Chapter 165: The Origin of the Literary Landscape
The Buddha asked the sand gates, how many lives are there?
And the samuns replied, In a few days.
The Buddha is the way, and the son is not the way.
The Buddha asked a sand gate again, how many lives are there?
A shamen replied, in the dining room.
The Buddha is the way, and the son is not the way.
The Buddha asked a sand gate again, how many lives are there?
A shaman replied, between breaths.
The Buddha praised, good, and the son is the Tao.
Wu Wei talked about the dialogue between the Buddha and Shamen with his girlfriend, and she realized that she should cherish every moment of life and make every moment meaningful.
Wu Wei's literary landscape originated from that social pain.
Wu Wei has experienced a spiritual trek that has lasted for more than ten years, and the panorama here reproduces his mental journey, showing the spiritual scenery along the way, and outlining a peculiar spiritual landscape.
In that year, the strategic contraction and adjustment of state-owned enterprises was nearing the end, but the contraction and adjustment of state-owned banks had just begun. Wu Wei, who has personally experienced the process of contraction and adjustment, has personally experienced the painful experience of separation, and witnessed many male and female colleagues younger than him quit their jobs early by buying out their seniority and retiring internally, and only a small number of younger colleagues were shunted to banks in the same system. In the face of that kind of scene, he felt his own insignificance and helplessness, what could he do to help them alleviate the pain in their hearts?! In the face of the various scenes of layoffs, he felt that he had fallen into a dilemma where it was difficult to say a word, and any language he spoke was so pale and powerless, which was of no benefit to others and difficult for himself, so he simply did not say a word, and felt the paleness and poverty of his own learning. A strong desire to tell his contemporaries began to sprout and brew in his heart, which drove him to embark on a spiritual trek that lasted more than ten years day and night. After the first few years of hard work, he developed a series of research results that began to be published on online platforms.
Ouyang of Huangcheng Science and Technology Publishing House saw Wu Wei's article on the Internet and took the initiative to ask him for a manuscript. It is intended to provide him with materials that will be processed and sorted out by him, and the publishing house will be responsible for publishing and distribution. Wu Wei took the initiative to recommend himself to Ouyang, and he had a ready-made manuscript of the book, and he sent it to him when he got Ouyang's approval. After reading it, Ouyang submitted it to the editor-in-chief for review, thinking that the opinions he wrote were very good, with profound theoretical foundation, rich experience, high literary attainments, a thorough understanding of life, and an accurate grasp of middle-aged life, ready to be packaged and listed. I just feel that his writing style is either like a government work report or an academic paper, too elegant and vulgar, and the combination of academics and popularization is not good enough, I think that this style is difficult for readers to accept, ask for rewriting, and put forward a number of revisions. Ouyang gave him further advice to avoid an ugly death after the manuscript was released. A stylistic transformation must be achieved, and the advice is too much in place. In just a few months, Wu Wei revised no less than a dozen drafts, and Ouyang even rewrote a paragraph by hand for his reference. In the end, I still didn't pass the test. I had no choice but to give up. Wu Wei's feeling is that writing is firmly locked out of an invisible sleeve, just like the old program will inevitably get stuck, no matter how hard you try, you can't break free. There is a feeling of being tormented by a steaming machine. Wu Song, who was in high school at this time, saw his father's difficulties and suggested writing a novel. It's too hard to do academics. He had to comfort himself with the principle of astrology, and it was still the season of sowing, but it was not yet time to harvest.
At this moment, Wu Wei was fortunate to meet two literary brothers, who understood Wu Wei's heart and suggested to him one after another to read the big prose. One of them is a professor of Chinese at the university and often gives lectures on red studies to students. He listened to Wu Wei's own description of the road he has traveled in the past few years, read the text written by Wu Wei, and said with emotion, what you have chosen for yourself is a very difficult path.
Wu Weidao has the right to enrich his life experience.
The professor also said that literature is different from others, for example, how can a little girl walk into the office and fall on the words? If you write that she walked into the office, it would be too blunt. In other words, a little girl comes in happily and jumping, and this is the literary scene, and you will imagine that this is a carefree and lively girl. You're used to writing those academic papers, and you've developed a mindset, like this computer, which has programs in it, and can only do what the program allows it to do. No wonder you say that you can't get rid of that routine even after changing it more than a dozen times. What you write wants readers to accept and enjoy reading your stuff, and it has to be literary. How to achieve this literary? You can read the prose first, and read the big prose selectively. However, it is not easy to see from what you have written, from what you have read, seen, and heard, to make new discoveries and new insights, and to be able to do this.
Another literary brother, who once won a reportage award, also advised Wu Wei to read prose, especially big prose, and even cited allusions to familiar reading 300 Tang poems. He guessed that reading and writing prose was the only way to transform his writing style. So, I decided to read the big prose, carefully read and study the famous big prose at that time, and gradually read all the essay collections that I could buy in bookstores and browse on the Internet, almost all the reading tastes, and sure enough, I made an unexpected breakthrough, and began to be able to write my own life insights in a relaxed penmanship, and my brain seemed to be filtered and washed, writing hundreds of essays in one go, and then sending them to local newspapers for publication in supplements.
He thought that writing about a theme like music industry should naturally make people feel relaxed and happy to read, and only in this way can readers be worthy of the subject. Spoken language is one style and written language is another, but there is always something in common, whether it is to listen to or read, it should feel natural and familiar. The author is not like a teacher, there is no classroom discipline and examination means to restrain students, and you can't force readers to read the words you write, so it's better to return to yourself and carefully polish your own kung fu.
Today's readers, whether they are kindergarten students, primary school students, middle school students, college students, office workers, migrant workers, or retired and laid-off idlers, and there are masters, doctors, academicians, professors, experts, and scholars who specialize in books as the object of examination and research. This is not self-deprecation. Take a look and think about it, the book supermarket, the scene of book exhibitions, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of books and even countless books, let people browse, just an opportunity to browse, it is really valuable. Such a face is called pressure and test in a high-sounding manner, and it is said thoroughly and bluntly, it is called "an ugly death". Shoddy manufacturing is definitely not good, and meticulous craftsmanship may not be able to pass. So they all pursued popularization. Popularization is not the same as vernacular, like boiled water tasteless. Is there a place for independent style here? The authors are always professional, and their style is bound to be reflected in their respective works. That's the style. Wu Wei originally thought that the topic of music business was very broad and extended to the whole society, because whether men, women, old or young, educated or uneducated, consciously or unconsciously avoided pain and pursued joy. Thinking about it now, this idea is naïve and absurd. Is it true that those who study the ancients regard the ancients as their own readers, and those who study young children also regard young children as their own readers? Therefore, what is actually written can reach "forgiveness", even primary school students can understand, uneducated people can understand, and literate people can see the way, this positioning is unrealistic. Because there are many nouns, I have never even heard of them, how can I be interested in the process of reading and listening? I had to push it again and again, and I believe that there will always be her market. Now, there is a risk of going to a hotel and traveling and regretting it, not to mention that it costs money and takes up space for readers to buy books home, and it is inevitable that they will be cleaned up as garbage, which is to let readers flip through them, which has already delayed people's precious time. Therefore, I have to turn to myself for help, and my selfishness is to avoid making my work "die ugly", and repeatedly deduce it word by word, paragraph by paragraph, section by chapter, until there is no place for luck to hide. This work must be paid. Some friends said that when they read some of the things he wrote, they couldn't see anything the first time, and they had to read them at least 2-3 times to read the taste. At this time, he no longer had the mood of self-appreciation, and felt that he was too deeply trapped and strangled too tightly by the old routines, and even he was difficult to relax. Instead of letting others put themselves in the pot to cook the flavor, it is better to consciously put it in the pot. Fortunately, I found a topic suitable for relaxation, and if it can't be easy, it's better to stop. (To be continued......)