About Writing

I am short of articles recently, which is known to all fans. Things have changed since I started working, and I have little energy to write something by myself. Most of them are essays, three or five sentences, which are not articles.

A few days ago, I contacted several friends and asked them if they had any manuscripts. Give me some water, and somehow I can get some money for steamed bread.

Unexpectedly, everyone said: Oh, my writing is not good. What will others think when I post it? Don't be laughed at.

In fact, this is a very strange phenomenon. Since I became a teacher, I have become more and more aware that poorly written works are rarely criticized, and people will encourage you to encourage you to write. On the contrary, those who write better are more likely to gain some critical insights.

It can also be explained from the perspective of psychology in the past that human beings are not good enough to see others. They will always try to find some shortcomings for you to avoid being beaten.

I have insisted on writing for many years. Since I started my blog in 2008, I have written something every month more or less. I am also a good amateur.

Many people actually have a misconception about writing: I read less books, accumulate less, and I can't write good articles. In fact, writing is a slow process. People who read many books may not be able to write, and those who can write may not read many books. Writing requires repeated practice, word for word polishing, and using your current highest level to criticize your articles, so as to achieve the effect of self-improvement. The process of improving writing is the same as that of practicing music, chess, calligraphy and painting. You need to calm down. Don't think about quick success or sudden enlightenment. You need to spend time to practice. It's better to find a good teacher to guide you and find out the shortcomings. After you reach the level of proficiency, you can start to walk out of your own style.

Many people will say that after you have written for so many years, we have to spend the same amount of time to accumulate and read some famous works to compare with you and write some bullshit articles.

What you said is quite unreasonable.

The most taboo thing about writing is the tendency of perfectionism. Never say that every article you write should reach a certain level, let alone that I can't do it, nor can those writers who have become famous for a long time.

My writing is also slowly honed. I am at different stages in different periods and have different writing styles.

At the beginning, I pursued the floweriness of rhetoric, metaphor, exaggeration, parallelism and other rhetorical devices at my fingertips, and thought that this was a good article.

When I went to college, I found that writing is to be close to life. I have to blend feelings into it, and take the lyric route. All kinds of environmental and psychological descriptions are integrated into the lines to create a scene atmosphere.

Later, when I came into contact with Lu Xun, I was immediately amazed. The simple line drawing is enough to describe the characters thoroughly. It is amazing that there is such a sharp pen in the world that can depict the flesh and blood of the old era so clearly.

Later, I came into contact with Lao She, whose grasp of the level and oblique tones made me refreshing. I began to try to reduce the frequency of the oblique tones when revising, so as to give readers a positive reading experience.

Then I came into contact with all kinds of religions, brought the world cognition of Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism, Christianity and other schools into the article, and added some philosophy to the article.

I also studied psychology for a period of time and tried to apply psychological suggestion to literary creation.

Now I also take time to study poetry writing, from pre Qin folk songs to Yuefu poetry, from Tang poetry and Song poetry to Yuan Opera stereotype, from the creator's life background to the artistic conception of writing, and because each time I appreciate the excellent works of our predecessors, I have different experiences, so when I practice writing, I will be very handy.

A good article is revised, and a person's good writing is practiced. You have good works at the current stage. Maybe you will find them nonsense and have no sense of art when you look back several years later. But from the perspective of phased development, any one of your works at any time is preparing for your next work.

Therefore, the progressive process of writing is the process of constantly overthrowing your current level. We should not adopt the attitude of "no one asks us for ten years, and we will become famous all over the world at once". We should learn to accept the disappointments in the process of progress.

At first, it was difficult for you to write an article to satisfy yourself. After holding back three or five hundred words, it seemed that you had exhausted all your strength. Every sentence was like squeezing toothpaste. After writing, you didn't know what the focus of your writing was or what you wanted to express to the readers.

This is very normal. Our daily communication and oral expression rely more on perceptual thinking. Now we need to write down these contents in the way of written expression. Rational thinking has the upper hand, and fighting between lines has lost logic and order, which is common at the beginning of creation.

Don't be afraid of trying to write when your level is low. Whether it's essays or official documents, after writing three or five hundred articles, you will always form a stereotype thinking. When you write again, you will have your own methods and ideas.

As above, it was written on the night of November 22.