Thanks to the teacher for his detailed comments and guidance

Han Yu's "Teacher's Theory" has this sentence: Ancient scholars must have teachers. A teacher is the one who preaches the truth, receives karma and resolves doubts.

Indeed, meeting a teacher who can "preach the truth, learn karma and resolve doubts?" is really a blessing on the road of life.

Recently, I have met several teachers on my literary journey. I was deeply touched by their teachings and wrote down words to express my gratitude.

I met Teacher Yu Wu in a literary exchange study group. I was just a beginner in literature. The teacher was a writer, but everyone had no pretensions at all and was approachable. I had no restraint and felt very close. , like a big brother.

Some time ago, my humble work, a joke I encountered by chance in life, was accidentally seen by Teacher Wu on the public account platform. The teacher used this as an example to comment and clarify my doubts. I was so moved that I recorded it and organized it to share with everyone:

I have read several of your articles and I want to share with you my immature views on your articles. Chat, if there is any inappropriateness, I apologize.

First of all, the overall level of your written expression is still good, that’s for sure.

What I want to tell you here is that in addition to smooth language and beautiful writing, the key to writing an article is to have depth, that is, to incorporate some meaning into the people and things you describe. And something with connotation makes the article written full of profound meaning. Such an article is a good article. If you only write about things you know or superficial things about a person, no matter how good the language is, it will not be considered a good article.

For example, the essay you recently wrote about "Fortune Telling" looks like a humorous joke. After reading it, people can only think that the old man who tells fortunes is a "liar" , just an old liar who defrauds people of their money. However, if you don’t want to end it so quickly, and you continue to watch “Fortune Telling” with your daughter, add some stories to the old man who tells fortunes, so that the story shows that “the old man not only tells fortunes and deceives people, but he also has good human nature.” On the one hand, there are people who are passionate about justice." The article will be better.

Just imagine, can you write like this:

You and your daughter continue to watch "Old Man Fortune Telling", and there is a woman next to you who has her mobile phone or wallet stolen by the young man next to you. The old man Deliberately telling fortunes to the woman who lost her cell phone, using a trick to prevent everyone present from leaving. Through "divination", the person who stole the phone voluntarily handed over the phone (or tried to get people around to catch the person who stole the phone) )

Add some positive energy elements to show that "divine fortune telling" people have both the negative side of cheating two people out of small money by playing tricks, and the justice of human nature. The discovery of the story is beyond the imagination of normal people. Watch.

Not only does writing novels have stories, writing prose also requires being able to tell (write) stories. A piece of prose will be more attractive to readers if it is supported by a story. When we write a prose, we all want to express something you want to express through this article. If the author expresses the feelings and things he wants to express through a story, it will be better than if you simply express it. The more readers love to read.

I read Teacher Wu’s guidance over and over again and was deeply inspired. I benefited a lot from reading it. Thank you, Teacher Wu! Following your guidance, I rearranged the material and made the ending of the fortune-telling old man a bit unexpected. He turned out to be a retired policeman who lured the enemy deep into the gang and caught the gang members who stole mobile phones. The current social situation of combating gangs and evil has been successfully embedded into the story. Although it is not yet a mature novel, but with the teacher’s guidance, I feel I have made some progress.