Chapter 56 Excited to write

The first time my article became printed was in 1958, which is now "shown to the public" in the commentary "Talking about <Forty-first>".The full text is about 1,700 words, and it was published in the 16th issue of "Dushu" magazine that year.I was 16 years old that year, a sophomore in high school.Before that, I had submitted manuscripts to several newspapers and periodicals, but all of them were rejected, but this one was published with dignity.Today's readers who read this article will definitely feel the cultural context of China at that time.The basic thesis of my essay, the impossibility of a shared humanity among class enemies, was the prevailing discourse of that era, and today such views seem marginalized, but nonetheless

A serious point of view.At that time, the editor of "Dushu" magazine received this spontaneous submission, and quickly edited and distributed it. I remember that the summary table of contents on the cover was marked in bold black font, and it was one of the headline articles of that issue.When I sent the sample issue, the editor seemed to think that I was an adult, or even a scholar, and hoped that I would "continue to contribute freely." But I had to explain my real identity, and the manuscript was politely returned.It was 21 years later that I published an article in "Dushu", which was finally republished after the catastrophe of the "Cultural Revolution". At the age of 37, I had officially entered the literary world.

As a 16-year-old boy, to be able to write this "Talking about "Forty-first"" must at least meet the following three conditions: 1. Read extensively, read a lot, and have a wide field of vision; 2. After mastering the theory, be able to In practice, the mainstream tool in literary theory at that time was Marx, Engels, Lenin and Maoist literary theory. The realistic creative principle of "typical character in a typical environment" put forward by Engels in his letter to Hacknas was to use The most commented standard, this kind of theory is only taught in college classrooms, and high school Chinese courses do not involve such advanced content. I read it outside of class. 3. A 16-year-old boy who writes such an article dares to vote for "Duoshu" magazine. Of course, it is a manifestation of "youthful arrogance", but it is also because of his arrogance that the article is self-sufficient and completed in one go. The editor did not do anything Modifications are issued in full.Among these three points, arrogance is particularly important.Writing articles is most afraid of the head and the tail, lack of confidence, trembling, writing like a thief. At the age of 16, I didn't think that I could only write some "studies" and submit them to the "Youth Corner" in the newspapers.I remember that when I was 17 years old, I read French writer Romain Rolland's "John Christophe", "Gola Brenon" and his two "Paper Notes" and "Revolutionary Drama Collection". I wrote "On Romain Rolland" with more than 10,000 words, and I posted it before, but it was rejected, but I was not discouraged. Writers and writers, would you rather have a kind?Thinking that the greatest literati at that time would have to go to the toilet every day, I couldn't believe that articles could only be written by them, and books could only be printed by them.Later, I shared this "experience" with one or two classmates who also wanted to be writers. They were surprised at first, and then they couldn't help laughing, so everyone was encouraged, read vigorously, wrote vigorously, and published articles vigorously. In fact, And from people—from writers, or whatever.Chinese Confucianism teaches us to be humble, and there is essence in it, but it often makes us extremely humble in front of authority, which shows that there is also dross in it.I feel painfully that in today's China, the more important character than humility is to dare to be the first and to break through.

Recently, media reporters often come to ask me, what do you think of today's boys and girls writers?I envy them.Now they can not only publish their works in newspapers, but also publish books.At that time, I was able to publish this article in "Dhushu" because I was misunderstood as a "non-juvenile". Once the truth came out, it would be difficult to continue.In addition, if you look at my text, although the text is clear and the sentence is smooth, it is only trying to enter the mainstream discourse, and I don't know how to highlight my personality and make it different from others.After that, I realized that since I was so young, I could only go to the newspaper supplement first to fight for the opportunity to publish "Tofu Block", write some small articles close to my own life, accumulate experience, and wait for the opportunity.Before the "Cultural Revolution", I published about 70 articles, including essays, essays, short stories, film reviews and drama reviews.

, children's literature, etc.Of course, when the "Cultural Revolution" broke out later, I had to tuck my tail in horror; at the end of the "Cultural Revolution", "writing addiction" relapsed, and I used to write within the framework of the permission at the time; By chance, I wrote and published "The Class Teacher", and finally embarked on the right path of writing, step by step until today. For today's young writers, what I want to say can be summed up in three words: be confident.To expand, it is: don’t be intimidated by authority, don’t be intimidated by famous artists, don’t be intimidated by titles, don’t be intimidated by seniority, don’t be intimidated by classics, don’t be intimidated by theories, don’t be intimidated by comments, don’t be intimidated by Don't be intimidated by rankings, awards, trends, and advertisements...you are born to be useful, you have real feelings, inspiration, and creative ideas, you will be intimidated Let's write with vigor, let's do it in one go!