Xiao Yu pushed his glasses and wiped his nose again, looking a little impossible to refuse.

There was a lot of traffic outside the door, the weather was gloomy, and I was embarrassed to let Xiaoyu leave disappointed.

Although the rain was not heavy when I came here, it also came to me in sporadic raindrops, and I was looking forward to it.

As for how much, I don't know and can't guess.

I brought Xiaoyu a bottle of mineral water, chatted a few words, and learned that his motivation for wanting to write was because he couldn't read it on weekdays.

The impression of Xiaoyu on me is completely different from the first time I met him in the bookstore, he speaks faster and speaks more than the last time.

Douzi talked to him about Jin Yong, saying that it was a good book that boys should read in their childhood, I couldn't help but laugh, not because this was wrong, but because Xiao Yu's eyes looking at Douzi made me feel that Xiao Yu simply admired Douzi.

"Dad won't read me this, and even Harry Potter only allows me to read the English version, and it's not the full version." Xiao Yu said while laughing.

"Your father is really strict with you, it was much easier when I was a child, I read whatever I wanted, how could it be so troublesome."

The two talked happily, and Xiao Yu almost forgot what he had written when he first entered the door.

But I didn't dare to forget, in my memory, there were a lot of writing books on the top layer of the shelf, and these books were purchased by me in two years, about 20 copies.

For example, the creative writing book department of the Chinese Renmin University Press, a total of 59 volumes, I remember that I bought more than half of them, in line with the principle that reading books cannot only read one, one year during the winter vacation, around the Lunar New Year, I bought writing books almost every day, and I also bought writing books every day.

Later, when I thought back to why I read the writing book so intensively, I couldn't help but feel a little funny, because I didn't want to read it, so I wanted to finish it as soon as possible. I have such thoughts because I am a little afraid in my heart, for fear that there will be some shortcuts to writing in the books I don't want to read, and this kind of feeling of suffering from gains and losses is really tormenting, like bread that has not been fully fermented, but it can be eaten but sticky to the teeth, and there is a sour taste.

Chinese Min University Press's book titles are very good, such as "Memoir Writing", "Wandering in the Secret Place", "From Life To", "Writing the First Five Pages", "The Art of News Writing", "Conflict and Suspense", "Becoming a Writer", "45 Classic Character Archetypes", "Creative Writing Master Class", "Wandering in the Secret Place", "Story Project", "20 Classic Plots", "From Idea to Bestseller", "Writing Magic Book", "The Art of Writing", ......

Other publishers include "Harvard Nonfiction Writing Class" and "The Master's Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder".

Writing tutorial books have a common feature, the titles are very to the point, just look at the title of the book to know which aspect of writing the book is about.

In addition to the above, there are also books by famous writers on writing, such as Haruki Murakami's "My Profession is Home" and Stephen King's "Writing This Thing" can also be found on the shelves.

In addition, there are books written about the Bible, such as McGee's Stories.

Is it useful to read these books that teach people how to write?

I really don't know how to say this, I can only say that no matter how good the writing book is, it can't solve the problem of a person not using a pen, and sometimes it really has to be like a great writer said - pick up the pen and write!

"What are you doing with so many books?" Douzi looked at me puzzled, and Xiaoyu on the side also ran to me and asked if he wanted to help.

I wiped the thin beads of sweat on my forehead, and handed Xiao Yu a copy of Mr. Xia Yazun's "Article Practice" that I had just taken off.

"Sister Lixia, I don't want to write an article." Xiao Yu looked at me a little anxiously.

"Oh, it's okay, this is a book for my sister to read, not for Xiaoyu."

After explaining to Xiaoyu, I told Douzi that these books were taken out to make an episode of the show, and I also planned to sort out how many such books I had bought.

"This ...... Are they all books that teach writing? Out of curiosity, Beanzi also left his seat and walked over.

"Isn't it Lixia, you've bought so many writing books? Are you planning to teach writing or are you going to become a writer? ”

Douzi smiled maliciously, and the level of Douzi's taunt was by no means bronze.

"How is it possible, if I read a writing book, I would write a book, and I would probably believe that I could win the lottery if I went to buy the Mark Six lottery."

I replied sullenly, the table was already full of writing books, stacks upon stacks, and a third of the space was already occupied by writing books.

More than I remembered, I counted forty-eight...... Among them, more than 30 are writing tutorial books, and more than 10 are books on writers talking about writing.

"Lixia won't read all of these books, right?"

I'll admit, read them all.

Douzi laughed, "Could it be that Xia really learned to write from a tutorial?" ”

Before I could speak, Xiao Yu on the side hurriedly raised his hand to speak, "Then I will read it too." ”

"It's better not, I mean just flip through it, no, no, I mean...... It's more useful to write or read more. ”

I explained bluntly, the effect was not good, and there was a helplessness that could not be explained.

The books piled up on the desk were all purchased by me personally, and none of them were sold to bookstores by others, and although the period of crazy reading tutorials was not long, two or three weeks before and after, the number of forty-eight books, I thought that I had to spend a lot of effort, at least two books a day.

"Sister, there are underlines and notes in this book."

I glanced at Xiao Yu's line of sight, and the book he was reading was called "Conflict and Suspense", and I not only crossed the line but also wrote notes.

It can be seen that at the beginning, I was also studying hard.

"Can I borrow a few books to take home? Is it possible to write after reading it? ”

"No, you can't." After some hesitation, I replied.

"Oh, okay then."

Xiao Yu seemed to be frightened by my attitude, and softly agreed, "Listen to my sister." ”

Then he closed the book and ran to Bean.

"I don't read much writing books after that, but books like McGee's Stories, Stephen King's The Thing About Writing, and The Paris Review where I see writers talking about writing, I still flip through them from time to time, and it's helpful to read the preface of each book or the interviews and speeches of writers.

We can think about writing from many places, learn to write, and blindly expect that writing books will teach us to think about problems too simply, to give an inappropriate example, writing is not like a cold, and tutorials are not cold medicine, and it is impossible to read a book and suddenly write. ”

"So what to do?" Xiao Yu was anxious to know the way.

This is the way most people think, when they encounter a problem, they look for a solution.

But writing is not the problem, it may be the opposite, writing is a process of thinking and asking questions.

For example, what would happen and what would you do if aliens suddenly came to Earth and everyone became deaf and you could hear sounds?

That's right, this is the method mentioned in the tutorial, if that alone is not enough, and it is not difficult to tell people to ask questions before writing, and anyone who has gone through some writing methods can give such advice, the difficulty is that it is not enough, once you are superstitious about methods, you may end up writing a book of "how to create from scratch", instead of a story in your head.