What is the writing life of a great writer besides skills?

Craftsmen have skills, but skilled people are not necessarily craftsmen. Craft is the realm of the integration of man and technology. Writing is also a craft. People who have this skill are not necessarily world celebrities, but great writers often have this skill.

If Nabokov's favorite words are about the writing skills of great writers, then the Zen of writing is about the skills of great writers and bradbury's writing style.

The author of this book, ray bradbury, is an American science fiction writer, essayist, playwright, screenwriter and poet. Bradbury, who was prolific in his life and won numerous awards, inspired countless readers to dream, think and create. Representative works include Black Carnival, Chronicle of Mars, Fahrenheit 45 1, Flower Man, Dandelion Wine and so on. Among them, Fahrenheit 45 1 was selected by the Library of Congress as one of the "most influential 100 novels in the 20th century" and was made into a film of the same name by the famous French director Fran?ois Truffaut.

As a best-selling writing classic for more than 20 years, Zen Machine of Writing is not the author's experience of looking back on the past years after becoming famous, but a collection of works spanning more than 30 years. Among the eleven articles, the earliest is 1956' s Secret Land, and the latest is 1990' s Long Road to Mars. In this book, the author does not talk too much about writing skills, but more about his own writing methods: integrating writing with life, enjoying the fun of writing, and writing his true self, like, angry, love and hate.

The author believes that a writer who has no interest and passion can only be regarded as half a writer, not himself, just following the trend of the commercial market or paying attention to what the avant-garde in the industry is doing.

He is full of passion and loyal to himself. People, things and things he meets in his life, as well as his own emotions, can be turned into writing materials. For example, I saw angry photos and wrote "Sun Shadow"; I became angry because I was often stopped by the police when I was walking and meditating, and wrote "Pedestrian"; A favorite tram created Tram; A pair of tennis shoes produced summer in the air. ...

As Mr. Ye Shengtao said in Everything Falling from the Water: "Materials are obtained in real life, and artistic conception is remembered here and now." Most of bradbury's works come from real life and his real feelings, which is also his writing plan: What do you want most in this world? What do you like? What do you hate? For him, it is his pleasure to enjoy the completion of the work. Maybe the revision will bring torture, at least the first one can be fully enjoyed.

Bradbury is so keen on true self-expression. Was he like this from the beginning? No, he also constantly imitates others, ignoring the observation of his true self. He started writing at the age of twelve, and it was not until he was twenty-two that he came into contact with his own writing style through the creation of Lake. Nevertheless, in the following years, his works were mainly imitations. During this period, the work of sorting out the catalogue of titles began. The list goes like this:

Through this list of titles, he found that his past love and fear came from circuses and carnivals. After that, he went on to list and joined:

By constantly improving this noun-based list, the author gradually finds that personal observation, fantasy and infatuation play a role in his works, and the list can help us discover and find our true self. Just as the author found that his fears came from circuses and carnivals through the list, he never went near the merry-go-round for many years, but after many years, this list made him create a "magic master". The "old woman" in the list became one of the stories in Dark Carnival and Dandelion Wine, respectively. The memory of infancy became a little assassin, and The Chronicle of Mars was also related to the list.

Bradbury has published more than 500 works in his life, and his high output means that he needs a lot of writing materials and inspiration. Professional writers don't rely on inspiration, and great writers are more likely to be inspired, such as bradbury.

Inspired by the author, it is the muse of creation and the inner subconscious, which can be cultivated. Raising a muse requires reading poems that make your hair stand upright, essays that enhance your perception of all fashion forms, and short stories and novels with writing styles and opinions that you agree or disagree with. Feel different stimuli through different attempts. Be sensitive and aware of people, things and things, constantly seek, discover, appreciate and love, and make a real response to things.

Words can make the invisible muse manifest. It has been mentioned many times in The Zen of Writing that the author has been writing 1000 words every day since he was twelve years old, constructing stories with the grammar he has learned, and constantly practicing imitation. This process has become a habit, a subconscious, and the muse naturally blends into it and appears in the text.

In Zen writing, "fun", "affection" and "truth" are repeatedly mentioned by the author, which is his writing style and the similarity of many great writers. Face the real self, live a real life, write a real story, and walk out of your own writing path.