Chapter 519: Outline
Chapter 519: Outline
"Okay, okay, really okay!" Brother Lu slapped the table, quite like a storyteller in a teahouse.
No one in the editorial department cared about his reaction, because it was totally irrelevant and there had been more exaggerated reactions.
Seeing that no one paid attention to him, Lu Ge didn't know what to say next, and the president happened to pass by.
He immediately said, "President Jian, I finally understand why you said that Mr. Gu Lu is the king of contemporary short stories. His plain description is so amazing that he can be compared with Mr. Zhu Ziqing."
What is plain writing? The conclusions from Baidu search are too broad and somewhat different from the type of writing skills that Lu Ge specifically refers to.
The so-called plain description, more precisely, is to let people know the character's state of mind at that time by describing the action. In classical literature, "Water Margin" and "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" are representative works of this type.
Lu Ge believes that the reason why Water Margin is listed as one of the four great classics is largely due to Shi Naian’s extraordinary ability of plain description.
Representative contemporary writers include Zhu Ziqing and Mo Yan. Here is an example of the former: "He climbed up with both hands and pulled his feet upward; his fat body leaned slightly to the left, showing his effort."
This example comes from the essay "Back View" which is well known to most people. It is a description of the action of my father going to buy oranges from my perspective. The most exciting part is the word "show".
It's really not a reading comprehension. When you know the background of this article, it shows that this word highlights the little resentment that "I" have towards my father. It feels like I am pretending to be something, but my father is really old and he doesn't take the blame too seriously. So the word I use is not "seemingly" or "seemingly".
This is the ultimate in plain description, and it is also what Flaubert said: the writer's responsibility is to find the words that best suit the character.
"Haha, that's true. No one can match him today, I mean in the world," said President Jian.
The King of Short Stories series has been published, after all, this project has been going on for several months. As expected, this series of books did not elevate Gu Lu's status, on the contrary, the popularity was average.
Only people in the industry care more about it, and it has sparked a lot of discussion (old-fashioned, Gu Lu is too young). But readers care more about The Lord of the Rings.
"Yes, I feel that the 19th century produced many great short story writers, and after that..." Lu Ge said, "I haven't seen such a rich experience in plain writing for a long time."
"Xiao Gu's ability in plain description has been fully demonstrated since he wrote New Interpretations of Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio at the age of sixteen. The one who impressed me the most was..."
Oh, I suddenly forgot it, I clearly remember it! President Jian was stuck, he kept forgetting things recently, but he didn't want to admit it, so he finally said: "Many authors are more sensitive to words than ordinary people, and Xiao Gu is the most gifted in this regard since the 21st century", and then he walked into the office in two steps.
No, President, please ask one more question, such as "Why do you suddenly have this idea?"
Lu Ge's eyes seemed to be glued to the president's back, and he reluctantly withdrew them after a long while. Okay, he will send the proofread "Fighting with the Devil" back to the writer first.
The strong desire to share cannot be released, which is really frustrating. Lu Ge poked the words. Generally speaking, boys don’t have the habit of doing nail polish, so they won’t poke the screen to make crackling sounds, but he was too excited.
[The writing is so strong that I couldn't help but feel a lump in my throat when I saw the Nietzsche chapter. The author must be possessed by a demon to write such a text. The Nietzsche chapter alone is enough to make "The Fight with the Devil" immortal.]
[And the writing of Hölderlin seemed a bit strange? When I was proofreading, I always felt that I didn’t understand the writing.]
Lu Ge did not talk about his opinion on the Kleist chapter, and it is obvious that he has no feelings about it.
Gu Lu took a look and found that professionals still had the level of professionals. Indeed, the Nietzsche chapter was the most exciting, and the Earth was selected as a textbook by seven countries.
"It may be a problem of rhythm. When writing about Hölderlin, I referred to "Faust". Chinese still cannot express the feeling of poems like Faust." Gu Lu responded.
[Lu Ge: That’s normal. Teacher Gu Lu is really a great writer, aiming for Faust. But I think it’s also a manifestation of his dedication, because after all, it was written for German textbooks.]
He didn't think whether Gu Lu was reading the English version of Faust or the German version, nor did he think further about the rhyme. Because since he created the Elvish language, people basically didn't question Gu Lu in terms of language.
After chatting for two or three sentences, the conversation ended. Gu Lu sent the document to the Youth Strict Education Committee's email address. He would not translate the article into German. Germany is so big? Is it still impossible to find a good sinologist?
"It's not work in Germany yet, right?" Gu Lu glanced at the time.
It was six hours behind there, so it was 11:00 a.m. in China time. Besides, it was not only the chairman of the committee, Orr, and the vice chairman, Conis, who had to read the manuscript, but also several other committee members.
This is not about choosing an article to be published in a newspaper.
Gu Lu wasn't so anxious to wait for a response.
His current idea is to take half a year off next year to work on "The Wandering Earth", "The Lord of the Rings" and "Love Letter".
Therefore, this year we must settle all the debts...that is, all the boasting we have done.
[Italy
France
德国
Bear Country
...]
Gu Lu looked at the small notebook he carried with him and realized that he had already accomplished a lot.
What happened in the Bear Country? Not a big deal. The other side respected him so much and even greeted him from time to time. Last month, when the Russian Foreign Minister visited China, he specifically mentioned that "Russian-Chinese friendship remains the same as always. Economic and cultural exchanges between our two countries are very common, such as Mr. Gu Lu and Vasily Alexeev."
Even if others give you face, you don't have to cover it up.
It just happens that the conditions exist, so there is no harm in catching it.
Let’s pluck out Zweig’s hair!
This is what Gu Lu thought. Zweig also wrote a biography of Dostoevsky, which is "The Architect of the World".
"We have ready-made ingredients, but we can't be so tired." Gu Lu thought about it, he got up and went to the study to create a document first.
As long as the document is created and named, half of the writing is done, said a famous procrastinator.
About a week, Gu Lu made a plan for himself, and it would be more comfortable if he could finish one article in a week.
Oh, I forgot to mention that the articles of World Architect are all short and medium-length stories of about 40,000 words, which are longer than "Immortal Escape" and "Overnight Genius".
Therefore, Gu Lu was able to quickly copy the three articles about fighting the devil, which really showed that he was quite hardworking.
While Gu Lu was thinking, his hands were not idle, he held the mouse and clicked randomly, opened web pages, then closed them, and soon opened his email.
In the mailbox, there is an email from Puffin Publishing, hoping to write more information about Middle-earth, which can be a "single story" or a "setting collection".
This is obviously the publisher urging him to update, but Yao Xiaoju didn't agree, or thought it was not urgent. The organizer who wanted to make money sent it directly.
"The Lord of the Rings extra-story - let's talk about it after the movie is released." Gu Lu felt that this was a better option, so he politely replied to the email to refuse.
For the next two or three hours, Gu Lu dealt with various matters. As time passed, the people in Germany also got up to work...
(End of this chapter)