The author | Liu Xuemin
Many people want to write articles, but really pick up a pen, and there are many concerns.
For example, is this bit of something I wrote valuable, is it worth writing? Will others laugh when they see it? My writing is very poor, I should not write well, writing is the business of writers, right?
These ideas stem from "being too concerned about what others say."
In fact, this is not an isolated phenomenon, but a common problem that many people have.
In other words, you may not be able to write, you may not know what to write, you are just confined to the worries and concerns in your heart, and you dare not write.
Therefore, if you want to write a good article, the first step is not to read widely and practice your pen diligently, but to put aside your concerns and write boldly.
As long as you remove a few big stones in your heart, your mentality is relaxed and peaceful, and you can start writing at any time.
But, what to write?
The answer is that anything can be written.
All things in heaven and earth, the stars of the universe, the dust of ants, what they see, hear, think and feel, can all be written.
It should be noted that no matter what you write, how many words you write, even if it is only one sentence, you must let yourself write words with these two characteristics: information and feelings.
The book gives an example:
1. I ate a bowl of ramen at the "small balls" in Iidabashi and it was delicious.
2. I ate the best pork bone soup noodles at Iidabashi's "small balls". The soup base is a pork bone soup that has been stewed for three days, and the side dish is a bean sprout that is just right hot, which is crisp and tender to eat. There is a recommended grapefruit pepper on the table, just sprinkle a little, the fresh sour taste of the grapefruit will make your eyes shine.
These two paragraphs write the same thing, but the expression gives people a completely different feeling.
The reason for this is that the first paragraph is too rough and sketchy, only summarizing the events, providing no superfluous information, and not writing out your feelings.
The second paragraph of text, rich in information, wrote out many details of the soup noodles, and also contributed to their feelings when eating noodles.
I believe that when you see these two paragraphs, you will definitely recognize the second paragraph, and there is a high probability that you will go to that store for field investigation and taste.
Therefore, writing an article is not to say that as long as it is written, it also needs to have the two characteristics of information and feelings, that is, to either provide more information to the reader, or to convey their feelings, so that the reader has something to gain and gain in your text.
In a word, let the reader not read in vain.
In order to do this, before we write an article, we need to collect materials, which is essential, just like a chef does a dish, and we need to buy various ingredients and condiments first.
Enough material, the amount of information can be guaranteed.
So how does the feeling come out?
There is a method that can be used, called the "self-questioning and self-answering" method, that is, interviewing yourself.
The more people who can ask questions, the more they don't have to worry about writing.
Before interviewing yourself, you need to carefully design the question and simulate it repeatedly.
Take those two passages as an example, such as:
Question 1: What did you eat at noon?
Question 2: Where to eat?
Question 3: How does it taste?
Question 4: What is soup made of? What are the side dishes?
Q5: What is the environment like in the store? Is it clean? What else is there?
In fact, everyone is a "self-questioning expert".
As long as you keep asking questions and answering, you don't have to worry about writing anything, and a lot of thoughts will emerge in your head, you just need to sort out this information, which is a good article with information and feelings.
How, it's not difficult to write an article, you can let it go and try it, start by writing your first text!
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