Writing is more difficult for a writing novelist than climbing to the sky.
And I am this writing novices. At the beginning, how did I learn from 0 to 1 step by step and gradually develop habits?
But now, how have I been learning to write for half a year?
I am very Buddhist in writing, and I am not compared with others, afraid of messing up my own pace.
Because I read books slowly and wrote slowly, I also made very slow progress.
Sometimes when you see other friends, you can read a book a day, or even write a thousand words every day. It is a lie to say that you don’t envy.
But my actual situation is: going to work, taking care of children, doing housework... the only time left to sleep belongs to me.
For a while, I was very anxious, afraid that I would lose too much study, so I often read at night. Later, I felt that I was not energetic and adjusted my anxious mentality.
From then on, I comforted myself: I don’t compare with others, but only surpass myself yesterday.
As long as I am today’s self compared to yesterday, that is my harvest and growth.
So, if you are in the same situation as me, don’t create anxiety and internal friction for yourself, don’t use any data to “force” yourself, even if it’s a little slower or slower, it doesn’t matter.
As long as you flow slowly and insist on input and output, it is the result of learning.
1. Why did I learn to write at the beginning?
When I decided to learn to write, it was because I was a blogger of Xiaohongshu for half a year and got free paper books...
At that time, my sharing of Xiaohongshu’s reading notes was very simple, which was pictures + mind map + excerpts of classic quotes. I couldn’t write any reading notes, book reviews, etc. The whole book introduction was not rich in content, and the text was not in-depth, so it did not attract readers at all.
In order to better write a deep and shared reading review, by chance, I saw the introduction of Teacher Qi’s homepage on the Jianshu platform, and then got a comprehensive understanding of the writing community.
Teacher Qi’s community covers a wide range of writing courses, including: stories, how to publish books, book reviews, film reviews, new media writing, etc., as well as community services throughout the year, book recommendations, submissions, etc.
For the recommendation of Teacher Qi’s rich courses and writing channels, I signed up for the 2022 writing training camp without hesitation to start my writing career.
Teacher Qi said: "We must be friends of time and be a long-termist."
So, I know that learning writing cannot be completed overnight. You must go through the tempering of time and repeated revisions to create a writing path.
2. What changes have I changed after writing?
Time is so fast. It’s already November winter in a blink of an eye. I’ve calculated it with my fingers and I’ve been learning to write for more than half a year. It’s not long, and I don’t write much, but compared to myself before, I do have many minor changes.
01
Learn to write a framework for self-media
Before, when I wrote reading notes, I only knew how to excerpt some golden sentences and write a writing mind map. I have written very little about the evaluation and introduction of the whole book, and I have basically no own insights, and I will not summarize and share them.
A reading note is dry, without sharing points, and there is no desire to read down.
Now I have a clear writing understanding of the writing framework and structure. After reading a book, I will determine the topic, give a sub-thesis overview, or share the book in a summary manner.
uses this to trigger deep thinking and summary, and finally take an eye-catching title to attract readers to click and read. Like this book "Writing Money that Everyone Can Learn" will teach writing novices in detail.
02
can write thousands of words, and the value of "altruism" highlights
In the past, as long as I wrote articles, my mind was blank and I didn't know how to write; the words I wrote were either scattered or were logical, without value, and were purely entertaining. As for the number of words, it would be good to be able to write 300 words!
Now I have established a writing material library according to Teacher Qi’s method. I will copy the golden sentences I saw or shared by others in my material library and collect them in different categories.
Every time I write an article, I will boldly write down what I think and what I think based on the writing framework and quote the golden sentences from the material library. Such an article will look more soulful.
For example: I wrote "Is marriage a multiple-choice question or a required question? 》》 "Writing inspiration, teach you five ways to write with your pen" and other articles, which are credited with the material library.
Now I basically finish reading a book and can write more than 1,500 words by picking up the pen. The content I write is valuable for sharing. Whenever I see my own progress, I feel a little accomplishment.
03
Harvest friends with the same frequency
In the past, my life circle was all colleagues, friends or clients, and there were almost no people around me who liked to read and write. Many times, you can’t find friends with common preferences, let alone communicate and learn.
Now that I have joined Teacher Qi’s writing training camp, I have gained many good friends with the same frequency.
Reading and writing is inseparable. Friends who like to read must like to share and love words. Some of them like to write stories, some like to write prose... They are all very talented friends, and we often cheer each other, encourage and exchange writing experience in the group.
My circle of friends is filled with a strong sense of bookishness and literary atmosphere, and I like this atmosphere.
04
won the third prize in writing, build confidence
I never thought that the first article I contributed would win the award! In June this year, I won the third prize in the writing competition of Teacher Qi's writing training camp, and I was awarded Jian Shubei 666.
And this article "Reading, Opening a New World of My Writing" has allowed me to establish more confidence in writing since then and laid my expectations for a beautiful writing.
At the same time, I wrote and checked in for 121 days through Jianshu platform. Now I am the creator of Jianshu. I want to continue to move towards my next goal!
05
Writing allows me to boldly establish a reading community
to share reading and spread reading. It is a very beautiful and meaningful thing. Since reading and writing, I have had my own plan to build a community, but it has not started yet.
With the encouragement and help of Teacher Qi and his class teacher Qiqi, I began to recruit readers and posters.
So far, more than 100 friends who like to read have been recruited. We check in and read in the community every day and share the content of reading. It has been 2 months since then.
group is very simple, very simple, just to cultivate the habit of reading.
There is a saying for you: those seemingly uninterrupted days will suddenly see the meaning of persistence on a certain day.
06
Writing, let me start a side job
At the end of this year, I added new goals to myself and started a side job related to books - I opened an online bookstore and joined a public welfare book partner, and shared good books from time to time every month.
This is my first side job, I think I will stick to it until I get old.
Because sharing good books with others is a very meaningful thing.
share your own writing more than the above.
Writing for half a year has brought me not only spiritual abundance, but also spiritual pleasure. I did not use masks as an excuse to "stirreplace" at home because I was at home. On the contrary, I am living a fulfilling life every day now.
We should cherish time, use every minute and every second, spend time on what we like, and constantly sow and cultivate.
If you want to bring growth to yourself through words like me, then pick up the pen and write from now on!
You must believe:
There is no way to go in life, every step counts;
There is no word to write in life, every word is a dream!
This is what we encourage each other~
