For this question, one or two sentences are unclear. Maybe I'm not good enough. )
First of all, what is our understanding of "improvement"? What is the standard of "improvement"? Someone read your article? Or can I publish a book independently? Or remove the barriers of self-criticism and start writing freely? If you just ask naively and haven't started to do it, then you are vague about this concept. When you make this concept clear, your writing ability will also be improved quietly. A lot of things are like this. If we just stay on the edge and don't act, no matter how many theories are on paper.
For those friends who are already on the road to writing, there is a golden rule about improving their writing ability. Even if you ask a world-famous master of writing, they will answer like this:
Read more and write more.
Writing, like many arts, such as painting, singing and dancing, is an output. The art of writing has not only visual beauty, but also auditory beauty. Vision, we see words, arrange them and get information. Hearing, after obtaining information, no longer stays in sight, but produces a sound, a catalyst that can stay in your body forever and affect your behavior. Personally, I think reading is more inclined to the art of hearing, even if it doesn't make your ears hear anything like music. The organ used for reading is the heart, and what you hear is silent sound.
The combination of visual and auditory beauty will produce unique spiritual feelings and cause subtle changes in the heart. As readers, we can get such feelings from words, so what about turning us into authors? How to create this feeling for others?
Then we should be regarded as an output carrier. We need something to export, and then we will consider the way of export.
"What can be exported first" can be obtained from many ways, some from personal experiences and feelings, and you have it yourself; Some rely on input, which is reading.
In my writing class, at the end of each class, I will say to the students, "If you want to establish your own writing style, you must first establish your own reading style."
Personal reading style should also be carefully cultivated. Reading style is the same as everyone's taste in clothes. Radish and vegetables have their own tastes. It doesn't mean that my reading style is good, yours is bad, and the most important thing is to find your own feeling.
Below I will share how I read from several aspects.
I put book selection in the first place because what kind of input there is, what kind of output there will be. If the book you choose can't cheer you up, then why read it?
Many books I read, they came to me, not me. That's quite mysterious. How do you say this?
This is about inner desire. When you really want to figure out a problem in your heart, the energy of the universe will play a role in a way you can't understand, helping you solve your inner desire. Of course, your desire must be pure and strong.
I read according to my inner desire, even if those books can't be sold at all. The quality of a book has nothing to do with whether it sells well or not. On the contrary, you don't read books that say "best seller" or "Get started quickly, learn successfully, how to get rich …". I have read some posts about writing books before, and some people will write those so-called best-selling contents according to market demand. I also think this is ridiculous.
How to choose a book depends on whether you need it or not and whether it can meet your needs. It is the same as choosing a partner. You can also see your orientation and taste from the books you choose.
Give an example of book selection:
I accidentally fell in love with Datura and formed an indissoluble bond with it. I don't understand why I am like this. I want to clarify some questions. So, I went online to find relevant information. I read a paper on Datura and quoted some words from Jung, a psychologist who is the core figure in this field, so as to let me know about one of his books: Jung's autobiography Dreams, Memories and Thoughts. When I read this book, I learned about two other books-The Secret of the Golden Flower and Psychology and Literature. After reading this, I have a systematic understanding of Datura and answered some of my own questions.
Many times, choosing books is like snowballing. When you see some concepts in one book, some people or information that makes you curious and curious, follow the trace, and the next book will appear. If you don't go to them, they will jump in front of you. This state is the smooth "law of attraction". What do you think will attract you?
The next time you read, ask yourself: What do I need? What do I yearn for? How much do I want it? Start by communicating with yourself.
Choosing a book is related to whether you can treat it as a treasure or not, and whether you will cherish it after reading it. This is a crucial first step in reading!
If you get a book in the above way, you will be full of expectations for the content of the book and can't wait to read it in one breath. As we all know, "how to read" affects our input and absorption. Many people say that after reading a book, they don't know what they have learned and soon forget it.
If we want to learn something from books and use it in our lives, we must establish a sense of connection with the author when reading.
I will build this sense of connection in the following ways:
When I am reading, I often talk to the author, as if the author is right in front of me, and I will respond to them. The way to respond is very simple, just draw and write in the book. For example, when I read something I agree with, I will write, "Yes, that's right!" " Even some simple "hmm", "ha" and "wow!" "Yes!" "good! "Something like this.
Reading with a pen instead of a pen is just like a nearsighted person forgetting to bring his glasses when he goes out. As shown in the figure below:
In addition to absorbing some information, the most essential thing in reading is how to think. If you are still in the stage of absorbing information, that is the main reason why you can't learn anything.
Reading through the above dialogue, when I read some paragraphs, I really want to express my views, so I stopped. I won't read the rest, write my opinion in the margin of the book, and then continue reading. Almost every time I agree with the author, that feeling will make me clap my thighs and applaud! I applaud the author and myself. I'm not so much reading as writing. I'm already outputting.
When you cultivate this reading habit, no matter what kind of books you read, this kind of thinking will naturally occur.
I read paulo coelho's Pilgrimage, and when I read this sentence, "You are right. Like most pilgrims, you and I walked along the road in San Diego and learned from Ram. What we experience is another form of friendship: enthusiasm. " I have a very strong desire to express "love and enthusiasm", so I stopped and wrote that short paragraph in the blank, and then I continued reading. I found that it was completely consistent with the author's idea. So I wrote beside it: "Haha! My analysis is correct! "
This reading habit makes us advance and retreat with the author. We not only read, but also communicate with a stranger in the form of words.
Many people have the habit of taking reading notes and recording some essence contents. So do I. Besides copying essence, I can also draw pictures, like mind maps. I haven't studied mind mapping, but this kind of behavior that I can't help but draw seems to be innate. If I don't draw, information is like pearls scattered in my mind, and it is comfortable to string them together.
As for how to draw, there may be rules, but for people like me who have never learned, they can only use their own methods. Sometimes, the method you find out by yourself is more suitable for you. )
First of all, I don't copy when I am reading. I take notes after reading a book. I think taking notes while reading will hinder the coherence of reading, but the dialogue and thinking during reading will be marked in the margin of the book. When I look back, I will know exactly what essence is.
Thirdly, I must have a panoramic understanding of the whole book, what is its theme and what impressed me the most, so I will draw from such a starting point.
For example, when I read Stephen King's book Writing, I recorded chapters about writing:
And paulo coelho's record of metaphor and symbol in Pilgrimage (the element represented by symbol is my own understanding, so here is a summary):
Reading notes are not copied casually. There may be more questions when copying. At this time, you can write your own questions and understanding, like this:
Drawing in reading notes is actually a visual memory method. China people subconsciously use this memory method, which is related to our hieroglyphics. We have used hieroglyphics to remember information since childhood. When reading, try to "shoot" important paragraphs in the way of "camera" and store them in your mind. When you want to extract them, it is much easier to "look at" this photo to get information.
Some people like to set a reading time for themselves to finish a book. I rarely stipulate how many days I can finish reading a book, but I will keep myself in a reading state and start another book after reading one. The speed of reading is not the key to learning, but to stick to it and make it a habit. Don't be discouraged if you don't have time to read. You can seize every opportunity to read. I always take my book with me when I go out, which is essential. You can read books while waiting for the bus, waiting for people and waiting in line. In fact, there will be a lot of crowded reading time When you can concentrate on reading a book under any circumstances, you have fallen in love with reading or that book.
There are two kinds of reading: information and literature.
Information is something that can give you knowledge reserves. For example: biography, psychology, history, science and so on. Literature is mainly novels, poems and essays.
Information helps us broaden our horizons and understand that the world is like a kaleidoscope, and we can "know" a lot of things.
Literature contributes to our writing creation, from "knowledge" at the intellectual level to "knowledge" at the emotional level. The content of literature is emotional, and it is an art to express human nature. You will see your own shadow, the shadow of others, and even the shadow of the whole human race, which is the most primitive epitome of human beings.
Many friends have discussed it with me. They read, thought and understood, but they just didn't know how to form their own system.
We read other people's books in other people's languages. How to translate them into our own languages means we need to "export" them and turn them into our own. If you input blindly, sometimes there will be a state of "indigestion". Besides writing, such as reading feedback and book review, the output mode can also be speaking.
The reason why you should read more and write more to improve your writing ability is that "writing" helps to digest what you input, and what you input has begun to affect your output. Those words that pop up are probably traces left by your reading, and you have unconsciously extracted them. Reading and writing complement each other and are indispensable.
As for how to write, that's a problem to be solved in my writing class. It can't be summarized in the form of an article. Another way I share this time: "Say".
Many friends who are teachers may feel that they don't even need to bring a textbook to speak a class, because that class has been transformed into their own language and formed their own system. We can also "tell" what we read in this way like a story. This also applies to training children to read. )
For example:
The following picture was drawn by me when I was sorting out Mr. Hu Shi's interpersonal relationship. I read this picture and told him a story with my husband. I said once that I will never forget what I read. Later, when I look at this picture, I will know the story of one of the characters, the relationship between who and who, and even know where the content is in the book or on the web page. Because in the process of speaking, I extracted my original "photographed photos" and followed the contents of the photos. This picture is the essence of the information I have seen in several books and websites.
When you have read a certain amount, you can sort out your own book list. This book list is not recommended to others (sometimes you can recommend it, which may be useful to others! ) but let you have your own private library. In your bookcase, you can put all kinds of books in different categories, which is convenient for you to consult when you write. At the same time, it can also help you clean up some books that you have read and don't need to collect. You can give them to your friends or donate them to some organizations in need.
Reading is also a science. In the network era, reading has made many people embark on the road of self-study and provided people with diversified learning methods. This era needs us to make good use of it.
Learning is not limited by the environment, only by various excuses.
Ok, this sharing is over. I wish everyone a full harvest on the road of reading and writing!
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