I am a writer

Chapter 127 The Deformed Beetle

Winter has not gone far yet, but the Chinese Writers Association in Chaoyang is in full swing.

The deadline for the "Eighth Huaguo Young Writers Literary Creation Contest" came yesterday. This year, the 80 preliminary review judges invited by the Huaguo Writers Association gathered together.

Everyone sat in front of the computer and listened to the director of the review meeting explain the specific standards.

It has been eight years since the Youth Literature Writing Contest was held, and the judges selected are different every year.

As the saying goes, there are a thousand Hamlets in a thousand readers, and each judge has their own preferences, which is a bit contradictory for the entries.

Because literary works such as novels, poems, and essays do not have standard answers to mathematics and physics.

In order to reduce misjudgments, each work will be read by at least three preliminary judges, and only two negatives will be put into the pending area.

More than half of the large number of literary works will be screened out in the preliminary review process, and only 10% will enter the review process.

These 10% of literary works will be displayed anonymously on the Internet, magazines, and newspapers.

Readers can vote to choose the most popular novels, poems, and essays.

This is not the same as the awards selected by the review.

The re-examination means that all the judges have to read each work, and then conduct a registered vote, and finally decide the gold award, silver award and bronze award.

The process is a bit complicated, but it is more fair, and it is very difficult to get a public relations award.

"In order to ensure the fairness of this literary competition, all selections are open to the public, and all judges must take them seriously. All manuscripts are original works that have been reviewed by big data. Whether the center is clear, whether the feelings are sincere, whether the content is detailed or thin, Please judge for yourself whether the article is artificial or not. Don't violate the scoring principles because of personal preferences. I believe that everyone is an old comrade and knows the difference. We want to add fresh blood to the literary world, and do not mix any personal feelings into it."

As the director of the judging committee of this competition, Lei Hao repeatedly asked on the podium in front of him that he is the editor-in-chief of "Literary News" and the vice president of the Chinese Writers Association, and he is capable and qualified enough to take on this role.

After finishing speaking, Lei Hao walked down from the podium. He wiped the sweat from his forehead with a handkerchief. In front of him, these writers, essayists, and poets of different ages and from all over the world were reviewing according to categories.

The preliminary jury consisting of 50 writers, 20 essayists, and 10 poets is very powerful, and each of them is basically the kind of real material, who has written popular works.

"I hope there will be a few good seedlings in this session!"

Lei Hao is now over 60 years old. Seeing that the economy is becoming more and more developed and the construction of spiritual civilization is imminent, he really wants to dig out new writers.

Jiangshan has talented people on behalf of the people, and they have been leading the way for hundreds of years.

Now is the time for this generation of leading writers to appear!
……

"It feels really good to be a judge."

Excited and nervous, heavy responsibility

Wan Jinghai sat in front of his computer and looked around. There was a stylus and a mouse in front of him, whichever way he felt comfortable.

He joined the National Writers Association last year on the recommendation of the local Writers Association, and has published several popular novels.

Word of mouth is very good, but sales are so-so.

It is enough to support the family, but it is not enough to want to be rich.

He is considered young among this group of grey-haired old writers, and his qualifications are also very junior.

I didn't expect to be directly selected as the first judge of this youth literature creation competition, which really made the local writers envious, very lucky!

Wan Jinghai has no experience at all, so he doesn't know how to pass or fail, so he can only rely on his reading experience.

A work that can attract oneself is a good work, and a work that cannot attract oneself will not be passed.

Prose and poetry are very small in length, so the number of judges required is much smaller.

Even though there is a limit of 5 words for short stories, the review speed of the judges in the fiction category is still the slowest, none of them!

Wan Jinghai's head burst after reading several incomprehensible novels in a row.

"Xiao Wan, now you know that being a judge is not a good thing, but a coolie!" An old man wearing reading glasses next to him joked while drinking water, "We have to be responsible for these works, and we will buy them after reading today. Get some eye drops."

"Mr. Lin, I really don't know whether these people are brave or too confident. They dare to submit any kind of novel."

Too hot eyes!
Who wants to read trash novels?

"That's why only 10% of the first rounds make it through."

Wan Jinghai rubbed his eyes, marked the novel in front of him with an X, and then continued to read.

The words "Metamorphosis" appeared in front of his eyes.

[One morning, Zhang Wei woke up from an uneasy dream and found himself lying on the bed turned into a huge beetle. 】

"what!"

This book seems to be interesting, people become beetles.

Wan Jinghai's tired mind was rejuvenated instantly, and his eyes looked at the screen bit by bit.

Why does it become a beetle?

What's so special about this beetle?

The plot is so absurd, but the author's narration is like a camera, without clear emotions and positions.

At the beginning of the novel, the unknown author narrates this strange and terrifying incident with a nonchalant attitude.

Then, the whole story unfolded with him confused.

After Zhang Wei turned into a beetle, he grew claws and tentacles, his back arched, and his abdomen was spotted with white spots.

Wan Jinghai was stunned, what happened to the protagonist?

The author didn't show any surprise at all, nor did he try his best to portray Zhang Wei's inner activities after he realized his mutation, but just objectively narrated that the protagonist Zhang Wei was thinking about his work as always, and he wanted to catch the morning bus!

At this time, I still want to go to work.

How much salary did the boss pay and how much ecstasy did he drink?
Just a little traveling salesman, not an essential job.

The description of a beetle moving its body using human thoughts is so vivid that it's like seeing it with your own eyes.

Time passed slowly, and the appearance of other characters in the novel made Wan Jinghai very nervous.How would you treat your family if you became a beetle?How will the family react?
But Zhang Wei had no similar reaction at all.

The author "coldly" describes how the protagonist drags the bug's body and turns over and gets out of bed, how to think and overcome the influence of the new body, and how to fall without pain.

The behavior of bugs like Zhang Wei is extremely abnormal, and the narration attitude is extremely calm. It doesn't seem like they are talking about a horrible and terrible event at all!

There is a strong contrast between the narrative attitude and the content of the story, resulting in an extremely bizarre effect.

At least Wan Jinghai read it with gusto. This novel captured his heart just from the way it was written, not to mention looking forward to the scene and reaction of the protagonist's family seeing the beetle.

(End of this chapter)