Shared content:

0 1, several input methods

02. Suggestions on reading

03. Arrangement of articles from the media and matters needing attention

04. How to choose a writing platform?

05. How to expand communication in the industry?

06. What should I do if I encounter a bottleneck?

Several ways to input 0 1

As we all know, a large number of high-quality inputs are the premise of output.

There are many ways to input, usually: books, movies, music, travel, life experiences. Then you think for yourself, summarize and form the output.

A person with life accumulation will write more articles, so life accumulation is very important. If the accumulation of self-life is not enough, then books, movies and music will be easy input channels.

Among these points, direct life experience is very important. If you want to communicate more with your friends, you might as well think about things for a few days and listen to others' words, which will be enlightening and save a lot of time.

02 reading suggestions

The amount of reading determines a person's language expression ability and thinking mode. Reading is to let us know ourselves better and become better ourselves.

First, the difference between reading classic books and bestsellers

Some friends will look down on bestsellers, but I think as a starting writer, classic books are the foundation and will cultivate your basic world outlook and literary sense. But bestsellers also need to read a few books to understand what is popular at the moment.

When I read bestsellers, I mainly study why they are popular, find out what I think they are well written and why I think they sell well. There are also those key sentences that particularly impress readers. I will collect them as some materials for my future writing.

For example, books from Zhou Chong, Li Shanglong and even Mi Meng can be read. Not that we must learn from them, but that we can learn a lot from their books. After Jing M.Guo and Han Han, The Story Club is a very successful work. His "Passing Through Your World", the style of each article is probably a small and fresh healing story, and then a golden sentence is added to make a summary. No matter what the elites say, he has firmly grasped the basic point of the bottom public sentiment, which is also successful.

Lian Yue's self-media articles are well written and convincing, but he is based on profound life accumulation. It is not necessarily suitable for authors who have just started their careers or whose life accumulation is not so thick. I think the key is to find a style that suits you and stick to it.

Of course, it is mainly based on classics. After all, the knowledge of bestsellers is too thin. Read more difficult or unpopular books, because high-quality output is based on high-quality input.

Second, then, what classic books should we read?

My personal experience is that literature is erratic. Besides literary masterpieces, it is helpful to read more books on psychology, history and philosophy.

1, psychology books, can make you know more about human nature.

In fact, all opinions are based on human nature. Writing new ideas from old ideas depends on your deep understanding of human nature and your personal way of thinking.

Reading books on psychology can help you learn more about human nature. For example, there are Psychology and Life and Intimacy. It is not a psychological monograph, but closely related to human nature are influence, human weakness and our country and people. If you want to write more articles about women's feelings, you should read more books on women's subjects. simone beauvoir's The Second Sex is the most profound one. Of course, you can also have sex with women you admire and listen to their understanding and views on things. It's not that difficult to be profound. If you want to be profound, you must input profound content.

2, read more history books, history is always strikingly similar.

Karl, a famous British historian, said, "History is a constant dialogue with reality". Read today's knowledge and learn from history. History will tell you that there is nothing new under the sun, and the problems you encounter are actually platitudes for the earth, which will provide you with ready-made reference answers. For example, we can learn a lot from the fifteen years of Wanli, the outline of China people's history, the collapse of China, and the lighter things in the Ming Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms.

I know that Qi Jin in our group is a history student and used to be a history teacher. So when you look at his articles, you often talk about the past and the present, which shows the author's profound historical foundation.

3. Read some philosophy books, and philosophy will teach you the way of thinking and methodology.

No philosophy, no profundity. As a starting point, we can choose Nietzsche's Zarathustra and some works by Schopenhauer, such as The Wisdom of Life, which are less boring and easier to use. Let's take a look at Heidegger and so on after advanced.

You can find a writer you like and can read, read through his works and learn vertically.

The classic books are almost the same, and Dostoevsky often reads them, so I won't go into details here. Personally, I prefer to watch the deportation of Allen and Keigo Higashino in my spare time. I am not tired of reading, but I can write.

People in China prefer to see Yu Hua and Jiang Xun in Liu Yuhe. Many people say that Yu Hua is not good at literature. Writers in the 1950s and 1960s may have low academic qualifications and theoretical attainments due to historical reasons, but it does not affect them to become masters. Writing requires not only excellent writing, but also profound thinking. When it comes to literary talent, you can read more works by masters in the Republic of China, such as Zhou Zuoren, whose writing style is more particular.

Liu Yu's books are full of atmosphere, humor, readability and ideological content. If I don't read Liu Yu, I don't know how smart people can write books. I highly recommend it.

Needless to say, Jiang Xun, an old man with profound historical and aesthetic knowledge, especially likes his Six Lectures on Loneliness.

5. Recommended bibliography of writing skills:

(1) robert mckee's The Story, the first must-read classic for screenwriters, clearly expounds the core principles of story creation and is suitable for any writer.

(2) Wen Xin by Xia Mianzun and Ye Shengtao, a book dedicated to reading and writing.

(3) vogler's "The Writer's Journey", a Bible written by European and American writers, is full of insight and inspiration, which opens up plays, movies and novels.

Novel writing skills:

(1) Cliff's novel writing tutorial

(2) Dixon and Smythe's short story writing guide.

(3) lawrence block's Brock novel school.

(4) The Thirteen Lessons for Novelists by Wang Anyi

When talent can't support your dreams, study quietly and study hard in the future. The so-called book full of poems, reading others in the book, and then finding your true self.

Typesetting of articles from the media and matters needing attention

First, the layout of self-media articles

1 First of all, the logic of writing should be reasonable.

Some authors write beautifully, but the logic of their articles is relatively lacking, which is a serious injury. Because studying literature may be more emotional and then less rational. Without sensibility, you may not be able to write a good article, but without rationality, your article cannot be written in depth. As mentioned above, you can read more books on historical philosophy and train your thinking.

2, the article should have its own unique point of view.

Self-media articles actually emphasize opinions, but a hot spot has come, and everyone's opinions are often similar. I don't like it much when I watch it too much. The key is to innovate and think more. Every time you get a proposition, you should spend more time and think more. Can you have other viewpoints and angles until you think of one that satisfies you?

3. Learn to tell stories.

Story is the carrier of thought; Don't talk too much, let readers draw their own conclusions through stories. From the media articles, we all know that the simplest model is three stories and one conclusion. Of course, if you write too much, you will get tired of this routine. The structure of cases should be set well, not parallel, and it is best to have a progressive relationship or positive and negative cases.

4. The title is very important.

For can cause * * * sound, or have reservations; Arouse curiosity, so that readers will click in. If the article is a house, then the title is the door that attracts readers into the house.

The beginning and the end of the article are very important.

The first three sentences should attract readers' interest in reading. And there must be a golden sentence at the end, so that readers can gain something. Because now is an era of fast reading, if readers are not inspired, they will not be interested in this article, nor will they collect or forward it.

To sum up, we should control the proportion of opinions, stories, golden sentences and conclusions.

Second, other matters needing attention in writing from the media

1, the beginning of writing begins with imitation.

In the initial stage, I think it is necessary to imitate and practice some popular article styles. Study their writing, structure and title. If writing is not a genius, it all starts with imitation. Only by writing more can we gradually form our own style and be unique.

Also, at first, don't write too hard. Writing is a long-term thing, so stick to it and exert yourself evenly. I have a literary friend in the group, Sun Mei. I worked really hard at the beginning, almost a month, one article a day, sometimes two articles a day. The efficiency is so high that I am dumbfounded. In less than a month, I suffered a cervical injury and went to the hospital for treatment several times. My neck is almost less and less, which also affects my writing mood. I would like to remind everyone to pay attention to the health of cervical spine and exercise more when writing. You see many writers have the habit of running, such as Haruki Murakami.

2. Think before you start writing.

But don't take too long to get pregnant, otherwise it's easy to forget. And the idea should stand from the public's point of view, not limited to your own preferences, after all, you are not writing a diary.

Don't rush to publish the first draft after writing it.

Some new authors are so anxious that they can't wait to push them after writing. Resulting in many imperfections. Here, I want to say that Sun is beautiful and impatient. He can't spend an evening writing a manuscript, so he must send it at once. After sending it, he found that some details were not up to standard, and they were in a mess and could not be changed. In fact, it is better to put a day or two to modify or delete the article; Sometimes you may feel that the changes are getting worse, but in essence your revised draft is definitely better than the first draft.

4. Don't be afraid of being scolded.

There will always be people who like an article and people who don't. It is normal to be scolded. But let's not write those accusations just to rub hot spots or attract attention, because it's not easy for everyone.

You can try everything in the early stage, and you must gradually form your own fixed style and characteristics in the later stage.

This is very important. It's best to let people know that you wrote this article at first sight. If you have a distinctive personal style, then you will have more market.

For example, Qian, the signing author of Jane's Series, her two series of works, Music Random Talk and Goddess of the Republic of China Collection, are impressive and have become her distinctive labels, although the reading volume is not as high as her Chicken Soup.

6. The pen name is your label. I suggest you take a pen name.

Be sure to choose a pen name that is easy to remember and pass on, recognizable and has its own style.

For example, Sun is beautiful. Because she is beautiful, she gave herself such an alias. At first, I thought the name was a bit tacky and ostentatious, but later I found that it was very recognizable, easy to remember and loud, and the literary friends responded well. There is still a summer and a half, and I love my life. These pen names are quite easy to remember, and seeing names is like seeing people.

7. Self-media writing is only the starting point of writing, and it is still a long way from real literary writing.

If you want to publish, you have to pay attention to the text. Friends who may study literature or write periodicals pay more attention to words, ranging from the whole style of writing to a punctuation mark. Other professional or purely self-media friends, some don't pay much attention to the modification of words, and even the most basic "sense, gain and place" can't be distinguished.

How to choose a writing platform?

Now the mobile Internet is very developed, which is the golden age of writing. There are many platforms for writing, and the old and the new emerge one after another. If you have the energy, you can operate on the whole platform. If your energy is limited, choose a few key breakthroughs that you think are suitable for you. There is always a platform for you. Promotion is really important, but after all, the quality of the article is the most important. Under the premise of limited energy, it is still very important to write the article well first.

For new authors, the simplified book is a good platform, and newcomers are relatively easy to stir up. There are many WeChat official account and editors from publishing houses. But it's harder to simplify books now than before. It is not so easy to read more than 3000 books on the home page and hot spots.

Personally, the focus is on the official WeChat account and Uncle Jian, followed by Today's headlines and Weibo from the media.

Writing should bear loneliness. Because writing is not an immediate thing, don't care about short-term returns; Time is the best friend, and he will give you the answers you want. This requires us to constantly know ourselves, break through ourselves, and be self-disciplined and self-controlled.

During this period, you will definitely experience the idea of giving up many times, but suddenly one day, you will find that persistence is not so difficult, and it even becomes your instinct. In other words, you should be persistent enough and have strong active learning ability; Stick to it and luck will come.

In addition, it should be noted that the propositional compositions given by some online platforms are similar hot topics, and the topics are even exactly the same as hot articles. When we receive the propositional compositions given by these platforms, we must pay attention to avoiding plagiarism. Unless you have a particularly distinctive point of view, you can try it, otherwise it's much the same.

How to expand communication in the industry?

1, it is very important to meet noble people, and you should enter the writer circle more.

Each tuba has its own readers and authors. If you contribute more, you will have the opportunity to be pulled into the group by the editor. Even if you don't talk, listening to conversations between other authors will be very enlightening.

The other platform is the writer circle. Although it is not a million-size, the platform is good and many big editors will pay attention to it. If your original debut is there, the editor will also recommend it to all the large sizes for you.

Of course, if there is an opportunity to share, don't turn it off, because sharing is also a way of self-organization and learning. Teaching is the best learning, and you will make greater progress through teaching and learning.

2. Cooperation and independence in writing.

One person walks fast, and a group of people walk far.

Writing is a very lonely thing, and it is also a pleasure to cooperate with literary friends and work together. Mutual trust and tolerance are the most important.

Because they all know each other online, they have never met each other in life, and the people they write are generally sensitive and delicate, which is easy to hurt spring and grieve for autumn. If the two sides lack trust and tolerance, it is easy to have misunderstandings and contradictions, and even break up in discord and blame each other.

If you insist on going alone, that's fine. Remember to help new people when you have spare time. Because everyone is like this, I also got help and encouragement from many literary friends and teachers at the beginning of writing. For example, my classmates who have been in the summer vacation for half a month have given me great help.

What should I do if I encounter a bottleneck?

After writing for a period of time, every author will feel a bottleneck and be hollowed out; I don't know what to write, or I'm not satisfied with what I wrote.

In particular, the official account of WeChat is published a lot every week, and sometimes she is very anxious. However, the reasons for the bottleneck are similar. Writing is a process of massive input and then output. When you can't write, stop reading, chatting with people, watching movies, catching up with plays, traveling, and recording the inspiration you encounter at any time, and then something will naturally be output. Many people often just write the first few sentences and can't write any more. The method is simple. Just bite the bullet and write, or simply change the beginning, or change the theme. Try as hard as you can. There's always something you can write.

Writing needs deliberate practice, besides talent, it is diligence. Maybe it takes only one hour for others to write a good article, but it takes several hours for you. Others can write a good article by writing two short articles, but you need to write more than a dozen short articles to write a good article, and even dozens of short articles can't write a good article. It doesn't matter, the important thing is to write well and write badly, and failure is also part of the growth process.