Chapter 149: Young Writers Forum
Although in the mouths of Cao Rongqing and Zeng Baiyi, the title of "senior writer" is very remarkable, but Wang Defu does not pay too much attention to it, he feels that the author still has to rely on his works to speak after all, otherwise even if the official awards you the title of "great writer", it will not be recognized by the public.
In fact, above the "senior writer", in addition to the "special writer", there are only the two titles of "writer" and "great writer", and the writers who can win the title of "writer" are basically famous writers in China, and I don't know how many national-level literary awards they have won.
And the writer with the title of "great writer" is a world-class writer, a writer who belongs to the entire Chinese rank, and his works have won the imperial literature of China, as well as the kind of Nobel Prize in Literature.
Such a writer, even if the official does not grant him such a title, he will conquer readers all over the world with his works.
Wang Defu is the kind of writer who doesn't care about the titles awarded by the government, he doesn't submit to those traditional literary awards like ordinary mainstream writers, but directly uses his own works to kill his own path in the mainstream literary world.
This approach seems a bit wild, but his works have been recognized by many people, such as his friend Zhu Moche, who strongly recommended him to join the Suzhou Writers Association.
Of course, Zhu Mocher also holds the title of "senior writer", because his prose does have something, and he is also a frequent guest of national prose magazines, and has even been published in the most demanding prose magazine, "The Essayist".
Although Wang Defu has published many articles in "Meiwen" and "Huaxia Prose", he has not published an article in "Essayist" so far.
The reason is, of course, that the magazine "Essayist" is very high-level, and the editor-in-chief is also very large, and it is said that at the beginning of its establishment, this magazine took the high-end route, and it must be an author who can be considered an essayist before he can publish articles on it.
So, what kind of writer can be considered an essayist?
Of course, it's not that you just publish some work in other prose magazines, but you have to win the first prize called the "Essayist Award" organized by the Essayist magazine, and if it is a second prize, you have to get it twice, and if you have a third prize, you have to get it three times.
Zhu Moche participated in the "Essayist Award", the top literary award in the field of prose three times, which belongs to the national literary award, won the third prize for the first time, and won the second prize twice in the second, and finally obtained the qualification to publish articles in the "Essayist".
Since then, Zhu Moche has also been famous in the literary world, with the title of "essayist", so as soon as he joined the Writers Association, he had the title of "senior writer", and then he recommended Wang Defu and his works to national prose magazines such as "Meiwen" and "Huaxia Prose", and the other party would give Zhu Moche a face.
And in a magazine like "The Essayist", even if Zhu Moche recommends Wang Defu's works, it will not play any role, because "The Essayist" really only recognizes the "Essayist Award" held by themselves.
For Wang Defu, he has never heard of this "essayist award", and he does not write prose to become famous and make money, but purely to record life at will and express some sorrows and sorrows that arise from time to time, so if it weren't for "Meiwen" and "Huaxia Prose" asking him to write articles, he wouldn't bother to submit them.
Therefore, Wang Defu will definitely not participate in the "Essayist Award" in order to publish an article in the "Essayist" magazine like Zhu Moche, and his prose works do not need to be judged by others at all, because they are really written for himself.
A few days after Wang Defu received the email from the Writers' Association, he actually received a notice from the Writers' Association, saying that the Suzhou Writers' Association had organized a forum for young writers for the new writers, and organized about 20 new writers to visit the local gardens in Suzhou together, and then have lunch together, and in the afternoon, they would have creative exchange activities.
Wang Defu is still curious about the activities of the Writers' Association, and it just so happens that he now has no idea about completing the so-called ideological works that Cao Xuping, the head of the department, wants him to write.
So Wang Defu was also happy to go, anyway, it was a weekend, and the location was not far from Soochow University, so it was very convenient for him to go to this young writers forum.
Wang Defu went to participate in this young writers forum alone, but what made him a little speechless was why many of the people who participated in this young writers forum were "young writers" who were not small at first glance.
The conversation between them also made Wang Defu feel out of place when he heard it.
"It's great to be able to join this writers' association this time, I feel like I have a home in an instant, but unfortunately I don't know when I will be rated as a 'junior writer'."
"It's already good to be able to join the Writers Association, there will be many such gatherings in the future, eat and drink for nothing, and wherever you go, as long as you say that you are a writer, it will definitely be impressive!"
"But if you don't have a title, it's really not easy to publish articles and books, you still have to find a relationship and strive for a title, otherwise just a member of the Municipal Writers Association will be too unranked!"
"I think you're thinking too much, it's so easy to get a title, many people write all their lives, and they don't know if they can get the title of 'intermediate writer'."
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This is a conversation between two "young writers" who look like middle-aged people, they seem to be the kind of people who are quite sociable and good at identifying new members, and which ones are very promising at a glance, so every time a writer appears to participate in this young writers forum, they go up to say hello and smoke skillfully.
Wang Defu was subconsciously ignored by them, mainly because this day was a weekend, and many college students like Wang Defu also came here to visit the garden, so they naturally regarded Wang Defu as the kind of college student who visited the garden, rather than a new member of the writers.
It is said that young writers are talking about young writers, but how many of them can join the writers' association before the age of 30?
Wang Defu did not take the initiative to greet these "young writers", he just wanted to stand by and see what kind of fame these "young writers" could make.