Chapter 35: Simplicity is Beauty

"We wrote the newsletter just to keep the journal alive, and we took the money, and we had to write 'sponsors' in the journal to tell people that these units were supporting the education of Nanjian No. 1 Middle School. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 But the success or failure of a publication mainly depends on the quality and influence of the content - that is, whether the work is well written and whether it can attract students to read it. Yang Zijian said solemnly, "Therefore, please write more travelogues, school stories and narratives of family life, to have something to say, as for any lyrical poetry, forget it......"

A girl immediately dissatisfied: "Why can't poetry, isn't your debut novel poetry?" ”

This question is so contradictory, Yang Zijian hates poetry, but students like to express their feelings in this genre...... He thought for a long time, didn't know how to answer, gritted his teeth and said: "Poetry is okay, but it only takes up one-tenth of the space of the magazine. After all, poetry is difficult to write, and there are no criteria for drafting. ”

The members listened to it, but it didn't matter.

As the king of questions, Lin Yi asked again: "How can I write good literature?" What is the difference between an essay and a literary work? ”

Yang Zijian asked everyone rhetorically: "You say, what is the most important thing in writing?" ”

"Tricks."

"Reading, vocabulary ......"

Yang Zijian shook his head and said, "No, it's interest!" Only when you are interested can you have passion, and only then can you bring inspiration and creativity. As long as the composition is not wrong, literature needs novelty and passion. Those who can write essays may not necessarily write literary works. But if you can write literary works, you will definitely be able to write essays well. You are all excellent students, you all write essays according to the requirements of the textbook, and the things you write are definitely excellent, and there is no pressure to pass the exam, but do you really like writing essays? ”

This is a bit complicated, and half of the people present came to the literary club to improve their writing skills, so everyone was silent for a while.

Yang Zijian said: "We are now exam-oriented education, and the purpose of our study is to take the college entrance examination and go to university, just like the ancient people who read the Four Books and the Five Classics for the purpose of taking the imperial examination and becoming an official, how can this cultivate interest?" How can something that is written without interest and enthusiasm be called literature? Newspaper supplements have an advantage, it doesn't need how good the writing is, let alone how rigorous the structure is, it only needs the content, as long as the interest of life is written out bit by bit, it can be published. ”

"My life is only to study and study and then study, I get up at six o'clock every day to eat, go to school at half past six to seven o'clock, and then leave school at half past eleven...... We live at two o'clock every day, what's the fun? A girl said with a bitter face, "My only pleasure is to secretly read the novels of Qiong Yao and Cen Karen in the middle of the night." ”

"That's it, the famous Sanmao book "Sahara Desert" that I bought with my pocket money last Sunday was found by my mother last night and confiscated!" A girl said sadly, "Being a student has no human rights!" ”

"I can only do proposition essays, and I don't even bother to write a diary......"

The literary society immediately turned into a meeting of grievances, a meeting of criticism, in which students complained about endless homework, endless exams, and the fly-like buzzing warnings and urgings of teachers and parents.

"Uh-huh!" Teacher Lin snorted coldly with a grim face, "When you are admitted to the university, you will know that everything your parents, your teachers and the school do is for your good!" ”

Wang Yun also said solemnly: "Teacher Lin is right, concentrating on studying and being admitted to university is our student's duty, and when we complete our duty, we can properly cultivate our interest, but interest is still for learning services." ”

"Ahh

Yang Zijian said with a smile: "Don't forget, there is a good genre of our literature, that is, travelogue prose, from "Climbing Mount Tai in the Rain" to "Three Gorges of the Yangtze River", this is a good reason to collect style!" We go to visit the scenery, explore the ancient history, and understand the great rivers and mountains and history and culture of our Nanjian, as long as these are Nanjian locals, I believe they will be interested, and they can also take the opportunity to relax, work and rest......"

Wang Yun said: "I believe you have read Yang Zijian's "Nantang Wind and Rain Bridge", and the place where we collected wind this weekend is Nantang Ancient Town. I have contacted the factory car of the bearing factory, and I will leave at one o'clock in the afternoon on Saturday and return to the city at four o'clock, do you have any comments. ”

This is a legal, reasonable, righteous and bright tour, and the excitement of all the members of the club is immediately mobilized.

"Wow, go to Nantang, I've never been there."

"Long live the president!"

"I just learned today that you are the embodiment of wisdom and beauty, President!"

"Autumn outing! Picnic! ”

"What tools should I bring, tent? Camera? ”

Teacher Lin hurriedly ordered: "Each of you must bring a notebook, and you must record while reading." ”

Yang Zijian also said: "When collecting style, only bring a pair of eyes, ears and a pen, don't use your brain to think, comment and lyrical." Just use the most beautiful language you can think of, depict the most impressive sights, and then listen to some local farmers' stories and add them to your work, this is the best travelogue! ”

Teacher Lin grimly threatened: "If you don't write a good work, there will be no next time to collect style." ”

As soon as everyone heard this, the morale immediately dropped by half.

Yang Zijian hurriedly encouraged: "Don't worry, I'm the editor-in-chief, and I will teach you how to write easily." ”

The classmates were happy again, and they all took out their proud compositions to ask Yang Zijian for advice, Yang Zijian was not polite, and used the pen to cut it drastically, cutting off the "passion" and "high theory" of excess energy, leaving a small part of the sublimation, and Lin Yi's novels and Meng Yun's poems, after Yang Zijian swept them over, he threw them away without changing them-

"It's so ambitious, one learns from Gu Long, the other learns from Gu Cheng, please, can you be like a high school student?"

said that the two of them were red-faced.

Not to mention, Yang Zijian selected four works that could be published from more than 20 essays, including a short story about Qian Li's dormitory, and he was pleased: "You can copy these four articles, and when the journal comes out, I will recommend them to the "Nanjian Youth Daily" together with the magazine, which should be published." ”

This inspires greater enthusiasm and a comparatively minded mind.

Teacher Lin was interested for a while, and after taking these four essays, these are all diary works, which do write the details and insights of the students' daily life, which are very concise and clear, but they are endlessly evocative, so he nodded and did not speak.

Some students such as Lin Yi and Meng Yun also took a look at the four "excellent works", which is quite simple!

Yang Zijian finally said earnestly: "In fact, good works are very simple, they are things that you ignore around you. Don't look at the sky, but pay attention to the grass on the side of the road, and you can see the beauty in it. ”