Compete with creativity and be patient with high-quality products
2024-01-23
Some people say that in the face of a massive supply of literature and art, the polishing of slow work and meticulous work seems outdated. In fact, the times are indeed providing unprecedented convenience for today's literary and artistic creation, but the difficulties on the road to high-quality works have not changed. With the release of the new novel by writer Bi Feiyu, an anecdote about the "tissue contract" has spread in the literary world. At a gathering in 2015, Cheng Yongxin, the editor in chief of "Harvest", invited Bi Feiyu to contribute in person. After "Tuina" in 2008, Bi Feiyu has not published a full-length work for many years, but friends are aware that he is "holding back" a new work. At the dinner table, Bi Feiyu promised to give the new novel to Harvest. Cheng Yongxin immediately pulled out a napkin and asked Bi Feiyu to sign the agreement on it. It was not until 8 years later that Bi Feiyu's new long article was first published in the third issue of Harvest magazine in 2023, as scheduled, that Cheng Yongxin shared this well preserved "tissue contract" on his social media. Behind the 8-year contract lies the author's competition, as well as the editor's trust and patience in this competition. Bi Feiyu encountered a bottleneck in the creative process, wanting to give up several times, and even deleted a novel of over 100000 words directly from the computer, overturning it and starting over. I wrote over one million words before and after, and when it was finally published, it was over 200000 words. During this process, editor Cheng Yongxin never urged him once. "Don't rush, he will definitely compete with himself, and he won't hand in any unsatisfactory assignments." This trust itself is also a respect for the laws of artistic creation. Literary and artistic creation is a difficult and creative labor. Literary works, as the product of the author's accumulated life experience, ideological cognition, and aesthetic concepts, require repeated brewing and polishing, and it is difficult to achieve overnight success through inspiration. Wang Zengqi's masterpieces "Shoujie", "Yibing", and "Occupation" all have traces of continuous revision. In just over 2000 words, the first draft of "Career" was completed in Kunming in the 1940s, and in the following 40 years, the author has rewritten it four times. Wang Zengqi said, "Why rewrite it? Because I haven't yet explored the deeper and broader meaning of this life segment." The revised novel begins with various sales voices on Wenlin Street. Behind different sales voices, there are different lives and experiences. It succinctly describes the layered Chinese society within the sales voices, demonstrating great skill. From this detail, it can be seen that in the process of revision and re creation, the author has incorporated more history, experience, and personal charm. Especially for writers with certain social influence, a new work is not only a dialogue with oneself, but also a dialogue with contemporary creators to distinguish or surpass previous creations, and to make one's work unique and recognizable. The difficulty of polishing can be imagined. In recent years, thousands of original novels have been published in the domestic book market every year. According to the "2022 Blue Book of Chinese Online Literature", in 2022, more than 3 million new online literary works were added to online platforms. Such a large quantity reflects the active level of literary creation and production, and also poses a huge test on the determination and patience of creators and editors. Some people say that in the face of a massive supply of literature and art, it seems that slow work leads to meticulous polishing“
Edit:GuoGuo Responsible editor:FangZhiYou
Source:people.cnle
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