1. Books that are helpful for writing
To improve your writing, of course, you must first understand the levels of your composition and divide it into sections. For example, Take the simplest division: the total score is most commonly used in writing. Writing generally needs to be comfortable for people to read, so you have to work hard on your writing style. Remove the impurities and leave the essence behind. When describing, don't be too wordy or complicated. This kind of writing actually has something in common with writing novels. If a novel wants to attract readers, it must be structured in terms of plot and writing style. The plot must be novel. When describing the incident, the characteristics of the characters must be captured, such as: In the heart Description, language description and so on. Psychological description is a writing method that focuses on describing the psychological characteristics and changes of the characters. If you use simple and vernacular to describe it, it will make the readers very boring and boring. Secondly, the language description is to try not to be too wordy when talking about this matter. This step should be shortened to just a few sentences. What readers see is novel content rather than cumbersome narratives. You have to distinguish this point.
Since it is to improve your writing level, you should start with the amount of reading. How to get started?
First of all, we can accumulate some knowledge that is helpful for writing from classics. We all know that we have four famous classics in China, namely "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", "Water Margin", and "Journey to the West". ", "Dream of Red Mansions". The one that has made great progress in our literature here, I think, is "A Dream of Red Mansions". In addition to narrating character stories, "Dream of Red Mansions" contains many poems, which also have a great enlightenment effect on writing skills. The remaining three books also provide some help in writing, which can improve writing ideas.
Secondly, you can read some collections of essays. We know that Lu Xun, a modern prose writer who is relatively influential in textbooks, has the greatest help in writing. For example, "Picking Up Flowers in the Morning and Evening". There is also "The Complete Works of Shen Congwen" by Shen Congwen. Lao She is the author of the novels "Xiaopo's Birthday", "Cat City", "Divorce", "The Biography of Niu Tianci", "Camel Xiangzi", etc., and a collection of short stories "Going to the Market" etc. His works in the 1940s include: the novels "Cremation" and "Four Generations Under One Roof", the novella "My Life", the short story collections "Anemia Collection" and "Crescent Moon Collection", and the collection of popular literary works "Three Generations". "April 1" and so on. His works after the founding of the People's Republic of China mainly include the novel "Under the Red Flag", the long reportage "The Nameless Highland Has a Name", the collection of essays "The Collection of Lucky Stars", the scripts "Longxugou", "Teahouse" "wait. These books can be said to be ideological enlightenments and pioneering works in writing. Its influence in the Chinese literary world continues to this day, and has even spread to textbooks.
I hope these will make great progress in your writing. I wish you progress in your studies. Remember to accept it.
2. Reading those books is helpful for writing essays
I personally think that reading books on the following aspects is helpful for writing essays:
First, short stories novels, why not read novellas and novels, because the plots of novellas and novels are too complicated, while the plots of short stories are relatively simple, but they are a complete story and a complete narrative, which is conducive to cultivating students The ability to weave stories while improving students' ability to fully narrate stories.
The second is prose. Including all kinds of prose, because the biggest feature of prose is that "the form is scattered but the spirit is not scattered", which is very beneficial to train students to write a complete composition from a central idea. At the same time, prose pays great attention to the elaboration of "principles". This is helpful to improve students' ability to explain the truth clearly when writing essays. In addition, most prose essays have beautiful words and sentences. If you read more such books, you can accumulate a lot of good words and sentences to prepare for writing essays.
The third is a better composition. This can serve as a demonstration. If students are good at analysis when reading such articles, that is, if they analyze the central idea, key paragraphs and other elements of the composition just like the teacher does when teaching the text, then they will get twice the result with half the effort. Good writing is more beneficial.
The fourth is current politics and current hot topics. When writing a composition, you also need to care about national affairs and recent hot issues in society. This may become your "requested" composition material, or it can also become an example for you to explain your views, so that the composition written in this way will be more vivid. , and it is more contemporary, and teachers will like it more.
The fifth is to read the book of nature and society well. There is a poem that goes: "Read thousands of books and travel thousands of miles." Nature and social practice are an inexhaustible material library for us to write essays. We usually bring students to contact and get closer to nature. Taking students to experience society more will make your essays more vivid and attractive. 3. What books on writing are worth recommending?
The first writing book I read was Stephen King's "Writing", which was shocking at the time.
This book does not systematically discuss writing issues, but talks about some scattered knowledge points, such as "the road to hell is paved with adverbs" and "first drafts are bullshit" , "If there are loopholes - I mean loopholes like the ones you can see in a semi-trailer truck, you can correct them." etc.
This book is considered an entry-level book. The language is easy to understand and the techniques are easy to operate. Beginners can get started at a glance. Moreover, Stephen's own attitude towards writing, writing habits, and the hardships he experienced in writing are also worth reading for the authors. To this day, I have forgotten all the techniques mentioned in this book, but I still remember how every time Stephen finished writing a book, he would go out with his family for two days, sitting on the boat and fishing.
I haven’t finished reading the "Short Story Writing Guide", but it also contains some fragmentary tips. What impresses me deeply is that it teaches you how to write about appearance. What should you do if you want to write that the protagonist is ugly, but you are afraid that it will be too ugly and make readers queasy? It is clearly derogatory but actually praising. "She has pale skin, a few freckles on her face, and is ridiculously thin." Come on, she is white and thin with a few freckles, isn't she a beauty? But the author insists on saying she is ugly, and the readers have no choice but to accept it. Not only do they accept it, but they also sympathize with her and feel that it is really pitiful that such a beauty is slandered by the author.
After watching "Story" for the second time, I can understand 50% of it. This book is still my recommendation to all authors. It is a basic system that tells the essence of stories, the classification of stories, and why people are attracted to stories. The other books I read subsequently were basically books that explained a certain chapter of the story in detail. What does this book belong to? If you don't write to that level, you won't be able to understand it. Once you write it, you will understand. But it’s also hard to understand whether you need story guidance when you write it. And when you read it half-understanding, you will often come up with many self-made explanations, which will lead you astray. ┑（￣Д ￣）┍But there is no harm in taking a look. Even if you can't understand it, there is a shadow in your mind. When you encounter similar difficulties in writing, you will vaguely feel that you are heading in the right direction. Finally, the most helpful thing about this book of stories is the sentence printed on the cover of the book: "Stories are metaphors of life." Every time I think about it, I feel a lot of emotion.
"Your Script Is Sucks", "Save the Cat"... and some other screenwriting books. The only lesson these books taught me is that those who write novels should not read screenwriting books, as they will get half the result with half the effort and be confused. I learned the story structure from reading script books, and I studied it for two years... In fact, the structure is just a three-act play, and I can master it in a few months.
It was only after I stopped writing scripts that I really started reading books on novel techniques. It was such a late introduction. My point of view is: you can read a writing book in just one afternoon. If it doesn't work, you've wasted an entire afternoon. If it works, you can save months or even years of study time.
"Becoming a Writer": Great Amway. This book does not have specific techniques, but talks about the author's psychological difficulties. Creation is a matter that consumes brain power and emotions, so it is easy to fall into an unhealthy mental state (it is difficult to say whether it is unhealthy because of creation, or whether it is unhealthy in the first place. Creation alleviates the symptoms.) If an author is mentally healthy and energetic, he will not If you don’t doubt yourself and don’t envy your peers, then your creative progress will definitely make rapid progress. This book has many ways to adjust your psychology, which are also very practical.
"Plot and Characters": The author of "Plot and Characters" has come to check it out, and this is it. I used to be terrible at writing people, but after reading this book, I immediately wrote two characters that were alive, lively, (crossed out), gay (crossed out), and in love. This book teaches you how to write character biographies, and then tells you the relationship between the plot and the characters. Although the title is Plot and Characters, it is said that the author who loses characters and plots will basically learn nothing.
"A Quick Guide to Fiction": Just take a look. It says that at the end of each scene, the protagonist must be in greater trouble than at the beginning. I understand that this sentence is a good word for beginners. But once you pass the beginner stage, you can no longer believe this statement. The writing methods of novels are ever-changing, and any suggestions that are "certain" or "must" cannot be trusted at all. When I teach people how to write, I always say at the end of the lesson: Let me teach you one last thing - forget what I taught you. Many of my suggestions are only suitable for you at a certain stage. As you progress, these suggestions will no longer apply. "Chapter 7 of this book is very good about "show, don't tell". I recommend friends who are short on time to read only this chapter. This book also has good views on revision: just revise five times. If you feel that if you continue to revise, the story may not be better, then that’s fine. This sentence is mentioned in many books. I don’t know whether it is true or not. Anyway, I believe this now and write. I wrote a really bad first draft. I’ll try to see if it can lead to a phoenix nirvana after revising it. If so, I’ll post an answer on Zhihu about how to revise the novel. If not, I’ll write about “What’s it like to be fooled by a writing book?” "
I read the beginning of "Plot! Plot!" and I couldn't stand it. I am a plot flow author, so I feel that the suggestions in the book are relatively superficial and very arbitrary, without considering the ever-changing actual situation. It may be useful for those who are addicted to plot...Beginners need to do special exercises in order to make rapid progress.
Source: Zhihu 4. What books to read will help you write your essay
If you want to help you write your essay
this cannot be done by one or two books. Solved
Improving the level of composition requires accumulation
Success can only be achieved through thick accumulation and thin development
In this case, reading books such as poems and other poems will, after all, make you feel better. It’s not for nothing that poetry and calligraphy come from China. It’s cool to be able to pick up poems and dictionaries at your fingertips. Then read some prose books to cultivate your sentiments. I recommend "Meditations", "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" and "Morning Blossoms Picked Up at Dusk"
< p> You can also read Rabindranath Tagore's Birds CollectionIn fact, as far as I am concerned, I always like to read history books and the like. Although my composition is never very good, the content I write is still quite substantial. 5. Introduce me to a few novels that are helpful for writing
! ; "Zi Zhi Tong Jian"! ! , just take a look at the four classics! , or don’t like classical ones! ! ! If you haven't read "Dream of Red Mansions", the Four Great Classics: There are thousands of novel websites.
Among them, "Water Margin", as long as you read it carefully; "Three Kingdoms"; "Hanshu"; "Houhanshu", you can read it, "Historical Records"; "Warring States Policy"! Attached is 52 I Love E-Books: If you need to unzip the password: It is very convenient to download here or read online. "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is worth reading carefully. Especially "Historical Records" and "Three Kingdoms" are worth reading! ! ! If you like foreign masterpieces! ! If you have seen these; "Jane Eyre"! ! You can look at modern ones! ...
The knowledge content of these books I introduced is very high. No matter which one you read, you will definitely gain something. "The Ordinary World"; "Muslim Funeral"; "The Young Emperor"; "Urban Romance"; "Rings of the Year". In particular, "The Ordinary World" and "Muslim Funeral" are indeed worth watching.
If you are interested in history, you can read, "The Man with the Laughing Face"; "La Traviata"; "The Three Musketeers", there is always one suitable for you; "Water Margin"; "Romance of the Three Kingdoms"; " Journey to the West". 6. Novels that are helpful for writing
Remember not to read too many online novels, as it will be difficult to improve your writing skills in the future.
Helpful for writing... It’s hard to say this well. I would like to recommend to you something I have read recently.
I recommend Keigo Higashino's "White Night Journey" and "The Worry-Free Grocery Store". They are both completely flawless genres and will not be difficult to read like some online novels nowadays. You can read them more slowly and study them.
There is also Liu Cixin's "The Three-Body Problem", especially "The Dark Forest". I was absolutely blown away by it after watching it, and maybe my worldview also collapsed.
If you don’t have much time, you can look for "Kuroya". This is a short story that appears in the stand-alone game The Elder Scrolls 5 Skyrim. It is also the best short story I have ever read. There is no nonsense in the whole story and it is concise and concise. After reading it, I went back and checked the word count. I didn’t believe it at all. Only so much, highly recommended.
If what you want is a reference book, there was a set of "Secrets of Bestsellers" a few years ago that was quite good and included many excerpts from accomplished writers.