I have always respected editors, because they work hard to make wedding dresses for others and give their talents to others, but they are very clear. They do not seek fame and fortune, but do their best in ordinary posts in obscurity and devote their lives. Respectable!
I remember when I was twenty years old, I suddenly wanted to be a writer. I thought: others can, why can't I be a writer? I'm crazy about myself. Learn to write articles while reading. Sometimes I often forget to eat and sleep. When I sit at my desk alone, I will write until dawn. However, written articles are often rejected by editors because of students' accents. However, I am often proud of meeting a good editor. His name is Xie. He is an enthusiastic editor, and the rejection is always full of his requests and opinions on the revision of his works. One is to affirm the advantages of the article, even if it is a few beautiful sentences, and the other is to put forward suggestions for revision, hoping to change it from what aspects. He always makes a fuss about writing good words. Every day, he can look for good manuscripts with eagle eyes in more than a thousand manuscripts, never lose them, never slow down, never rank according to seniority, and review and revise manuscripts according to the author's wishes. He once said to me: Every time I see a good manuscript, it will always be as sweet as eating honey. Sometimes my eyes are red and swollen, and I am not afraid of high blood pressure. In retrospect, this dedication to the cause touched many of our authors.
It was not easy to publish in provincial and municipal newspapers at that time. Once, one of my essays was attracted by him. He not only called and wrote letters, but also wrote down the revised opinions one by one until I revised them to his satisfaction. Moreover, he has to help delete and modify some sentences in the article drastically, so that he can compare and know how to write and modify the article.
I will always remember Editor Xie, who took pains to bring me into the literary world. I remember one of his words was particularly touching. Once more than a dozen of our authors visited him and thanked him for his careful cultivation. He said: I am also an author, I know the author's psychology, I know your emotions ... it is so close to people's hearts, and it is really commendable that the editor has such a high fashion. Today, when others envy me as a writer, I still often think of this editor, often talk about him on some important occasions, and attribute all my success to him. ...
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Speaking of Xie, an excellent editor, I still remember one thing, which is really touching. At that time, there were six young people in our district who liked writing. They were all interested in prose, novels, poems and reportage. Xie knows that he hopes that we can set up a literary creation group, and we can often discuss it together and agree to visit us.
It was a cold winter. On Sunday, he rode a motorcycle from Shanghai to the suburbs to see us. It suddenly snowed heavily that day, and it was getting bigger and bigger. We young people are waiting in the small tea room in town. Not much time, the earth is silvery white, and there is snow everywhere on the trees and roofs. At this time, we thought, with such heavy snow, he certainly can't come. Just as we were in a hurry, the sound of motorcycles sounded on the road in Zhenkou. At first glance, it was him, and there was snow on his head, clothes and trousers. We watched, so excited that tears rolled out.
In order to support the author, he came all the way to teach his writing experience, and there was no shelf for editing. He also kindly asked questions, pointed out the common problems in writing according to the problems in our creation, taught us to create, taught us to learn to conceive and taught us to learn to use materials ... He said that life is wonderful, writers should be conscientious, learn to observe, learn to take pictures and learn to describe details ... The characters in the article should have personality, and the old people should have the image of old people. Old people have old people's language, children have children's language, and young people have young people's language ... Some articles, children speak adult words, young people speak old people's words, and at first glance they know that they are the author's own words ... This is called the immaturity of the article ... So we must never speak with the author himself, but with a student accent, and they are not integrated with real literature ... This makes us deeply convinced.
He also asked the young people we created together to learn to unite, not to be jealous, and to learn everything that is good in literature; Whose article is flawed, let's help out with ideas ... Let's work together to help correct it and improve it ... It's really a father's love, and we admire it.
Later, under his care, we young people grew up one by one ... Really, it is not easy to be a good editor. He must be a noble and selfless master.
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In fact, in life and writing, as long as you deal with words, you will meet many editors, so you can understand in contact and contact in understanding. Life is always a touchstone. In the process of creation and interaction with editors, you will gain and learn. Feeling in communication, knowing in feeling.
Teacher Xie often says: It is not easy to be a good editor. Like the author, he should know astronomy and geography. We should not only understand scientific and technological information, but also be the most cutting-edge information researchers. I remember that in the days when we were in contact with a good editor, he often kept a big dictionary and trendy information magazines on his desk. Besides these, we should spend time reading all kinds of classic poems and famous works at home and abroad, and learn to swim in the sea of books every day. Besides appreciating novels and essays, he often reads the poems of Wen Jie and Guo Xiaochuan, and he can memorize most of the 300 Tang poems. Often think of, often let me admire myself. ...
Mr. Wang often says, "I have been an editor for many years. Editors make wedding dresses for people. Just like a tailor, he needs to spend a lot of energy and thought to help the author cut and process his works, and then introduce excellent works to readers. Can't be careless. You young people don't know that since I became an editor, I have to buy a lot of books every month to enrich and improve myself ... "He pointed to the books on the shelf and said," Most of these books were bought that year or were given by authors. Busy editing during the day, staying up late every night. Editing is very hard ... this is called charging. It is impossible not to walk in the forefront of the times, not to read books, and to be sentimental and original. Looking at this gentleman, I suddenly feel that the gentleman in front of me is getting taller and taller. ...
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Every author often accepts it too early after he has devoted himself to creation with passion. Especially after the continuous harvest of creations and awards, I feel that writing labor is glorious and sacred, and it is common to set my ambitions. However, after a period of passionate creation, we will find and feel that the subject matter of creation suddenly becomes narrow, and sometimes it is impossible to write, and the exhaustion of the material becomes the writer's distress. This is undoubtedly very painful for the author at this time.
After writing for two years, I suddenly feel more and more stupid, uninspired, unable to write any works, and even doubt whether I am writing material. In fact, this kind of situation often appears in the author. This matter was known by the kind editor Xie, who specially held a tea party for our youth. He said: "This is a normal phenomenon. When you can't write a work, don't think hard and write hard. This will confuse your thinking and be bad for your creation. Just calm down and read some famous books, and sometimes you can go outside. " He said: "Life is always the source of creation. Why did Mr Lao She often go to the teahouse? Because the elderly and middle-aged people who drink tea in the teahouse are tasting the experience of life and telling every day of their lives, the life story is the material ... You can also go to parks, cinemas, listen to pingtan, etc ... Look for gold in life and choose materials in the gold rush. " He also said: "Creation is like farmers' harvest. He will have a short rest after his work, and then prepare for the next year's harvest ... "The reason is self-evident, very approachable and valuable.
He also said: "In fact, such a living arrangement is a process of adjusting mentality. Not only learn to accumulate materials in life, but also suddenly jump out of creative inspiration in accumulation. He also often introduces us to the hard work of Ye Xin, Wang Anyi, Zhang Kangkang and others, inspiring us ... "After his guidance, we all have confidence. Three months later, I suddenly had an inspiration. I called my husband and told him the content of a novel I conceived, which won his appreciation and support. ...
When the author is most distressed, the editor comes out to help and encourages the author when he is effective. This is an indispensable way for editors to train authors. It seems that being an editor is not only for the author to make changes, but also for the author's heart, so that the author can go into battle lightly in his creation and life and stay with happiness forever. ...
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In my spare time, there are often some young people who are new to writing to learn from them. They often lament that they can't find a good editor, and often tell me that their manuscripts are either rejected or not even sent back with a piece of printing paper. A young author told me that he deliberately put a thin piece of paper on the page of the novel three times in a row, and sent it back three months later. He found that he didn't see the turned handwriting, indicating that the editor didn't read it at all, which made him very sad ... Later, he posted the novel on the Internet, and the number of hits increased ... After listening to this, he felt an indescribable taste. Is it true?/You don't say. I can't come to my senses. ...
So I think it is glorious to be an editor, but it is not easy to be a good editor. It is even more difficult to leave a permanent good reputation. If several years later, when the authors think of their own creative process and an experience they have cultivated, they will never forget a good editor. It is not easy to be a good editor. We are glad to meet a good editor.
Mr. Xie fell to the editing desk, and he verified his wonderful life dedicated to the author with his actions. All the authors he cares about and takes with him will never forget the writing days he directed. Let's thank the good editor! Let's dedicate the most beautiful flowers to him …