In recent years, talk shows have become a form of comedy that young people generally love, from the variety shows such as "Talk Show Conference" and "Spit Conference" that exploded at the beginning of the broadcast, to the offline talk show clubs that bloom everywhere, in just a few years, talk show performances have rapidly taken root in China, and also pushed a group of people who have silently worked behind the scenes to write or perform offline to the front of the screen, which is well known and loved by the public. And all of this is inseparable from the merits of one person, that is, Li Tian.
Li Tian has been active in the public eye over the years, opening a company, going to variety shows, publishing books, and going on hot searches, but after his career has been done in a prosperous way, people often forget his original identity, being a talk show screenwriter. From the initial writing for "Tonight's 80s Talk Show", to his own performance on stage, to planning talk shows, pushing new people, it can be said that all the work related to talk shows, he has done, and he deserves to become the leader of this industry.
Some time ago, he published a new book "Li Birthday Talk Show Work Manual", which summarized and shared his understanding of the talk show industry, creative experience, performance experience and attitude towards this job.
Originally, I thought that the writing style of this book would be as ridiculous and unorthodox as Li Tian's character, but after reading it, I was a little shocked, because this book is very serious and sincere, and the work attitude and professionalism he showed in the book are still very different from his personality. Therefore, it is still necessary to sigh, but anyone who has done something, he cannot fail to work hard and not be serious.
Here are a few points that touched me.
<h1 class="pgc-h-decimal" data-index="01" data-track="18" > the professional pursuit and self-requirements of "taking the law on top"</h1>
When I read the sentence "Take the law and get it in it" in the book, I re-faced Li Shi, you don't look at his usual hippie smile, in fact, he has a high pursuit of work and creation.
He explains this sentence in the book, that is, to learn first-class, imitate second-rate, and become third-rate. Because it's good to be third-rate, if you learn second-rate at the beginning, you can't become third-rate.
Writing a harmonic terrier and borrowing Internet terms is something that a professional person can easily do with an amateur, that is, to take the law with one shot, and the final result is that it does not enter the stream at all. Therefore, Li Shi himself hates the harmonic terrier very much, and it is funny to be funny, but this humor is not advanced.
This is also the reason why the Spring Festival Gala sketches in these years are becoming more and more unsightly, because the creation of the sketches has become an inventory of the annual network hot words and hot stems, and there is no longer the original classic meme that people can take a year.
In the same way, plagiarism, fried cold rice, and selling feelings in creation are also very low-level flattering. For creators, what could be more disappointing than losing their creative pursuits and willingly degenerating.
On the other hand, "taking the law from above" is also a high demand for oneself.
Read more classics, be diligent in thinking, don't indulge in simple readings, online novels, and best-selling books that don't need to use your brain; write with your heart, output valuable words for readers, don't blindly study explosive routines, cater to the audience's tastes, chase hot spots, and fill chicken soup; learn a knowledge to find the most powerful teacher system in this field to learn, don't learn some "three-legged cat kung fu" from some people with a half-cup of water; want to seek a benchmarking example around, Just look at the best person around you, and don't be self-satisfied and think that as long as "more than the bottom" is enough.
Always thinking about being a "Mr. Almost" and doing everything with a result of 0.99 is that you will get farther and farther away from 1. Take the law, the standard is higher, the requirements are stricter, first of all, you must have the desire to learn first-class, and then try to become the best you can do, is the most positive attitude towards work and even life.
<h1 class="pgc-h-decimal" data-index="02" data-track="103" > creation is not inspired and talented</h1>
In the second season of "Talk Show Conference", Zhang Boyang withdrew from the competition, on the grounds that he felt that he lacked inspiration and could not write anything, when Li Yan jokingly said that Zhang Boyang's creation belonged to thunder. At that time, I didn't understand what it meant, and in this book Li Gave an explanation.
He said: "Creation cannot rely on thunder, and creation must be nothing to split yourself." This means that creation is not inspired, you can't just wait there for the moment of inspiration, you have to deliberately practice, insight at any time, take the initiative to accumulate, and force yourself to do those "difficult and correct things."
The first thing to do is write every day.
Is your amount enough? Can you get up every day to write five paragraphs before you play with your phone? Can you change the five paragraphs you wrote in the morning better every day before going to bed?
Many creative people are worried about the exhaustion of their creativity, and Li Believes that this worry is superfluous, because with the degree of laziness of most people, it is really impossible to talk about being hollowed out by creation.
It is possible for an ordinary writer to write a 10W+ explosive article, or a writer who has emerged to write a shockingly good book, but whether it can continue to produce high-quality works, and insisting on stable writing practice is the key.
Don't be afraid of over-creation, Li Shi said in the book: "Creativity is intellectual work, but also physical work, but in the final analysis, it is hard work." "It's hard to keep practicing, but it's like practicing muscles, you have to go through a painful process before your ability becomes stronger, and that's the "hard and right thing."
The second thing to do is to make life the material for creation.
Realize that your whole life is supposed to feed and serve your creation.
Whether it's writing a talk show or writing in general, creation is something that can't be separated from everyday life. Learning to experience life from an observer's point of view, whether it is the books you have read, the movies you have seen, or the stories that happen around you, can become creative material, but we must cultivate our own keen insight into life.
When reading and watching a play, you can't just immerse yourself in the plot and enjoy the fun of being an audience, but from the perspective of the critic, pay attention to the rhythm of the plot advancement, the artistic techniques used, the creative skills, the character personality, the story logic, etc. This will lose a lot of fun to watch, but it is a habit that creators must develop.
The third thing to do is to introduce external pressure.
There's a saying that goes, "If you don't push yourself, you don't know how much potential you have." ”
The most taboo of creation is loose and unrestrained, and it should be okay to find a deadline for yourself and stimulate motivation with pressure. There is also creating public feedback for yourself, for talk shows is to go to the open wheat to see the live effect, and constantly improve; for writing, it is to share publicly, get supervision and evaluation.
In short, the creation of this matter, in the end, is not to fight for talent but to work hard. "In any case, act first, write it, if you can't write well, are you still not bad?" This is Li's most friendly encouragement to all novice creatives who do not have self-confidence.
<h1 class="pgc-h-decimal" data-index="03" data-track="106" > growth mindset that looks at problems with a development perspective</h1>
As an audience, we look forward to seeing the performance of the explosion, but as a professional stand-up comedian, Li Shi earnestly reminds every actor that the purpose of going on stage is not to blow up that one, not to serve the audience of that scene, not to panic because the audience's reaction is cold, and not to make some strange moves to please the audience.
It's about watching it for a long time — your goal is always to become a stronger stand-up comedian, and every performance is about sharpening yourself by making fun of the audience, not just making fun of the audience.
Don't be afraid of that cold field, a failure, look at the problem with the perspective of development, summarize the reasons from the failure, adjust and improve, and your every failure is meaningful.
"Life is not a few cards, if you win, you win, life is a card game, you can't scatter the kind that you can't scatter, and winning or losing is not a handful or two."
For every creator, there will be the initial jerkiness, difficulty, the middle may also encounter creative bottlenecks, do not deny yourself at any time, you need to pay attention to only one point every day, that is, whether you continue to get better, today compared to yesterday have not obtained new things, whether there is growth.
Stick to it, discipline yourself fiercely, you will get stronger and stronger, and your strength will eventually be seen.
At the end of the book, Li Shi has a very powerful sentence, he said:
You are going to live to be at least eighty years old, and in the end your work is you, your work is you, and the final result is you as a person, and you should always think about this, that is, all the things you have done, all the training, grievances, achievements, are all for the achievement of you as a person.
Therefore, not only creation, facing any work, even facing life, if we have such a big pattern, our growth path may be less emotional, less twisted, more pure and open-minded.
So when you look at Li Tian, he never screws up, always knows what he wants, lives a round, transparent life, although "the world is not worth it", but life is worth it.
The End
(Some pictures from the Internet)