The new screen client Beijing, July 17th (reporter Shangguan Yun) on the current screen, all kinds of talent shows always earn enough attention from young people. For post-80s and even older readers, the "New Concept Composition Contest" is also similar to an unforgettable youth memory. It unearthed a group of literary talented young people, Zhang Yueran is one of them.

　　She began publishing articles at the age of 14 and was first known to the public as youth literature. After receiving the first prize in the third "New Concept Composition Competition", she chose to gain a foothold in the literary circle with her uninterrupted creation.

　　Teaching, writing, and editing magazines, her life has never been far from literature.

A "fiction lesson"

　　Recently, a "Moment of Epiphany" brought Zhang Yueran back to the reader's attention. This is her "fiction lesson" for readers and creators.

Data map: Zhang Yueran. Photo courtesy of Beijing Iron Rail Books

　　What prompted the writer to write a novel? Why should the secondary characters be full... Including classic books and bestsellers such as "The Dubliner", she analyzes the novel from an alternative perspective.

　　Talking about the writing process, Zhang Yueran feels that writing "Moments of Epiphany" is generally more enjoyable than writing novels: With a relatively stable point of view, it is not likely to be shaken in writing, "I am always easy to get new ideas when I write novels. Attract, this temptation is difficult to resist."

　　"When I am modifying a novel, I will draw a certain distance from my work. I will examine it as objectively as possible and find out its shortcomings in plots and characters." Zhang Yueran does not deliberately use skills in writing. "In writing, you can really rely on It’s the writer’s intuition."

　　Some people say that "Moment of Epiphany" is a reference book. She regards this as a kind of praise, "In fact, this book provides only some suggestions, and most of them are aesthetic. For many attentive readers, they have already discovered these beauty, but only got some kind of confirmation in the book. And resonate."

"Instinct" is not a complicated writer

　　People who like literature are very familiar with Zhang Yueran's name. She began publishing articles at the age of 14 and wrote a series of works such as "Narcissus has gone by carp". She has steadily played in the literary circle and also founded the pure literature magazine "Carp".

　　In addition to storytelling, her novels are good at expressing subtle feelings. Zhang Yueran admits that in his early works, many characters have a paranoid and extreme personality, strong but not complicated, "This is created by the aesthetic taste of a young age, but also related to my personal nature."

　　"I often feel that my "instinct" is not complicated enough, or even a little simple. This may be a blessing in life, but it may be a weakness for writers." She feels, "This means that if I want to be a better writer , Must learn to know and understand others, and constantly expand the borders of the soul."

Zhang Yueran's new work "Moment of Epiphany". Photo courtesy of Beijing Iron Rail Books

　　In Moment of Epiphany, there is a chapter about Henry James's novel "Portrait of a Lady". The heroine Elizabeth's outer edge of the cognitive world is covered by darkness, and her life mission is to use her ego continuously. Study to expand understanding and illuminate the darkness.

　　"In a sense, I think I am very similar to Elizabeth. Even if I don't write, it is a mission of my life journey," she said.

Another role besides "writer"

　　In addition to writing, in 2012, after being hired as a lecturer in the writing class of Renmin University of China, teaching has gradually become a part of Zhang Yueran's life. A double identity, but not far from literature.

　　"My literary accumulation is purely a process of self-education. I have never taken any writing class or even taken a literary class. But now I want to teach others and believe that this kind of professor is valuable." , She is not well adapted to the new role of teacher.

　　The students' performance slowly dispelled this concern. She opened several public courses in schools. Most of the students who took this course loved reading and writing, and they came after each get out of class and wanted to continue to communicate.

　　"I think that if my class can make them find more interesting things and get more happiness in reading, she will be very satisfied." She soon turned the class into a place to spread literature, talk about novels, write about writing, Based on years of accumulated experience, I try to bring literature into a pure field.

　　Zhang Yueran knew that most of these students would not be engaged in literature-related work in the future, and they might gradually get away from literature because of their busyness and the burden of life. "What I did was to keep literature for as long as possible in their lives. time."

Data Map: Zhang Yueran takes a new book as a guest in 2016 South China Book Festival Huang Zhuoxian

　　"Literature needs a foundation and foundation. At their age, these are still possible to establish." As a teacher, she felt that it was her responsibility.

"Do your own thing and make sure it is valuable"

　　Teaching, writing magazines, writing books... Now, Zhang Yueran is accustomed to switching between the three identities of teacher, magazine editor, and writer. His daily life is filled with various tasks, which are basically related to literature.

　　After winning the "New Concept Composition Competition" and becoming famous, Zhang Yueran was once called "beauty writer" and attended various events. However, she quickly abandoned similar titles and returned to writing; her daily behavior was low-key, but she tried her best to maintain a quiet part of literature.

　　She doesn’t mind some of the previous labels, “How others think of themselves is not important, and those views are also changing. The old labels are no longer valid, and there may be new ones. Do your own things and make sure it’s valuable. Now."

　　What needs to be done? One of them is probably to realize the dream related to literature. As she wrote in the postscript of the novel "The Oath Bird", "It's spitting people, selling dreams to make a living." (End)