Summary of the ninth episode, lets talk about literature.
I have finished writing the ninth episode of "". I praise myself as usual. I did a good job in the ninth episode and have achieved the goal I set when I started writing.
When I started writing "Hidden Kill", I realized that I was not capable of large-scale structure. All the planned climaxes of "Hidden Kill" were only successful in the end. When "Alienation" began to deliberately train, the "Alienation"
I mastered the skills in the second half, and then went to "". Looking back on the whole process, ten years have passed.
After writing the ninth episode, the exercise of controlling the structure of millions of words can come to an end.
The remaining two episodes are slowly ending and warming up, and it’s time for me to move on to a new exercise direction.
Looking back at the episode "The Broad Land", it has 140 chapters and more than 700,000 words. I'm afraid it is also the longest episode in the whole series. It took nearly two years, but overall, it should be considered the most satisfactory to me.
One episode, starting from You Hongzhuo, to the Zezhou Incident, to Wang Shitong, the Jurchens going south to the death of Lin Chong, the death of Tian Shi, Lou Shuwan's resistance and the rebirth of Liangshan, and then the collapse of the Wu Dynasty... written
It was very slow and cautious, but what needed to be shaped was done with the fullest emotion.
I think it corresponds to "The Vast Land", so it's not off topic.
There are still two episodes left. The next episode is called "Long Night in Spring" and it is a poem by Lu Xun:
I am used to spending long nights in spring, and my wife will have hair on her temples.
In the dream, there are vague tears of loving mother, and the king's flag changes on the city wall.
I can't bear to watch my friends become new ghosts, and look for poems among the swords angrily.
After chanting, I lowered my eyebrows and found nothing to write about. The moonlight shone like water on my clothes.
This poem was written in the context of the murder of some patriotic poets in March 1st. When writing this title, I also took the artistic conception of the second and third sentences: In the dream, there are faint tears of loving mother, the king's flag changes on the city wall. I can't bear to watch my friends become new ghosts.
, angrily looking for small poems among the swords.
The changing king's flag at the top of the city is about the rise of the princes, and the short poem about the angry swordsman is about awakening, so this will probably be the tone of the tenth episode.
Of course, this is a very enjoyable novel, and the reason why it is so literary here is just to lead to the next topic, about writing.
I have talked about some basic ideas about writing before. In a single chapter for readers, sometimes I don’t want to talk too deeply. More importantly, I still want to emphasize that we are very happy in every chapter, but as you can see
, I accidentally got the first place in the monthly ticket. People of this kind and that will appear. Some people are very superficial and don't care about scolding. There are also some people who feel that they are very meaningful and come over to talk about this and that. They talk about some basic things and are not popular.
To understand literature, it sometimes interferes with the reader's reading mood, and even gives readers the idea that "this book is very low-level." This morning in the book club, I saw everyone discussing this kind of troublemaker.
When it comes to monthly tickets, I don’t have much confidence, and this time the monthly ticket list really has nothing to do with my operation, but when it comes to literature... let me just talk to you in the simplest way about why this book is like this.
First of all, we want to talk about two pre-concepts: the nature of art and the nature of words.
It's a little boring, but it's necessary. Of course, after reading it briefly, please pretend you haven't seen it, because these things have nothing to do with reading.
Regarding art, you will be told many, many definitions and characteristics in college. These are the characteristics deduced from all the objects we currently define as "artworks", but in fact, for me,
Art is simple: art is thinking.
The emotions or perceptions of any of us at any moment can be a kind of art. Let’s put it this way, the crystal clear thinking of a six-year-old child is a kind of art, and the youthful ignorance of a fifteen-year-old boy is a kind of art.
It is an art for fourteen-year-olds to face the stumblings of society, running around at thirty is an art, hesitation at forty, bursting out at fifty, letting go at sixty... your thoughts at any moment
They are all art, but we usually extract a pure section or the entire feeling with chaotic attributes to convey it.
Feel the current moment of your life. The complexity in your mind is far greater than people imagine. The problem is that our thinking is opaque, so we need to pass it through two steps. First, see clearly every feature of your thinking.
The second is to convey this characteristic through a carrier. Any object that can convey complex, intense or pure thinking and materialize it is the so-called art.
The essence of words is the carrier of thinking. It is a tool. We can use words to record the way of making pie, and we can use words to record a life sentiment. The former is a reference book, such as a textbook, and the latter is
Sage words, such as "The Analects of Confucius", and later pure story scripts appeared, describing a story or a period of life. However, by describing a story and a period of life, what has been or is not yet available in works such as "The Analects of Confucius"
It is literature that uses rationalization and allows readers to empathize with each other.
Of course, this is literature in the current narrow sense. Compared with the nature of words, it is not worth mentioning. I don’t know tens of thousands of years ago, our ancestors’ thinking could not communicate, and then created words, and various experiences and insights were passed on.
Human experience is superimposed from generation to generation, and we stand out from animals. This instrumentality of words is the thing that makes me feel the most excited.
Why do we have to talk about these two concepts? Firstly, there will be some fools who come here with college textbooks to criticize, and use nouns that they don’t understand to fool people. Don’t be fooled, everything they say is not true.
It will surpass these two concepts. The second one lies in the following content.
I grew up reading all kinds of classics. I am in my early twenties and love literature. However, I am in a period of weakness in literature. Some people who come to make trouble will say that I would rather read "xxxx" to read books like yours. Yes, in the end
What makes me wonder is why people don't watch "xxxx" anymore, it obviously contains such good principles.
Later, I gradually understood the basic steps for people to accept experience. Ten years old becomes twenty years old, and twenty years old becomes thirty years old. It is not because you tell others a correct truth and others will understand it immediately. Ten
A person who is twenty years old slowly understands the truth of being twenty years old through experiencing one thing after another and through comparing and digesting information. Twenty years old people also stand on his foundation and accept the information he can accept, one by one.
In contrast, he experienced one thing after another. At a certain point, he finally understood through an experience at the age of thirty.
The important thing is to repeat the process, not to state the conclusion. Many truths in the world may have been known to people five thousand years ago.
This is a very simple enlightenment thinking, but our entire modern literature has abandoned it. Those "authors" and "writers" are keen to throw out a conclusion, and then look at most people in society: "You
Why don't you understand?" Then they are complacent and self-admiring.
In addition, there are many literary masterpieces and world-class masterpieces. Due to their contemporary nature, they cannot be the first to click in the minds of readers aged ten or twenty, so they cannot be popularized. "" is based on such a premise.
, the experimental article produced.
We live in a relatively impetuous era, with various anti-Japanese dramas and various logical deficiencies. In the process of writing this book, some people came out and thought that the suffering era was just some people fighting for power.
Some people also think that I am very humble and must be afraid of death in that era, so those who are not afraid of death are people made of special materials. However, this is not the case, they are all ordinary people.
This is an experimental direction, and its fundamental purpose is that I want to try, when I completely understand what our readers want to see, can I use this method to convey some of what I understand?
Things, even the core of thinking that I saw in many classics, were actually handed over.
Since it is an experiment, there are many deliberate contrasts, such as blurring reality, adding fables and stories, and highlighting purpose in some places.
At the beginning of the article, when I was writing the disaster relief brochure, I came up with the idea after seeing a modern disaster relief brochure. When I wrote it, I blurred out the specific things. It just means that everyone can understand it. Why?
It is not important. Many people will think that various details are important, but in this book, I tried my best to avoid a lot of things, industrial systems, formations... "How We Reproduced the Modern Industrial System in Ancient Times" except
It is a game for science students. It has no practical significance at all. Of course, we can write about it. Sometimes such deductions are very interesting.
I don’t have to write either.
In this article, I have also separated out the "principles" to be output in a long way, which affects reading, but the purpose is to see if this method can convey something when the plot reaches a certain level.
How many.
It must be subtle and everything must be integrated into the plot so that readers can understand it. Who doesn't know? But how many people can understand it well? The reason "Water Margin" has become one of the four famous works is that it tells the weakness of peasant rebellion, "
"It's good to surrender." How many people can see that? When writing about Liangshan, some people shouted that Water Margin is a hero. Not long ago, some fools came to me on Zhihu and said that Water Margin is recognized as a hero.
Is it because of your prejudice... Prejudice? Your sister has zero points in reading comprehension. Take it all back and correct it! They also think that they are very thoughtful guys.
Many people don’t read Water Margin because people whose brains are not yet fully developed cannot see the meaning in the middle.
I know the standard for "literary masterpieces". If it is written like this, anyone can see something. The author does not provide any guidance, it is the standard. I know, but if I don't do that, it is not something that this society urgently needs.
I don't respect that kind of literary theory that knows it like a fool but doesn't know why. I only respect the dignity of words to this society.
In the process of writing this book, I received a lot of praise and a lot of criticism. In a very malicious question on Zhihu, I once saw an evaluation, which made me feel that the direction of my efforts is good.
The full text is as follows, from a student named Fang Chenguang:
"Dear experts, I don't know if Banana's online articles have contributed or how much they have contributed, but as a college graduate who has not received a higher education system, I can tell you that you overestimate the spiritual height of the students at the bottom.
.As far as I am concerned, thousands of students in the entire college are full of desires. There are more than 60 people in our class. Internet cafes, online writing, gambling, drinking, and falling in love are the spiritual pursuits of most people. Banana’s writing is low in depth and not rigorous, but the powerful people
, at least he taught me to read traditional literature, read the four major classics, and understand that the ancients were so smart, and that there are other things more meaningful than making money. This is something that teachers who have been studying for more than ten years cannot teach me, because I read
They are also forced and are naturally resistant to knowledge. I think it is not important whether it is a classic or not. The key is to actually do something good and give real help to those at the bottom. We need kind and heartfelt reminders, rather than a slap in the face."
Seeing such comments, I can laugh off all the idiotic comments based on "literary theory" that they themselves don't understand.
Talking about words, about ten years ago, when I wrote "Diary of Survival in a Foreign Land", I was pursuing gorgeous writing style, similar to the thick and thick translation style. One thing I still remember is that there is a
A friend sent me a link to this book for me to read. It is a historical text written by an author who imitates ancient texts. His skills are very profound. My friend was shocked and I was confused. This can only be a small game, such as culture.
It's okay when people are full. Play a little game to entertain yourself. Using this kind of thing to write a book will affect your reading. Do you know how to write a book?
Of course, at that time, writing itself was a kind of self-pleasure, so I didn’t say much about it, but around that time, I began to determine the direction of my writing efforts, trimmed a lot of unnecessary modifications and words, and reduced the proportion of my thinking output.
as the only standard for writing.
I haven't completely finalized my writing style yet. I envy Mao Ni very much at this point. He did it a few years ago. In the process of the last two episodes, I may look for more directions and methods to finalize it. From now on
No matter if it takes five or ten years, this is something that must be done.
So back to the beginning, what is the most important thing to me? It is the social nature of words. We want to make art and we pursue art, but why should we pursue it? Because find the commonalities between people and pass on your feelings.
Giving it to others can save others time to experience and mature, and can make people more aware of the beauty of this world, which ultimately plays a role in society.
When many people worship literary masterpieces, and literary masterpieces are so high, but people think this is a matter of course, where is the pride of being a human being? Find a way! Many people think that this society has developed very much, and all kinds of knowledge are very profound.
In fact, it is not the case at all. There was no literature in China before modern times. Dream of Red Mansions and Water Margin were all small games for educated people. Starting from the enlightenment thinking of Lu Xun’s generation, literature began to have a purpose and be linked to everyone in society. It serves us.
I hope everyone can slowly understand those good things through literature.
By the 1980s, the Enlightenment thinking had declined. People believed in all kinds of messy literary ideas, and they didn’t understand why. As a result, a large number of self-admired “literary men” emerged. And now, if we actually calculate, the so-called literature
It’s hard to say whether development will take a hundred years. Its purpose, its role, and where it will ultimately reach are all yet to be determined. We have only just begun.
So "" is such an experimental article. I want to do something that we can theoretically do.
These words are very serious, and I shouldn’t say them all here. I occasionally discuss them with some teachers whose literary theory systems are quite mature. But if someone comes over with some immature theoretical textbooks for the first year of college,
When it is said that this book does not meet the requirements here, so this or that affects everyone's reading experience, you can tell them confidently:
You know nothing about writing a book!
Then everyone can forget about it and just read happily.
This is the single chapter of episode nine.
Welcome to the tenth episode of "The Long Night of Spring".