How amateur writers contribute to newspapers and periodicals

He has been engaged in editing and creating publications, photography, fine arts, calligraphy and seal cutting works for a long time. I have read and selected a large number of such manuscripts, many of which are contributed by amateur authors, and found some problems that need urgent attention. Based on this common sense of submission, combined with my own experience, I will talk with amateur authors about how to contribute to newspapers and periodicals. First of all, the idea of work should be correct. Ideas are the theme. When you pick up a pen, a knife or a camera to create a work, you must first understand the purpose of creation, that is, why you want to create it, for whom, what to express and how to express it. The style of works should pursue positive, healthy and elegant, advocate scientific progress, and oppose superstition and vulgar taste. Theme, genre and creativity are all innovations and changes, so don't copy them mechanically. When designing a composition, we should try our best to avoid the similarity with the content or style seen in the reading materials, but strive to find another way, with novel ideas, ingenious ideas, unique tastes, different perspectives and different styles. Readability and freshness are always the magic weapon for a work to win. Second, we should explain clearly. The handwriting of the manuscript should be clear, and the necessary narrative should be concise and clear. In order to make readers understand, some works should be accompanied by necessary notes, such as seal characters and cursive characters involved in calligraphy seal cutting works, and words that ordinary editors or readers may not know or understand should be clearly marked. Some annotation words can also be used as attachments, and it is very clear to write them directly on calligraphy works in regular script. Explanatory text and author information should be written not only on the back of the work, but also on a separate sheet for editing, printing, typesetting and writing remuneration. Don't let the editor copy these communication messages or explanatory texts for you. Understanding and appreciation is the premise of all visual aesthetic activities. Photographic works, whether it is a single photo, a group photo or an attachment, should indicate who took the photo, which row is left or right, which row is the protagonist, and you reflect when and where it was taken. Even if it is a portrait or landscape work, you can't just write a few words, but also write down detailed background information such as shooting location and time on the manuscript for editors' reference. Of course, photographic works mainly rely on the instantaneous image language presented on the screen, but this alone is not enough. To appreciate a work, readers not only need to satisfy the pleasure brought by the picture, but also need to know as much as possible about relevant information, humanities and geography. The picture of "Black Dragon Pool Scenery" taken by an author in Tongling, Anhui Province is excellent. Unfortunately, there is nothing in the manuscript except the five-word title, which makes people confused about when and where this "Black Dragon Pool" is (there are several places with this name in Beijing alone). In this way, not only did you lose the opportunity to make a cover photo in the world of the old man, but you also lost the possibility of participating in the picture of the scenery of the motherland. I hope * * * can learn this lesson. Many people only write a few empty titles in their photographic manuscripts, but don't write specific contents such as shooting place, time, people and their identities, facts and background. This is the most headache and distress for editors and the most dissatisfied for readers. In fact, writing titles is the strength and specialty of editing work. It is necessary for the author to make a title for the work, but it is often inaccurate, not vivid and not vivid. Many titles have been edited, modified or replaced. The most important thing is to ask the author to write clear explanatory text, with specific facts and detailed contents, which even a clever editor can't compile, and it depends on the author's postscript to provide clarity. At present, in some photo exhibitions, newspapers and albums, it has become a common problem that the captions of photo works are deleted, leaving only dry and empty titles without relevant content descriptions, ignoring readers' all-round appreciation and knowledge demand. Almost all the photographic works published in the monthly magazine "The World of the Elderly" don't write manuscripts, which is really helpless. In the final analysis, it shows that the author's awareness of service to readers is not in place. It should be noted that what the author understands himself may not be understood by others, so it is necessary to explain the text. Readers may have noticed that the large-scale works recently adopted on the cover and back cover of "The World of the Old Man" are marked with the specific shooting location and time. If there is no specific explanation, this magazine will not use it or use it less. At most, it will prepare a photography collection and select it after completing a special topic. Third, we should pay attention to timeliness. The works shot or created should be fresh and recent, and the documentary news pictures should be recent. Some works specially created for important anniversaries or major events, such as shooting, painting, writing and seal cutting, should be planned in advance and sent as soon as possible. Because newspaper work, like any other work, also has its running cycle. It takes about one and a half months, or even two or three months, before and after each issue of a publication, from editing and manuscript selection to editing and approval by the chief editor, from American editing and design to typesetting and proofreading, and then to printing and publishing in a printing plant. If you don't understand these situations, it is easy to make your work a "past tense" for prescribing the wrong prescription. Fourth, we should handle it carefully. It is not easy for amateur authors to create a satisfactory work, but it is more important to cherish it. For large-scale calligraphy and painting works, it is best to send clear five or six-inch photos instead of originals. Your work and its attachments should be marked one by one, and all relevant information such as the author's name and creation time should be clearly written. Prevent a batch of several works (such as a piece of paper with multiple seal cutting, graphics or group photos, paintings) from being dismantled and used in stages, which will cause trouble due to incomplete information, leading to mistakes or unsuccessful selection. The editor * * * has the same temper. They welcome writing works that are as clear as possible and easy to review and edit, and are tired of simple and rough things that are difficult to identify and even need to be "deciphered". The author is also reminded that it is best to use the real name when publishing works, so as to avoid unnecessary troubles caused by different names when collecting remuneration from the post office in the future. In short, you should be serious and responsible for your own manuscript. 5. The mailing address of the author should be clear and detailed. The postal code must be clearly written, and it is best to write down your phone number and posting time, so that the editor can get accurate information when dealing with a large number of contributions accumulated for a long time and selecting them repeatedly. Works of the same quality are often ups and downs in the process of editing and selecting manuscripts. Works with thorough information, flexible gathering and dispersion and convenient use are more competitive. Moreover, the author should not use a pencil to write any information, and should write the name of the province and city to which he belongs when it comes to the address. Sixth, we must be targeted. There are many newspapers and periodicals now, each with its own commercial attributes. If your work is put into an irrelevant newspaper or column, it will be difficult to be adopted. Even because the draft is not in the right column, it will disappear like a mud cow into the sea. To this end, you should know and observe the newspapers and columns you intend to contribute in advance, understand the ways and rules of their use of manuscripts, and avoid blindness. Only when the submission is more targeted can the selection rate be improved. Seven, we should dare to contribute to the newspaper, but don't contribute more than one manuscript, don't pose, don't fake, or even copy. All newspapers and periodicals expect excellent exclusive works and don't want to repeat what has been published in other countries because of negligence; The draft period of newspapers and periodicals is generally three months, and the author often has to keep a copy because of the shortage of manpower. After this time, he saw that the work had not been adopted and could submit it again. These common sense mentioned above are basically the submission requirements of the monthly magazine "The World of the Elderly", and are only for the reference of photographers who want to contribute. As for the common sense of submission, it is similar to this, so I won't repeat it here.