"

The "newness" of literature means the exploration and innovation of ideological content and artistic skills, and even the innovation of ideological concepts and social customs. A hundred years ago, at the beginning of Chinese new literature, the pioneers of the literary revolution eagerly called for literary innovation and progress, and proposed that "today's China should create today's literature". The New Culture Movement is to "establish the spirit of the new era and adapt to the environment of the new society". Mr. Lu Xun also enthusiastically encouraged young people to bravely voice "our modern voice". It can be said that innovation is the "original intention" of Chinese new literature. Looking back on the past and looking forward to the future, if the cause of socialist literature with Chinese characteristics is to maintain vitality and continue to prosper, it also needs young writers to adhere to the "original intention" and be brave to innovate.

Artistic innovation calls for the deepening and expansion of theme content. In the past 40 years of reform and opening up, profound changes have taken place in Chinese society. A large number of new things, new experiences and new ideas have emerged around us. To a great extent, many important aspects of our life were not written or not written enough by our predecessors. New stories and new contents in the new era need new writers to deeply express them. We talk about strengthening realistic literature creation and letting realism radiate strong artistic vitality. It sounds like an old topic, but it is actually a new task! The "reality" itself is the most fresh and dynamic, and the new era contains unlimited possibilities for theme and content innovation.

Artistic innovation also calls for the publicity of individual style and the new change of technique form. Young writers should establish their own artistic style in writing, not satisfied with "repeating the old tune", nor stop learning to imitate, but "sing with their own voice", build up their own "literary identity", not only with "insight" of learning from others, but also with "ingenuity" for my use. Artistic innovation also calls for the reform of literary concepts. With a broad historical perspective, from the height of human civilization and the general trend of the world, we can identify and grasp the reality we are in, and update our literary concepts. At present, the boundaries of literature are constantly expanding. Network novels, science fiction literature, we media writing, etc. have become new literary phenomena that have attracted much attention. The majority of young writers should further open their horizons and keep pace with the times.

Write the book "Self"

Young writers have two identities: "youth" and "writer". Young people are often the leaders of the times, and writers, as "engineers of human soul", shoulder the important mission of building morality and cultivating people with culture. Their influence is not only realized through the works they create, but also through their own words and deeds. Readers are not only reading the works, but also getting to know the writers, and are imperceptibly influenced by them. Therefore, the majority of young writers should not only write their own books, but also write their own books, constantly improve their personality and spiritual realm, and set an example for the youth and even the society.

Advocating literature and upholding morality and practicing both morality and art is not only a requirement for creators, but also a condition for the birth of great works. The moral level and personality cultivation of writers can never be separated from their creation. The majority of young writers should start from the initial stage of their writing career, consciously refine their noble sentiments, establish a correct view of history, nationality, country and culture, cultivate a high degree of moral awareness and social responsibility, and engrave their adherence to justice, their yearning for light, and their love for the people in their bones and words.

The writer's "morality" includes not only the "morality" and "virtue" in the general social sense, but also the special and specific "professional morality" and "professional responsibility" in literary work. To be specific, plagiarism, stereotype, random writing, rough manufacturing, only thinking about getting more results as soon as possible, and no patience to polish the works carefully are all manifestations of the lack of professional ethics and professional responsibility. The majority of young writers should strive to establish a sense of identity and responsibility, adhere to the professional ethics and professional responsibility of literary workers, handle the relationship between the quality and quantity of works, social benefits and economic benefits, and always put quality and social benefits first.

The prosperity and development of socialist literature with Chinese characteristics requires young writers to devote themselves to creating and climbing the peak. The centennial dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation calls on young writers to remember their mission and forge ahead. It is hoped that contemporary young writers will strengthen their ideals and beliefs, develop their excellent skills, be brave in innovation and creation, temper their noble character, and contribute their youth and talent to the prosperity and development of socialist literature with Chinese characteristics!

(The author is the Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Vice Chairman of the Chinese Writers Association)