After stopping writing for 5 months, I set sail again, and I wrote more than 10 articles in a month
Text: February Cat.
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I'm February Cat, a student of the 46th class of the story class. On April 12 this year, I signed up for Tang Xiaoxiao's storytelling class, and after the 21-day course, I submitted an article.
I know it very well in my heart. The reason why I was able to pass the manuscript was completely lucky, and I picked up the materials provided by the teacher in class. If I had to write it properly, I still wouldn't.
What bothers me the most is that I don't know how to put pen to paper, and I can't put the material together silkily.
In order to better solve the shortcomings, I immediately signed up for the one-on-one improvement class in June.
On the first day of class, the head teacher, Mr. Yang Buregret, asked us to set goals first.
I set myself the goal of going through the manuscript and solving some problems in writing, such as the difficulty of writing. Then we were asked to write the full article and send it to her.
The next day, it took me 3 hours to finish my homework. I also checked it a few times from beginning to end, and I thought it was all right, so I handed it in with joy.
In the evening, the feedback from Mr. Yang completely slapped me in the face. She hit the nail on the head and pointed out the problems in the article: too much small material in the background was piled up, and the plot development dragged on. The conflict points are not clear, resulting in an unclear overall context of the article.
Teacher Yang asked me not to write according to my own ideas, but to write according to the new ** writing method.
The feeling I felt after reading it at the time was just one word, confused.
I'm ashamed to say that I listened to the class, but I didn't even know what the new ** writing method was.
I can only be cheeky and ask Mr. Yang for advice. In order to make me understand better, she patiently explained it to me in the form of examples.
After Mr. Yang finished speaking, I still didn't understand, my head seemed to be rusted by rust, and I couldn't turn around for a while. She advised me to write more, and the more I wrote, the more I naturally felt it.
Before I could write it, I fell ill that night, and this wave of epidemic mixed with influenza A was menacing. Since it was the first sun, high fever and headache took turns, which tossed me to the point of exhaustion, and I just wanted to sleep.
I really couldn't support it, so I explained the situation to Mr. Yang the next day and stopped the class.
This stop was stopped for 5 months. Until one evening, I saw a sister teacher's circle of friends, a classmate is a full-time mother, using the time with the baby to fix 7 8 articles per month, and 20 articles have been drafted.
After reading this student's personal experience, I was very moved. is also Xiaobai, why can she be published? Why can't I?
So I decided to start writing stories again.
Just do it. That night, I flipped out the story class lesson and listened to it over and over again. When I was almost done, I started writing.
In this way, I have successively submitted more than a dozen articles.
I began to analyze the reasons for the manuscript and summarized the following points:
*。Do not preset difficulties, do not pursue perfection.
I don't know if you have the same way of thinking as me? It's love that presupposes difficulty. For example, before something has been done, we start to anticipate the possible bad results.
I've found that this way of thinking isn't necessarily a good thing when put into writing.
Just like me, at first, as long as I thought that the article might not be published, I would feel psychological pressure, so I didn't dare to start writing.
Actually, what you think may not happen. Human beings instinctively have a sense of fear of the unknown and the uncertain. But this fear can take a toll on self-confidence.
So don't think too much about what the outcome will be before writing.
I'm a person who demands perfection in everything I do. In writing, if you strive for perfection from the beginning, you tend to be very yourself.
After a long time, if you fail to reach the goal, you will easily get tired and lose confidence.
The right thing to do should be on your own. Don't be in a hurry, take it one step at a time, and go steadily.
The simplest step is to finish first, then perfect, and finally perfect.
If you don't even know how to write a sentence, make sure you can write sentences first. Then to write paragraphs, and finally to a complete essay. After writing the entire article, polish it to perfection.
*。Self-encouragement, optimism, and tenacity are all indispensable.
Before the soldiers set out for battle, they usually beat drums to boost morale. I think this can also be applied to writing.
As we all know, writing is a long road, and it is you who accompanies you the longest.
At the beginning, I wrote with high morale, but after a long time, it is inevitable that there will be times when I can't lift my energy like a deflated ball.
At this time, self-encouragement is particularly important. Because encouragement creates self-comfort and self-motivation, and gives people a new motivation to move forward.
Whenever I can't hold on, I always say to myself, come on, I can do it!
Then I will eat some of my favorite snacks. After I ate it, I basically came back to life with full blood.
Optimism is half the battle. Writer Yu Hua once mentioned in an interview that although he has been rejected countless times, he has a good mentality.
Every time, as long as I heard the postman's "pop", I threw the letter into the courtyard from outside the yard. He knew that there was no drama and was rejected.
Yu Hua's father would pick up the manuscript, hand it to Yu Hua, and ask him with a smile, and he was rejected again!
Yu Hua touched his head and didn't reply, went into the house to revise the draft, changed to a newspaper, and continued to vote.
Before a great writer becomes famous, he will be rejected. What's more, what about us, the manuscript is not enough, it is very common.
I've probably written about 20 articles, and for various reasons, only a dozen have been approved.
But I didn't slump down, and my mood didn't hurt in the slightest. It's because I just have to think about Yu Hua, and my heart is balanced.
Writing requires tenacity. Speaking of tenacity, I am reminded of Zheng Banqiao's poem "Bamboo and Stone": Thousands of blows are still tenacious, and the wind is blown.
This depiction of bamboo is still strong and strong, despite the fierce winds blowing from all sides, or through countless hardships and hardships.
May we be like bamboo, even if the process is boring, we can still endure loneliness. Day after day, year after year, move forward.
*。Read more, think more, write more.
One: If my friend is a novice like me, I don't know how to start writing. Then read more articles written by others. Why read more than what other people write?
Reading other people's articles can solve your own problems. I solved the problem of difficulty in writing and combining materials by reading other people's articles.
Get inspired. I've had several stories inspired by reading other people's articles.
2. When reading other people's articles, don't just read them, but read them with thinking.
After reading it, try to ask yourself more questions, such as: Why is this article so read?
What are the points that resonate? Writing about the same subject, why do others write so vividly, but I write very blandly?
Develop the habit of thinking, and your writing will gradually become more in-depth.
Three: No matter what class you are applying for, be sure to write more.
For Xiaobai, writing one article is completely different from writing ten. Write an article, and you may not even be able to find the problems in the article.
But when you write ten, as soon as you read the article, you can know that there is something wrong with it.
The more you write, the more you can control your text and polish your article.
So, the more the merrier, write about it.
I hope the above small experience can help you.
I know there's a long way to go and a lot to learn. But I'm not going to give up anymore and I'm going to keep going.
Thank you for the writing class founded by Ms. Tang Xiaoxiao. I am grateful that I was able to meet such a conscientious and practical writing class, which not only allowed me to break through myself, but also to master a new skill.
I hope that all the friends who like writing can be brave and come to the soup writing class. I've already tried it for you. As long as you keep writing, you will definitely get results.
About the Author: February Cat, a student of Tang Xiaoxiao's writing class.