Wu Yue, editor of Harvest , The journey of self awakening on the road to writing

Mondo Education Updated on 2024-02-01

In recent years, China's universities have gradually paid more and more attention to the cause of cultivating writers. The Department of Chinese, which has always been considered to "not cultivate writers", is now trying its best to change its image and actively open "creative writing" courses or majors to provide students with more writing opportunities and platforms. However, this transformation did not happen overnight. While young writers as a whole are characterized by a high degree of education, writing is still an arduous journey.

The story is born at the time of the change of Chinese departments in major universities. Professors who were once passively immersed in literary studies and ancient Chinese translation have opened their eyes to apprehension under the trend of the new era. They began to realize that nurturing writers is not only about equipping students with knowledge of literary theory, but also about providing them with opportunities to practice and experience the joy and challenge of writing. As a result, creative writing courses began to flourish on campuses.

As people often say, "Exams are coming up, and for me, writing is really a personal long march." This widely circulated golden sentence profoundly reveals the hardships and challenges of writing for authors. Whether it's in a composition class at a university or in a writing class during the winter vacation, writing is a long march for young writers again and again. They need to face a series of problems such as self-examination, skill improvement, and inspiration, and strive to convey their thoughts and emotions to readers accurately and vividly.

Although more and more young writers nowadays have advanced degrees, that doesn't mean that writing has become easier. Cultivating a writer requires more patience and persistence, which is something that cannot be achieved through a change of educational background or a semester or two of courses. As a subjective and emotionally rich creative process, writing requires writers to constantly hone and challenge themselves in order to complete the creation in the true sense.

In general, the attitude of Chinese Chinese departments towards cultivating writers has changed positively, and major universities have opened creative writing courses or majors. However, writing is still a long and challenging journey that has less to do with academic qualifications and more to do with individual effort and talent. Regardless of their educational background, young writers need to be courageous, constantly searching for their inner voice, and presenting their thoughts and emotions to readers in the most sincere way. This is the true meaning of writing, and it is also the "long march" that every writer must experience.

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