"If a fire breaks out suddenly in your home and you only have time to bring one item to escape, what would it be?"
I remember being asked this question by a friend.
However, I thought about it for a long time and couldn't find the exact answer.
It seemed that I didn't have anything at home.
What collectibles and heirlooms.
After thinking about it, I finally chose "Computer Hard Drive" because it contained "Save Manuscripts".
Probably the most important possession for an author is the unfinished "manuscript".
Once it is damaged and lost, it would be easy to say that he would feel distressed and vomit blood, and he might even be able to do it by jumping off a building or lying on a train.
Just like people who have never worked hard in the fields under the scorching sun will never truly understand how hard-won food is; people who have no writing experience can hardly imagine the hardships involved.
My writing experience in the past few years has brought me the biggest feeling of "pain".
I feel that I have never been so miserable in the first half of my life.
From October 2005, when I started writing The Haunted House to the present, nearly five years have passed in the blink of an eye.
I have published more than a dozen physical books with millions of words.
Occasionally, I can feel a sense of accomplishment, but carefully Looking back, the most profound impression left on me was "pain".
The big reason why I say that my writing process is "painful" is that my personal personality and abilities are not suitable for professional writing.
First of all, I can't stand loneliness, I don't have perseverance, and I can't achieve the state of concentration without any distractions.
Secondly, I don't have a professional background, I haven't received systematic training, and I lack the necessary theoretical guidance.
At the end of 2005, I saw a girl in the company reading serialized novels online all day long, so I asked her for the website address.
I discovered that there were many people on the Internet telling everyone their stories in various ways.
The content is diverse, the subject matter is wide-ranging, the approach is wild, and the level is uneven.
It is very different from the novels on display in Xinhua Bookstore in my impression.
The most attractive part of it is the interactive atmosphere formed with readers in online serials.
I like the excitement and go wherever there are people.
I am interested in trying out the popular things, so I was tempted at that time and planned to get in.
After playing for a few days, I never thought about pursuing anything.
Who would have thought that this form of online serialization, which seems relaxed and happy, will actually face many unexpected difficulties.
For example, although the number of words in the daily serialization is not large, it is completely for speculation and sale.
It is all improvised.
Without it, In the case of the story outline, "inspiration, logic, creativity, mental state, and narrative rhythm" are almost useless.
What has been sent out is a foregone conclusion and cannot be modified anymore.
The type of story I want to write must be full of suspense and excitement.
Tension, if there is a slight omission, it cannot be justified.
At that time, I never thought about publishing my online works in physical books, because I knew very well that all walks of life would have corresponding rules, and my works would probably not meet the censorship requirements, and the difficulties I would face would become It doubled, and after signing a contract with the publisher, I found out that it was as expected.
However, I have not stopped writing.
Except for weekends and national statutory holidays, I spend half a day every day writing about 3,000 words of stories.
It is like writing a diary.
It has become an unchanging habit of mine in the past few years.
Writing has turned into semi-professional writing.
Someone asked me if I wanted to change my career to a writer or an online writer.
I said no.
I had never considered writing as a career.
I was just a "fancier" at best.
Let me reveal some secrets here.
I have heard several rumors about master writers before: "1.
Real masters do not write by hand, but by dictation, with assistants typing and recording next to them, so as long as they lie on the rocking chair Just move your mouth.
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Scientists also admit that lying down can mobilize your imagination better than sitting down. 2.
Famous people always have a secretary who is like a think tank to provide information. , you can ask her about all the things in the world from ancient times to the present. 3.
It is a lie to say that you stay up late every day.
In fact, when you make money, you will go to entertainment venues immediately, so you have heavy dark circles. , using the excuse of collecting stories or looking for materials to travel to various places, and eat, drink, play and live for free.
"How many of these are true?
Hehe, I won't tell you.
I thought that if I could really enjoy these benefits, then it would be a good idea to pursue writing as a lifelong career.
However, it wasn’t until I came into contact with many masters that I finally realized that reality was far from the rumors, and writing was indeed a very lonely thing.
Perhaps only by creating themes that interest you and being completely immersed in the story can you enjoy this kind of loneliness.
The novels I have written, such as the mysterious land of ghosts, blowing out lamps, thieving cats, and the death cycle, cover different eras and backgrounds, from the Northern Song Dynasty, the late Qing Dynasty, the Republic of China to modern times.
I try to use different languages to describe the characteristics of different regions and times.
It's an interesting thing, and adventure themes are my preferred genre.
However, this type of story has strong suspense and thrilling plots, but it also has a big bottleneck.
It is roughly "a group of people, go deep into a world with...
The stereotyped routine of encountering some mysterious phenomena in an isolated place, then revealing the mystery, and the survivors escape.
This is an objective bottleneck of genre works.
Reading too much or writing too much will lead to boredom. , and China is not Hollywood.
Readers and audiences all have a certain range of acceptance of "explanation of suspense".
Personally, including me, I don't like the kind that explains all supernatural phenomena as aliens or ghosts.
Haunting is too superstitious, aliens are too far away, and there is no technical content at all.
Even the theories of immortality and time travel seem childish and have no sense of reality.
How to write unconventional content in a narrow bottleneck, and explain the unexpected and huge suspense in a reasonable and reasonable way, is the goal I set for myself.
In fact, as long as you have enough imagination and inspiration, pay attention to detailed description, and have clear logic, this goal is not difficult to achieve.
I feel that the biggest difficulty in writing lies in the "dialogue" of the characters.
The words and the movie scenes are different, and the audience is watching the movie. , as soon as you see the character appear, you can intuitively feel the appearance and temperament of the character without opening his mouth.
But the character in the book is not good.
No matter how much emphasis is placed on the appearance, without words that match his personality characteristics, it is difficult to make it come to life on the page.
If I write for four hours a day, which is about 3,000 words, I may be able to write 2,900 words in one hour.
The remaining less than 100 words are all words spoken by the characters, but often It takes several hours.
From the inside out, this is the way I am accustomed to portraying characters, and it is also where I often feel that I am not up to par.
Sometimes I am still not satisfied after changing a sentence dozens of times, which makes me scratch my head and become restless.
In addition, I still have a serious psychological obstacle that I cannot overcome, which is that it is difficult to accept editors’ deletions of my works.
I don’t even care if I lose my mobile phone wallet.
Once, within a week, two x360s at home broke down.
I didn't blink, but if I find that one or two sentences are missing from the published physical book, or a few words have been changed, and I will feel resentful.
I still wonder which word or sentence was deleted on which page after my work was published. , I remember it all clearly, and I can’t wait to come to find out more about it.
I even wonder if I have a dual personality, but I'm not a Gemini, so this is probably not a good sign.
Seeing that the words I have written have been printed into volumes of books, the stacks of which can be as tall as half a person.
Sometimes when I am waiting for a flight at the airport and see my works being sold in the bookstore in the terminal, I feel like I am dreaming. , not that I think publishing a few books is a great thing, but I wonder how I persisted in writing.
Why do I feel pain and torture when I think of the process of writing?
It’s all endless bitterness.
The obstacles encountered in the creative process are far beyond my expectations.
Why do I continue to write?
I have been coding for several years without giving up halfway.
I once believed that this was the power of money.
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I was motivated only by publishers paying me royalties.
But when I think about it, it’s not entirely the case.
I work in the financial futures industry and deal with money all day long.
If I If I can dedicate myself to my job, I can’t even hope to buy a yacht.
Buying a car, a house, a wife and children is definitely not a problem.
However, I found that my attitude towards work has become more and more numb and slack, and I have even lost interest in making money. the desired desires.
What on earth maintains my "passion" for writing?
I have been trying to find a real answer for myself, but there is only a vague shadow in my mind, and I can never explain it clearly.
During the Spring Festival holiday last year, I went on a trip and chatted with other tourists on the way.
The topic was "the oldest profession".
In this world, what is the earliest occupation of human beings?
It is said that the more convincing view now is "prostitution".
I was very surprised by this statement.
I originally thought it would be a "hunter" and was about to continue talking to them, but a strange thought suddenly came to my mind.
Could the oldest profession in the world be a "storyteller"?
people" Probably in everyone's memory, there will be an unforgettable experience of sitting around the stove in childhood while listening to the stories told by the elders.
The more mysterious and ancient the old story is, the more interesting it is to listen to it.
Although I was a little scared, I was more curious, always eager to ask: "What happened next?"
Until the elder who told the story said: "It's too late today, let's stop talking here, go to bed quickly."
But we still couldn’t bear to leave: “Please, please talk a little more.”
This scene has been repeated for countless ages, and even those babies who cannot speak in swaddling clothes seem to be able to understand simple stories.
Probably storytelling and listening to stories are innate and primitive instincts of human beings.
Perhaps since the prehistoric times, apes who went out to hunt and pick fruits would tell the little apes about their experiences during the day like this when they returned to their caves at night.
However, archaeologists have not been able to prove who was the first storyteller in the world.
This is even more difficult to verify than the origin of human civilization.
I have no way to prove that "storyteller" is the oldest profession in the world, but I believe that this profession must be old enough.
If you look at it more broadly, authors who write novels, directors who make movies, etc. are all successors of this ancient profession.
Maybe deep down, I also hope to become a "storyteller."
Although there are many difficulties and pressures encountered when writing, the "touch" gained from finally completing my story and passing it on to readers cannot be replaced by anything
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