◎神小风

◎神小风

Maybe all writing is about the container, or maybe it’s about the question we can’t help but ask when we turn on the computer and stare at the screen: “How many words are needed?” In the technically oriented literary award, in the short essay, which is limited to thousands This is especially true in the genre of words. As an early contestant, I once heard of some people’s strategies for conquering this genre, such as using scraps cut from prose, or short novel materials, and everything was completed before the tight deadline. But after actually writing it a few times, I realized that the “smallness” of the essay is really the key. Before choosing the material, you should first judge whether it can be finished in a thousand words. When writing, pay attention to making every line precise and not wasting it. It may be an occasional pain in life, or it may be an interest observed in daily life. In short, it is a rough embryo. Try rubbing it left and right. If you feel that more detailed parts can be developed, throw it away. Put it in the drawer of novels or essays and wait until you see it next time. If you decide that the number of words is enough, write it all in one go. But how can we be precise and avoid waste? One of the old methods is to check again and again, and ask yourself like your own editor: What does this sentence mean? Stay?

All this can only be known after writing. Sometimes in literary awards, the existence of essays or very short stories is easily overlooked. But I actually like this genre very much. In addition to its universality of writing for all, it also challenges whether a writer is sensitive enough. Even if he is inexperienced, he knows that the subject matter is interesting and can express his own view of the world. The way. When the moment of writing comes, we get up and seize it. The most refreshing writing is to make everything just right, no more and no less. ●

■[National Writing Time]Invite past essay winners who have continued to write outstanding works to share how to extract a essay from life.

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