"Writing is a Memoir of his Creative Career" written by American writer Stephen King. Speaking of Stephen King, maybe you don’t know who he is, but when it comes to "The Shawshank Redemption", you must have read or heard of it. He has written more than forty novels and more than two hundred short stories, and more than a hundred film and television works have selected his novels as subject matter. This master, who won the American "Outstanding Contribution Award" and "Lifetime Achievement Award", wrote down his life experience, creative views and methods in "Writing" in vivid, humorous and self-deprecating language.
Master Jin said: "A barely competent writer can improve to be a good writer through hard work, physical and mental dedication." People who are new to writing often suffer from thinking about something but cannot write something out. How can I find a writing method that suits me? As long as we take a look at the master’s heart-wrenching stories, we can learn and practice it from time to time.
If you want to become a writer, you must first do two things: read more and write more, and there is no shortcut. Do you know how many comic books the master reads when he was a child? Six tons! Even as an adult, he reads seventy or eighty books every year. The ancients said, "If you read 300 Tang poems well, you will recite them even if you can't write poems." At that time, students first read the Four Books, Five Classics, and other schools of thought before seeking fame. Mr. Qian Zhongshu has read countless books in his life, and he has recorded 178 notes alone, totaling more than 70,000 pages. If you have not accumulated a certain amount of reading, I advise you to read first, read, and then read.
There is a fixed time for masters to write, which is every morning. Once he starts writing a book, he writes it every day, ten pages a day until he is finished, usually completing the first draft of a book within 3 months. This kind of regular creation is a good reference for those who want to learn to write. When writing becomes a habit, you will naturally enter the writing state as soon as you sit down, just like someone who has developed the habit of sleeping at 10 o'clock every night. Once the time comes, you can fall asleep quickly.
So what should I write? The master said, "Write whatever you want. You can do whatever you want... You just need to tell the truth." So write about what you know, start with the subject you like to read, and combine your understanding of life, friendship, love and work to make your work unique. The master's work "The Shining" is about an alcoholic writer, and he himself has had an alcoholic experience. The American novel "Black Wealthy Enterprise" mainly tells the story of a lawyer, and its author, John Grison, was also a lawyer. Therefore, for novices in writing, it is easier to write about the true feelings of people and things they are familiar with.
Regarding the structure of the story, the master said that whether it is a short story or a novel, it is composed of three parts, that is: narrative , pushing the story from point A to point B, and finally pushing it to point Z, and the story ends; describes , bringing readers into the scene, and appealing to the text to the scene presented in the mind. , let it appear on the paper, so that readers can feel immersive, just like in "Dream of Red Mansions", "two curves seem to be frowning but not frowning, and one pair of eyes that seem to be happy but not happy with affection." Cao Xueqin used two light strokes to outline Lin Daiyu's extraordinary appearance and sorrowful personality; dialogue with , giving life to the characters through specific words. One of the important rules is that if you can express something and let readers see it, you must never say it clearly. With these basic skeletons, no matter how much you write, you won’t go too far. It’s just that you fill the flesh and blood and flesh with a little thinner one.
After writing, another important step is to revise the manuscript. You can put the first draft after you finish writing it until you almost forget it and take it out and read it again. According to the master, this is a strange and pleasant experience. You read the stories you write from the perspective of others, just like performing for the audience, because the works you write are for readers, and we should not forget this at any time.
At the end of "Writing This Things", the master said: "You can write, you should write, and if you are brave enough and start writing, you have to keep writing." Indeed, we don’t have to read a book to learn to write. Writing is not life, but sometimes it is a path to return to life. If you love writing, all you can do is write more. In the process of writing behind closed doors, you will gain your own unique insights.
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