What books can improve your writing?

In writing, all beings are equal-no matter where you are, what social class you come from, whether you are male or female, no matter what color you are, you can express yourself with a pen.

Thirty years ago, Natalie Goldberg published her masterpiece Write My Heart in 1998. Immediately after publication, it became a bestseller list. It is a classic that must be read and quoted by people who teach writing and writing therapy in Europe and America. It occupies the first place in similar books and has been included in American high school books, which has far-reaching influence.

We all have the right to life, freedom, writing, pursuing happiness and writing. Moreover, writing is a thing that doesn't need too many material conditions-all you need is a piece of ordinary paper and a pen (or someone is used to typing on a computer), and your idea can solve the problem. Where is the perception in the chest? When will the autumn moon come? What's the smell of blueberries? Who wants to travel by carriage? Who will fall in love with a beautiful person? Who wants to see it? Writing has created confidence in your chest and awakened your spirit. When you can touch your heart with brush strokes, you will find a capitalized self, a real freedom.

However, writing gives everyone the right, but it scares some people. They are afraid of writing, don't know how to write, and can't write a word. For example, write: "How did you spend a summer vacation when you were a child?" Maybe you just spelled with a headache: "I had a good summer vacation." I am very happy. Every summer vacation of mine is very interesting. " Don't you remember that summer vacation when you and your friends were digging wild vegetables? At that time, you were crazy about flying chess. When you are tired of playing chess, you go out and chase your friends ... you catch beetles everywhere, catch them in glass jars and feed them grass. Dad sat at the dining table, not very talkative, with a TV remote control in his hand.

How can ordinary people get rid of their fear of writing and express themselves through writing? I summed up six writing suggestions:

1. Believe in your own thoughts and feelings, I write my heart by hand.

Always believe in your own thoughts and feelings, and don't look around at things other than yourself. I am no longer a pupil. I can say whatever I want. I started writing about my family, because no one would accuse me of being wrong. They are the people I know best in this world. A writer once said, "Believe in love, it will take you where you need to go." I want to add the following sentence: "believe in what you love, stick to it and it will take you where you need to go." Don't worry too much, once you start writing what you want to write, you will eventually get a great sense of security in your heart. Believe in your heart and cultivate confidence in your life experience.

2. Dig out your truest thoughts and overcome the fear of hiding your feelings.

How to dig out your truest thoughts? Before you write, you should write for ten minutes, twenty minutes or an hour, no matter how long. You may want to set a shorter time first, and then increase it a week later, or you may want to bury yourself in writing for an hour the first time. No matter what it is, it is important that no matter how long you choose, you should abide by it and write for a whole time period.

(1) Keep writing with your hands. Don't stop and reread the line you just wrote. It's just stalling and trying to control what you are saying. )

② Please do not delete. That is to edit what you write, even if it is not what you originally intended to write, let it go. )

Don't worry about spelling mistakes, punctuation and grammar. Don't even worry about whether the words are written outside the grid or outside the line. )

(4) deregulation.

Don't think, don't think logic.

6. Go straight to the point. If what you write is terrible or too naked, plunge into it, which may contain a lot of energy. )

These are rules that must be strictly observed, because your goal is to try your best to return to the original idea, to the place where energy is not hindered by social etiquette or internal repression, and to the place where you write down what your mind actually sees and feels, not where your mind thinks it should see or feel. The original idea contains great energy, showing the initial reaction of the mind to something with a flash of light. And the inner subconscious repression often inhibits them, so we live in a world of second-hand and third-hand ideas; Thinking and thinking, repeatedly away from the direct contact with the original light.

For example, the following sentence-"I cut off the daisy in my throat" suddenly came to my mind, but my brain, which has been trained in logic of one plus one equals two, will say this sentence after careful consideration out of politeness, fear and natural embarrassment: "Nonsense, you sound like you want to commit suicide. Don't let anyone see you cut your throat, people will think you are crazy. If we let the subconscious suppress us, we will write: "I have a sore throat, so I didn't say anything." Appropriate but boring.

Take writing as the most common exercise, and don't force yourself to write excellent works.

Writing is the same as running. The more you practice, the better your performance will be. Inspiration and desire will never come automatically, especially when your body has been deformed and has been escaping, let alone they will come. However, if you often run, train your mind to adapt, or ignore the feeling of resistance, you just run and fall in love with running halfway. When you are near the finish line, you are extremely reluctant to stop. Once you stop, you are eager for the next run. The same is true of writing. Once you bury yourself in writing, you will wonder why it took you so long to finally sit at your desk. Through practice, you have really improved; Learn to trust yourself more in your heart, and don't give in to the voice from your heart that deliberately avoids writing. It is really strange that we never question whether a football team should spend a long time practicing before a game, but when it comes to writing, we rarely give ourselves room to practice.

When writing, don't say "I can write a poem". This mentality will make you stand still. Try not to expect anything from yourself, sit at the table and say, "I have the freedom to write the worst rubbish in the world." "You must give yourself space, no purpose, and write happily. Some students said that they decided to write a great China novel, but they didn't even write a line. If you look forward to writing great works every time you sit down, writing will always bring you great disappointment. In addition, that expectation will also make you unable to write.

I make it a rule to finish writing a notebook within one month. I always make myself a writing action plan. ) even if the book is filled in, it is also practice. My ideal situation is to write every day. As I said, that's an ideal situation. If I don't reach my ideal, I will be careful, don't blame myself and don't worry. No one can meet the ideal in everything.

Chuang Ba Rinpoche, a master of Tibetan Buddhism, said: "In the face of strong opposition, we must remain open. Although no one encourages us to open our hearts, we still have to open our hearts layer by layer. " The same is true of practicing writing: we must remain open and believe in our own voice and process. The final process is good, the result is good, and you have written a good work.

4. Trust absolutely in the process of practicing calligraphy, and don't be afraid to write nonsense.

Once you start to write like this, that is, express your heart directly, you may have to accept that for a long time to come, what you write will be rubbish, because these rubbish have accumulated for more than ten years, and they are always willing to hide in our hearts and are unwilling to face it. We must face up to our laziness, insecurity and self-pity, fearing that we have nothing to say. It is true that whenever we start to do something new, we often encounter resistance. At this moment, you have the opportunity not to escape, not to be kicked away, but to put these silly voices in black and white, face them and see what they are saying. Once your writing bears fruit from this pile of garbage and compost, the flowers will bloom continuously and steadily. When you don't escape from everything, you will feel that you gradually have artistic stability. If you are not afraid of your inner voice, you will not be afraid of criticism from others. Besides, those voices are just demons guarding the real treasure, and that real treasure is the original idea of the mind.

5. List the topics of writing exercises

Sometimes we sit down to write, but we can't figure out what to write. The blank space on that page may seem unsightly. I have been practicing writing "I can't think of anything to say" for ten minutes. I can't think of anything to say. "It's really annoying. You might as well leave a page in your notebook, and as soon as you think of any writing ideas or topics, write them down on this page. It may be just a sentence you heard, or it may be a moment's memory: grandpa's dentures; How did lilacs smell when you were away last year? When you were eight years old, you wore two-color loafers. Anything is possible. Whenever I think of something, I add it to the topic list. The next time you sit down to write, you can grab a topic from the list and start writing.

The list is beneficial, it will make you pay attention to the writing materials in your daily life everywhere, and your writing will show the relationship between you and life. As the composting process unfolds, your body begins to digest and turn over your materials. So, even if you don't really sit at your desk and write, some of you are still raking the soil, fertilizing, absorbing the heat energy of the sun, and making various preparations for the growth of this dark green plant. The list of topics also helps you to speed up your writing and reduce resistance. Before you list the topics, here are some writing ideas for reference:

(1) Tell me about the texture of the light coming through the window and write it quickly. Even if the curtains are closed at night, it doesn't matter if you prefer to write about the light in the north, just write. Write for ten minutes, a quarter of an hour or an hour.

(2) since I remember writing, wrote a lot of subtle past events. If you are lost in a huge memory, write it down and keep writing, whether it happened five seconds ago or five years ago. When you write, as long as it doesn't happen now, it happened in the past. If you can't write in the same place, rewrite "I remember" and continue writing.

Choose a thing that gives you a strong feeling, whether it is positive or negative, and write it down as something you love. Write as long as you have a passionate attitude. Then overturn the whole thing and write something just like what you hate. Finally, write with a completely neutral attitude, without likes and dislikes.

Choose a color, such as pink, then go out for a walk for a quarter of an hour, pay attention to all the pink people and things along the way, go home and open your notebook to write for a quarter of an hour.

⑤ Write it in different places, such as the laundry, and use the rhythm of the washing machine. Write at bus stops and cafes and write down what is happening around you.

Tell me what you did in the morning: eat breakfast, wake up and walk to the bus stop. Describe it as clearly as possible, slow down your brain and re-examine the details of the morning.

7. Think back to a place you really like, imagine yourself there, look around and write down the details one by one. It may be a corner of the bedroom, an old tree under which you sit all summer, a table at McDonald's near your home, or somewhere by the river. What color, sound and smell are there?

Write "leave" as you want. Write about your divorce, leaving home this morning, or your friend dying soon.

What is your first memory?

Attending who did you love?

Write about the streets of the city where you live.

Describe grandparents.

Write it down and see:

swim

star

The experience you were most afraid of.

green

How do you know about sex?

Your first sexual experience

An experience that feels closest to God or nature.

Articles or books that change your life.

One of your former teachers.

Don't fall into abstraction, write the real thing, write honestly and write the details.

Take a book of poetry, open a page at will, grab a line and copy it down, and start writing from this sentence. Every time there is a jam, go back and rewrite the first sentence, and then continue to write.

What kind of animal are you? Do you feel that you are actually a cow, a chipmunk, a fox and a horse in your bones?

6. Shut up and sit down and write.

"I don't want to write." I'll write later. I'm too tired. 」

As a result, my notebook is always blank.

If many characters in your heart want to play, let them play. At the same time, take out your notebook and start writing. You must start writing for 5 minutes. No matter what it says: "What a terrible writer I am x 100 times, I am a despicable person. 1 cried her sister, peed her face at the age of 2, and peeked at menstruation to take a bath at the age of 3 ... "Shut up, sit down and write.

Trying to make yourself write is painful, but writing is simple, basic and demanding. "It's time to say, it's time to go, and it's time to die. Write when you should, and don't let yourself struggle with guilt, accusations and threats of violence.

However, having said that, I still want to tell you a few tips that I used to give myself a little push.

I can't write a word at one time, so I call a literary friend, make an appointment to meet a week later, and then go back to work. I have to write something to her.

When I teach writing class, I must also write the homework that students are asked to do. "Because I want to learn, I teach. 」

When I wake up in the morning, I will say, "well, do whatever you like before ten o'clock in the morning." From one o'clock to ten o'clock, you should have a pen in your hand. I give myself some space and external restrictions.

You might as well use all kinds of harmless tricks, but don't fall into a vicious circle of endless guilt, evasion and pressure. It's time to write, just write!