The importance of observation to writing

The importance of observation to writing

Observation is very important for writing. Writing can test a person's writing ability. Writing is not just a single running account. Writing skills can improve our literary level. Excellent articles are inseparable from literary talent and logical support. The following is the importance of observation to writing, for reference only.

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The role of observation and feeling in writing

Through long-term observation and conscious feeling, we can not only accumulate rich writing materials and trigger creative impulse, but also help the author to think, remember and imagine. The creative experience of Chinese and foreign writers and their works reflects the important role of observation and feeling in writing.

First, accumulate rich writing materials.

Observation and feeling are both effective ways to accumulate writing materials. An author needs to do a lot of preparatory work before writing, but the most important job is to accumulate materials. The more materials are accumulated, the greater the space for the author to compare and select the materials needed for his works. When the author begins to write, he will be able to meet these two needs and be inexhaustible.

Gorky wrote his autobiographical trilogy "Childhood", "On Earth" and "My University" because he has accumulated rich writing materials in his long-term observation and feeling of social life. Because of poverty, he went to a shoe store as an apprentice before graduating from primary school, and worked as a housekeeper and dishwasher. Later, he escaped and wandered around in rural areas, cities, stations and docks. He worked as a stevedore, a salt miner, a forger, a waiter who washed dishes on the ship and a night watchman at the station. He was arrested, committed suicide, was beaten half to death, and went to fight against injustice; He came into contact with workers, farmers, students, lawyers, vagrants, thieves and other people, some of whom became his friends. Gorky observed and felt social life in such a rich experience, which made him go to the "university" on earth, learned a lot of knowledge that books could not learn, improved his ability to understand society, and accumulated rich writing materials, which played a decisive role in the success of his creation. Cao Xueqin wrote A Dream of Red Mansions, an encyclopedia of feudal society in China, by feeling and accumulating the materials of "half-life experience and pleasure". The description of China's ancient poems, calligraphy and painting, garden architecture, official etiquette, folk customs and so on is vivid and touching, because most of them are personally experienced and felt by Cao Xueqin. It is impossible to have rich writing materials that can convince readers without observing feelings. Cao Xueqin said to himself, "The paper is full of nonsense and a bitter tear. It is said that the author is stupid and who knows the taste. " The writer's long-term accumulated life and feelings will gush out and appear on paper once the right time is met.

Second, observation and feeling trigger creative impulse.

The author writes because he feels it. "Sense" includes not only what the author observes and feels, but also the writing impulse brought by these contents. It is in observation and feeling that the author's mind is touched or strongly shocked by someone, something, something or a scene, and he will start writing only when he has the desire to express himself. Writing impulse is an irresistible desire of the writing subject under the influence of various factors, which urges the writing subject to write, and observation and feeling are important factors that trigger writing impulse from time to time.

The importance of observation to writing. Cultivate students' interest in observation.

Students are not good at observation, that is, they don't really understand the importance of observation and have no interest in observation. In view of this, teachers should let students know the benefits of observation to composition, for example, through the stories that some famous writers pay attention to observation when writing articles, so that students can unconsciously realize the important role of observation in composition. At the same time, teachers should gradually cultivate students' interest in observation. Teachers should first let students observe what they like (dynamic people or animals, plants, static toys, sculpture buildings and so on). ) and write observation notes. In the evaluation, teachers should pay attention to the use of Mr. Tao Xingzhi's "appreciation education" method. The commentary pointed out that every student carefully observed the paragraph, especially those students with poor writing ability. When they see even a little of what they have written through their own observation, the teacher should encourage and praise them to stimulate their interest in observation. Of course, excellent articles should be read aloud to the whole class as model essays, so that students can point out the excellent points of the articles themselves, deepen their impressions, learn from them, and give the author some encouragement, so that every student has the desire to regard his own articles as model essays, stimulate their desire to observe more carefully, and let students complete the task of taking notes two or three times a week assigned by the teacher in pleasure. Over time, students' observation horizons will be broadened, from observing things they are interested in to observing things around them, such as the methods of scientific experiments in biology and physics, the production procedures of batiks, the joys and sorrows of families, and the evaluation of certain social phenomena ... If they learn to observe, they will feel that there is "rice to cook" and the language will become more and more abundant. In addition, students' interest and ability to observe can be cultivated by playing games.

Second, it comes from the observation of specific people and scenery in social life.

Observe the characters. Including observing people's appearance, language, movements, personality and style, and observing people's life, work and study. Observing people generally starts with their appearance, but they can't just stay in appearance. Observers should pay special attention to exploring the inner personality through the external characteristics of things.

Lu Xun's description of Xianglinsao's eyes in Blessing is unique and amazing. The change of Xianglinsao's eyes reflects the change of Xianglinsao's fate. We have read Xianglinsao's eyes and the ups and downs of Xianglinsao's life. As the saying goes, "the eyes are the windows to the soul". When depicting Xianglinsao's eyes, Mr. Lu Xun only borrowed several verbs, such as "Shun", "Straight", "Dazzle" and "Wheel", which reflected how Xianglinsao, who was full of energy and physical strength, stepped onto the road of death in the old society. Even the same verb has rich and different meanings. When she saw me before she died, she "stared at me" and another word "stare" showed that she was aging before she was old and her eyesight was quite poor. On the other hand, it shows that she saw "I", just like seeing the savior, afraid of "I" getting lost. At this time, she couldn't see the joys and sorrows on her face, as old and thin as woodcut. "Only eyes or a wheel can show that she is a living thing." It shows that under the long-term severe blow and torture, Sister Xianglin has fallen into extreme grief, her inner pain has been unable to be expressed, and her spirit has been completely numb. It can be seen that Mr. Lu Xun is quite familiar with this kind of people in his life and has made long-term careful observation, so he can accurately show the external characteristics of this kind of people.

Observe the scenery. The scenery in the world is varied and has its own characteristics. For example, flowers, some colorful, some fragrant; For example, water, some surging, some level as a mirror. How can I write the characteristics of the scenery? The key is to be good at grasping the characteristics of the scenery, observing deeply and feeling seriously. We are familiar with Wang Mian's Study of Painting, and it is through careful observation and profound experience that we can draw such a vivid lotus flower. The legendary Song Dynasty painter Wen attentively observed the bamboo in the scorching sun and the bamboo forest after the downpour, so that the whole body and mind melted into the ocean of bamboo, and truly achieved the goal of "having bamboo in mind", thus being able to draw the most outstanding and distinctive bamboo. In addition, be good at capturing the color and posture of the scene. The colors of nature are rich and colorful, and everything in nature has its own form. When observing, you should be good at capturing the color and posture of the scene. For example, in the lesson "Wisteria Reed Waterfall", "I saw a brilliant lavender hanging in the air like a waterfall, with no beginning and no end. Just a deep and shallow purple, as if flowing, laughing and growing. On the big purple banner, there is a little silver light, just like splashing water. Compare a blooming wisteria bougainvillea to a waterfall and write its shape vividly. It looks extraordinary and dazzling.

Third, inspire students to learn to feel things through observation and produce associations.

Observing that life is not isolated. Be good at feeling and association in observation, so as to cultivate your thinking ability. For example, when you see a grass still spitting green in the cracks in the wall in late autumn, won't it cheer you up? Aren't you moved by its tenacious vitality in Ao Shuang? From this association, people should sharpen their will and cast the power of life like grass in rough years, unfortunate fate and hard hardships; It can also be associated with the bleak environment of first frost with withered vegetation, but the grass holds the new green of the world optimistically and gives people a green movement of life. Even a little bit, this kind of dedication is valuable. For example, when I see my mother's rough and chapped hands, I think of her ruddy and round hands. In contrast, we can't feel the hardship of our mother's life, and we can't feel the happiness of our own life, so that we can realize the selflessness of maternal love and then feel grateful. It must be emphasized here that observation should be careful and association should be reasonable.

In addition, remind students that only on the basis of grasping the characteristics of the scenery and careful observation will there be a vivid description. When describing the scenery, we can use the skills of film photographers to arrange the description order reasonably. Like the landscape writing articles we usually see, we should have a sequence, a long-term view, a close-up view, a distinction between primary and secondary, and a distinction between upper and lower. Always write first and then write separately. Write static first, then dynamic, or a combination of static and dynamic; Write the shape first, then the color, sound and smell ... In short, observe carefully and describe it in a certain order and angle.

To sum up, teachers can effectively cultivate students' observation ability and guide students to accumulate more in peacetime, so that the language of middle school students' composition will become more and more colorful and the composition materials will accumulate more and more, thus truly improving students' composition level.