Writer, once a title that people look up to. More than two decades ago, writers could rival stars. Wherever there are writers, they will cause a sensation. Writers are representatives of "cultural people" and "artists", and they are symbols of elegance. At that time, reading books written by famous writers was people's greatest spiritual enjoyment.
But then, especially in recent years, "writers" seem to have changed somewhat. Writers, including poets, painters, and calligraphers, all seem to have changed their flavor. Even talking about who is a writer, a poet, an artist, has some sarcastic meanings. "You're a writer, your whole family is a writer!" "You are the poet!" Your whole family is a poet! ”
What's the problem? Is the level of writer-poet declining? Or is it that people are appreciating the level of appreciation? Or with the popularity of online mobile phones, people have stopped reading? This is indeed a problem that has to be faced. This is not only a problem for writers and poets, but also a problem for the public.
It is reported that the Tenth National Congress of the Chinese Writers Association will be held in Beijing from December 14 to 17, 2021. This may be an opportunity to find the root cause of the problem. Why have people been "superstitious" writers, fallen to the altar? Why do the poets people look up to have a pejorative meaning?
However, one thing is at least certain, that is, the ranks of the Writers' Association are getting bigger and bigger. In the past five years, a total of 3,035 members of the Chinese Writers Association have been developed, and the total number of individual members of the Chinese Writers Association has reached 12,951. The total number of members of provincial writers' associations has exceeded 100,000. This is not a small number, and together with the members of the association in the counties and cities, it is equivalent to one out of a thousand people.
The more writers, the more works that nature publishes. It is often seen that a new book by a famous writer has been published, a new book seminar has been held, and the participants have highly praised the new work of the writer. But that's it, such a good work, and then there was no news. After a few days, who remembers the famous work that this famous writer just came out?
The controversy over writers and poets has never been broken, but it seems that the Writers' Association has never managed this. Whatever the public opinion, the Writers Guild acted as if it had not heard. Indeed, for writers and poets, cultural creators cannot be beaten to death because of a certain controversy. But since the controversy has arisen, there must be a reason for it.
Repeated exposure of plagiarism, blatant multiple drafts, unclear awards. One argument ignores, two arguments go unnoticed, and the end result is that people may stop arguing. But that doesn't mean people recognize the writer's work, but move further away. As a result of the accumulation of controversy, writers and poets have become "negative figures", becoming derogatory terms.
The attitude of some writers and poets to this controversy obviously makes people know more about writers. Their vulgar words could not even be spoken by an ordinary person. "Sven sweeps the floor", it is most appropriate to describe them. But it is such a writer and poet that the Chinese Writers Association still ignores it.
In fact, to put it bluntly, writers and poets are also a profession, just like teachers, doctors, and civil servants. Since it is a profession, it should be constrained by professional ethics. If you violate professional ethics, you should be punished. Just because you are a writer and a poet, you can't ignore the world, or even be superior.
The peasants gave us physical food, and the writers gave us spiritual food. Physiological food can make us strong and strong, and spiritual food can cultivate our emotions, which is actually indispensable. But if there is a problem with eating physiological food and a problem with reading spiritual food, the impact is considerable. Food safety is much better than before, but what about the safety of spiritual food?
It seems that the agenda has not been mentioned, or that I have an agenda for a long time, but it has not been implemented. This has to be said to be a lack of management. I hope that the convening of the national congress of the Chinese Writers Association is not only a formality, but an opportunity for people who have not met for a long time to praise each other. Instead, it is necessary to earnestly face up to the problems we are facing now, improve the image of writers and poets, and provide healthy spiritual food for the broad masses of the people.