101 On Writing (124) "State of Mind"
For a long time, 101's writing posts have focused more on the analysis and summary of writing principles and skills, so much so that some friends say that the craftsmanship is too heavy and the aura is insufficient. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
In fact, 101 himself is also very confused, looking back at the works that started from the hobby of writing, to the present, I feel that the early emotions are full and real, and the storyline is full of spirituality.
Although the books at that stage were also deviated and had the problem of redundancy, they were very passionate and spiritual.
I still remember that in 1995-1997, there were no computers at that time, and I used to write novels for fun during the winter and summer vacations.
At that time, it was for "Science Fiction World", and each novel was generally about 30,000 words, and it was necessary to sit in front of the writing desk, write a draft with a pen first, and then polish and revise and transcribe it.
After waiting for errors, I finally transcribed it neatly on the manuscript paper, which is equivalent to a 30,000-word novel, and I need to write 100,000 words with the revision and transcription.
This was a winter and summer vacation, of course, there was no computer typing at that time, and I relied on a pen to write on manuscript paper.
But at that time, 101 was very engaged and intoxicated, and he could feel the vividness of the story and characters, and he could immerse himself in the joy of writing books.
Write day by day, day by day, and never get tired of it.
Of course, in the end, all you are waiting for is a rejection letter, and the manuscript will be sent out at the beginning of each semester, and then the rejection letter will come in the middle of the semester.
As soon as I got the thick envelope, I knew that it was a rejected manuscript, so my hope was shattered, and the desire to take a few hundred yuan in manuscript fees and invite my classmates to eat a meal was once again disappointed.
When I opened the envelope, sometimes there would be a handwritten rejection letter from the editor, pointing out my shortcomings, and some would be a standard rejection letter printed by the editorial department, which was polite and decent, but it made people's hearts flutter.
At that time, I was also unwilling, and I would make long-distance calls to Sichuan to communicate with the editor by phone, but I didn't have enough advice. It's a pity that I always don't understand what the editor said, and then finally one day, an editor said: Some people are born to tell stories, no way!
Alas...... Am I 101 one of those people who are born to tell stories? I'm not reconciled, I'm really unwilling!
Although writing novels in college always ended in tragedy, writing books at that time was purely for self-entertainment, and writing novels immersed me, made me happy, and filled me with dreams, thinking that everything would be beautiful tomorrow.
The state of mind at that time was the purest and most ideal.
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Later, I started to write online novels at the starting point, which was from the end of 2007, and I was entertaining myself at first, but then I hit the street a lot, and I was very irritable.
For those who don't understand the sense of substitution of Shenma, Shenma is refreshing, and the rhythm is troublesome.
The more I write, the more I hit the street, the more I write, the more I lose confidence, and I don't know what happened to me at all?
Could it be that I was really born a wastewood, and I really said that some people are born to tell stories?
So, I started to work on my writing skills, read various books, posts, and began to summarize myself.
The period from 2012 to 2013 was the time when I was able to sign a contract and continue to improve and enrich my writing theory system.
At this stage, I gradually realized my own shortcomings in writing, and I found the reason why I had written so many novels before without success.
However, I had a new trouble......
I suddenly lost the joy of coding words, I could no longer be as immersed as before, I had no spirituality in writing stories and characters, and I thought that it was either theory and technique, or grades.
Sometimes, I feel really annoyed and don't know what to write today.
At this stage, I felt that my state of mind was lost and confused, and I was also anxious.
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The third stage is the last half a month, when this "Demon Dao Extreme Venerable" has completely hit the streets.
Strange, I was relieved.
Looking at my own deviant path and my own shortcomings, I suddenly felt that this was nothing.
I know how to correct it, I know how to work hard in the next book, I can immerse myself in reading and studying, and I will even get excited about the plot of the book.
I think that after going around in circles again, I am back to square one.
I'm back to writing books, I know I'm on the right track, I know I've done a good job, and I know that if I can fit into the next book, the results will make a big difference.
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This state of mind, to friends who have experienced similar confusion, encouragement!
I would like to say a few words:
1. Writing a novel must not be a pain, but a pleasure, a kind of control over one's own world. If you feel anxious and painful, you must have a mood problem and need to adjust yourself.
2. When you have shortcomings in writing a book, especially when you deviate, no matter how much you enjoy writing a book, you are destined to not get results. At this time, don't be in a hurry to self-doubt, but concentrate on learning and improving, as long as you correct the problem, the results will be there.
3. When you have learned a lot and mastered a lot, you have lost the enjoyment of writing books and the feeling of writing books. At this time, you should believe in yourself, read more novels that you used to think were wonderful, reminisce more about the joy of writing novels, forget about grades, forget about pressure, and find your pure heart, and the wonderful feeling of writing books will gradually come back.
Writing a book is a process of filling oneself and emptying oneself!
P.S.101 is not so tragic, there was once a science fiction novel "Clone of 8086", which was published by the Children's Department of Qingdao Publishing House, which was mixed with other people's manuscripts and published for 600 yuan. Haha, I was so happy to receive the sample book, and I also donated 600 yuan for the manuscript, and I felt that my writing dream was realistically affirmed.
It's a pity, it's only once......