I have finished writing the ninth episode of "My Son-in-law", and praise myself as usual. The ninth episode is well done and has reached the goal set at the beginning of writing.
I started writing "Invisible Killing" and realized that I was lacking in ability in the overall structure. All the planned climaxes of "Invisible Killing" finally only succeeded in one, and I began to exercise deliberately in "Alienation". In the second half, I mastered the skills, and then I went to "The Son-in-law". In retrospect, the whole process has passed ten years.
After writing the ninth episode, the exercise of control over the large structure of millions of words can come to an end.
For the remaining two episodes, I will slowly end and warm up, and I should go to a new exercise direction.
Looking back on the episode "The Vast Land", the main body has 140 chapters and more than 700,000 words. It is probably the longest episode in the whole son-in-law. It took nearly two years, but on the whole, it should be my longest episode. A satisfying episode, starting from You Hongzhuo, to Zezhou Incident, to Wang Shitong, Jurchen going south to Lin Chong's death, Tian Shi's death, Lou Shuwan's resistance and Liangshan's rebirth, to the collapse of Wu Dynasty... write It was very slow and trembling, but what should be shaped was also shaped with the fullest emotions.
I think it corresponds to "The Vast Land", but I didn't deviate from the topic.
The son-in-law has two more episodes. The next episode is called "Long Night Over Spring", which is a poem by Lu Xun:
When accustomed to the long night and spring, the young woman will have silk on her temples.
In the dream, the mother's tears were faint, and the city head changed to the king's flag.
Forbearance sees his peers as new ghosts, and angrily seeks Xiaoshi at Dao Cong.
After chanting, he lowered his eyebrows without writing, and the moonlight was like water shining on his clothes.
This poem was written on the background of the murder of some patriotic poets in the third year of the year. The title of this poem is also taken from the second and third lines of the mood: in a dream, there are faint tears of a loving mother, and the city's head changes with the great king's flag. Forbearance sees his peers as new ghosts, and angrily seeks Xiaoshi at Dao Cong.
Chengtou Changed King's Flag wrote about the feudal lords rising together, and Anger Xiangdao Congmi wrote a small poem about awakening, so this will probably be the tenth episode.
Of course, this is a very cool book. The reason why it is so literary and artistic here is just to elicit the next topic and talk about writing.
I have talked about some basic ideas about writing before. In the single chapter for readers, sometimes I don't want to talk too much, more I want to emphasize that each chapter is very cool, but as you can see , I accidentally got the first monthly pass, and people like this will appear. Some people are superficial, and it’s okay to scold them. In terms of literary understanding, sometimes it has to interfere with readers' emotions, and even give readers the idea of "this book is very low-level". I saw people discussing such troublemakers in the book group this morning.
I have no confidence in talking about the monthly pass, and this time the monthly pass list is really not my operation, but when it comes to literature... Then I will just talk to you in the most simple way, why this book is like this.
First, let's 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 roughly, please treat it as if you haven't seen it, because these things have nothing to do with it.
For art, you will be told in college a lot of definitions and characteristics and things like that, which are characteristics that are reversed through all the things we currently define as "artwork", but in fact, for me, Art is simple: art is thinking.
The emotions or perceptions of any one 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 an art, and the ignorance of a fifteen-year-old boy is an art. Fourteen-year-olds face the stumbling and stumbling of society is an art, thirty-year-old rushing is an art, forty-year-old hesitant, fifty-year-old burst, sixty-year-old let go... any moment of your thinking It is art, but we usually take a pure section or the whole feeling with chaotic properties to convey.
Feeling your present moment, the complexity in your mind is far greater than people think. The problem is that our thinking is opaque, so we need to pass it through two steps. First, we can clearly see every feature of our thinking. Second, we can convey this feature through the carrier. Everything can convey complex, intense or pure thinking. Go out, materialize the object, that 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, we can use words to record a life sentiment, the former is a reference book, such as a textbook, the latter is a sage language, such as "The Analects of Confucius", and later There is a pure story book, describing a story and a life. However, if you describe a story and a life, you can use what is already in the Analects of Confucius or other works that have not yet made sense, so that readers can finally feel the same. , called literature.
Of course, this is literature in the current narrow sense, and it is not worth mentioning relative to the nature of words. Before we knew that tens of thousands of years ago, the thinking of our ancestors could not communicate, and then created words, various experiences and insights were passed on, and the human experience was superimposed from generation to generation, and we stood out from animals. The instrumental nature of words is the one thing that makes my heart feel the most.
Why do you talk about these two concepts? First, there will be some fools who come over with college textbooks to scold them. They say words they don’t understand to fool people. Don’t be fooled, everything they say is not will override these two concepts. The second is the following content.
I grew up reading all kinds of famous novels. I was in my early twenties and loved literature, but I was in a period of incapacity for literature. Some guys who came to make trouble would say that I might as well read "xxxx" if I read books like yours, yes, the most What makes me wonder is why people don't watch "xxxx" anymore, it obviously contains such a good reason.
Later, I gradually understood the basic steps for people to accept experience. From ten years old to twenty years old, twenty years old to thirty years old. It is not because you told others a correct truth that others immediately understood. A ten-year-old person, through the experience of one thing after another, through the comparison and digestion of information, slowly understands the truth of the twenty-year-old. The twenty-year-old also stands on his basis and accepts the information he can accept. A comparison, an experience of one thing and one thing, at a certain time, an experience in his 30s, he finally understood.
The important thing is to repeat the process, not to come to a conclusion. Many truths in the world may have been known by people five thousand years ago.
This is very simple enlightenment thinking, but our entire modern literature has been abandoned. Those "authors", "writers", are keen to throw out a conclusion, and then look at most of the people in society: "You Why don't you understand?" Then they were complacent and self-absorbed.
In addition, there are many literary masterpieces, world-renowned masterpieces, because of their age, they cannot be the first tick in the minds of 10- and 20-year-old readers, so they cannot be popularized. "The Son-in-law" is an experimental article based on such a premise.
We are in a relatively impetuous era, with all kinds of anti-Japanese dramas and various logic deficiencies. In the process of writing this book, some people came out and thought that the hard times were just some people fighting for power and profits. Some people think that I am very humble, and I must be afraid of death in that era, so people who are not afraid of death are made of some special materials. However, the fact is not, they are ordinary people.
This is an experimental direction, and its fundamental purpose is, I want to try, when I completely understand what our readers want to see, can I put some of the things I understand in this way Things, even the core of thinking that I have seen in many, many famous books, are practically handed out.
Because it is an experiment, there are many deliberate contrasts, such as blurring the reality, adding fables and stories, and highlighting the purpose in some places.
At the beginning of the article, when I was writing a disaster relief booklet, I saw the idea of a modern disaster relief booklet. When I wrote it, I blurred out the specific things. That's the meaning, everyone can understand it. Why? It's not important. Many people will think that various details are important, but in this book, I try to avoid a lot of things, the industrial system, the formation of troops... "How We Recreate the Modern Industrial System in Ancient Times" This is in addition to being A game for science students, it has no practical significance at all, of course we can write, sometimes such deductions are very interesting.
I can also not write.
In this article, I have long separated the "reason" to be output and influenced, but the purpose is to see if this method can convey something and how much when the plot reaches a certain level. .
To be subtle, to integrate everything into the plot, let the reader understand, who doesn't know? But how many people can understand it well? The reason why "Water Margin" has become one of the four famous novels is that it tells about the weakness of peasants' rebellion. "It's good to surrender." When I wrote Liangshan, some people shouted that Water Margin was a hero. Not long ago, a fool came to me on Zhihu and said that Water Margin is a recognized hero. Is it because of your prejudice... Prejudice, your sister! Understand zero points, take it all back and change it! They also consider themselves to be very thoughtful guys.
People who rarely read Water Margin because their brains are not fully developed cannot see the meaning of the middle.
I know the standard of "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 I don't do that's not something this society desperately needs.
I don't respect that kind of literary theory that is like a fool, but I only respect the dignity of words to this society.
In the process of writing this book, I have received a lot of praise and criticism. In a very malicious question on Zhihu, I once saw an evaluation that made me feel that my efforts are in the right direction. For what it is, the full text is as follows, from a student named Fang Chenguang:
"Everyone, I don't know if Banana's online articles have contributed or how much, but as a college graduate without an education in the higher education system, I can tell you that you overestimate the spiritual height of the lower-level students. 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. , at least he taught me to read traditional literature, read the four famous novels, and learned that the ancients were so smart, so there is something more meaningful than making money, this is something that teachers who have been studying for more than ten years can't teach me, because I read They are also forced to resist knowledge. I think it is not important whether it is a famous book or not. The key is to really do something good and give real help to us at the bottom. We need to be kind and considerate, rather than beating the bullet.”
Seeing such comments, I can laugh off all the foolish comments based on "literary theories" that they themselves don't understand.
Speaking of words, about ten years ago, when I wrote "Diary of Survival in Alien World", I pursued gorgeous writing at that time, similar to the thickness of the translation. One thing I still remember is that there was a A friend sent me a link to the book for me to read. The historical text, written by the author in an ancient style, is very powerful. My friend was astounded. I was dumbfounded. This can only be a small game, such as culture It’s fine when people are full, let’s play a little game to enjoy yourself. Using this kind of thing to write a book will affect whether you understand or not to write a book.
Of course, writing at that time was a kind of self-esteem, so I didn't say much, but around that time, I began to determine the direction of my writing efforts, trimmed a lot of unnecessary decorations and words, and increased the proportion of thinking output. as the only standard for writing.
I haven't completely finalized my writing style yet. At this point, I am very envious of Maoyan. He did it a few years ago. In the process of the last two episodes of the son-in-law, I may look for more directions and methods to finalize the style. , no matter five or ten years from now, this is something that must be done.
So back to the beginning, what do I value most? It is the social nature of words, we want to make an art, we pursue art, but why pursue it? Because finding commonalities between people and passing on your insights to others can save others time for experience and maturity, and can make people more aware of the beauty of the world, which ultimately plays a role in society.
When many people worship literary masterpieces, and literary masterpieces are high, people take it for granted. Where is the pride of being a human being? Think of a way! Many people think that this society has developed very much, and all kinds of knowledge are very deep, but it is not at all. There was no literature in China before modern times. Literature begins to have a purpose and is linked to everyone in society. It serves us. I hope everyone can slowly understand those good things through literature.
By the 1980s, Enlightenment thinking had declined, people believed in all kinds of messy literary ideas, and they themselves did not understand why, so there were a large number of "literati" who admired themselves. From now on, in fact, it is difficult to say whether the so-called development of literature has been developed for a hundred years. There is no conclusion at all about its purpose, its role, and where it can eventually reach. We have just started.
So "Zuofu" is such an experimental article, I want to do something that we can theoretically do.
These words are very serious, and their entire text should not be said here. I occasionally discuss with some teachers whose literary theory system is quite mature. But if someone comes up with some immature first-year college theoretical textbooks and says that this book doesn't fit here and where it doesn't fit, so when it affects everyone's experience, everyone can confidently tell them:
About writing books, you know shit!
Then everyone can forget about it and read books happily.
This is the single chapter of the ninth episode.
Welcome to the tenth episode of "The Long Night Over Spring".