Writing is no longer a writer's patent, but a skill that every modern person needs to master. The following are books to improve your writing ability, which I hope will help you:

Wenxin

If I can only recommend one book, I will definitely choose Wen Xin, written by Ye Shengtao and Xia Mianzun.

Wen Xin is not only writing, but also paying attention to Chinese cultivation and teaching. Another interesting point is that the whole book is in the form of a novel. The protagonist has both students and teachers. With their interaction, they gave us 32 Chinese lessons and told 32 stories.

This book was completed in the 1930s. Unfortunately, in the past few decades, our Chinese education has not made much progress. Therefore, Wen Xin is still the best Chinese self-cultivation guide in the Chinese world, and it can even be said to be one of them.

Just like the title of Wen Xin, this book not only talks about "technique", but also talks about "mind". What is the "initial heart" of our writing? Where is the "ingenuity" of an author? Where does our "confidence" come from?

You will find the answers to these questions in this book.

Example of article

This book was also written by Mr. Ye Shengtao, which is especially suitable for reading compared with Wenxin. Wen Xin is a guide book, and the example of the article is Fan Wenxuan.

This book selects 27 representative articles, including novels, plays, poems, essays, argumentative essays, expositions and speeches. Every article is accompanied by teacher Ye Shengtao's explanation, from the conception of the article to the scrutiny of words and sentences, leading us to experience the beauty of these articles together.

Writing is not behind closed doors. Any skill must be learned from excellent predecessors before you can gradually improve your ability. This "article example" allows us to find the entrance to learning.

This book was written by Xia Mianzun, and it is also suitable as a supplement to Wen Xin.

Compared with Wen Xin, the style of this book is more systematic. The first chapter "the author's attitude" is the overall guidance. Starting from the second chapter, each chapter introduces a style, including notes, narratives, expositions, argumentations and essays. This paper introduces the concept, use, writing order and main points of each style in detail.

When it comes to argumentative writing, Mr. Xia Mianzun also spent quite a lot of time giving us an introductory lesson in logic.

Literary mind, literary examples and literary practice constitute a complete writing teaching course with appropriate methods, skills, systems and examples.

Besides, Ye Shengtao and Xia Mianzun's How to Write, Articles and Speeches, Chinese Essays, and Chinese 108 are excellent writing materials, which are recommended for reading if you have spare time.

This article is free.

Zhang is one of the best writers in Taiwan Province today. The book Free Articles contains his writing thoughts and experiences. Writers are often willing to show their writing skills with their works, but rarely talk about how they write articles, let alone teach others to write articles.

So this kind of "free articles" is really rare. What's more, what Zhang said in this book is true.

When talking about the experience of writing a composition while studying, he talked about the dog blood that was scolded by the teacher because of improper words; When it comes to his own works, he also makes no secret of his careful thinking when writing; Talking about the current education in China, he said, "The composition of the new era is not as good as the stereotyped writing of the old era."

His honest words are not limited to criticism. He tried to establish a more sincere writing attitude. An excellent writer's frank words about writing are the reason why I recommend this book.

In addition, I also recommend Mu Xin on Mu Xin, which is a lecture for students to interpret their works and a very rare sample for writers to dissect themselves.

Complete writing guide

For most of us, writing is not only an art, but also a skill. It is said that skills are embodied in two aspects. First of all, the demand for writing permeates all aspects of our lives. Second, as long as we find suitable methods and practice properly, our writing ability will certainly improve.

The Complete Guide to Writing is the best writing reference book I have seen in recent years. This book has two highlights.

First of all, it provides an easy-to-use writing method. Through six steps, let's put what we want to say into words.

Secondly, this book provides a very comprehensive writing guide, from notes, business emails and self-introduction on social networking sites to academic papers, resumes and tenders. This book covers almost all types of styles that we may come into contact with in our lives, and gives very detailed guidance. What are the main points to pay attention to, what are the excellent model essays and what mistakes should be avoided.

When you need to write something in your study, work and life, open this book and you won't be in a daze with a pen.

How does the Wall Street Journal tell stories?

Whether at work or in life, many times, we write to impress others, and the easiest way to impress others is stories.

If you want to be a person who can write a long article, explain the problem with a bigger story and impress others, then it is necessary for you to read this book.

In addition, Renmin University Press has published a set of Creative Writing Series, which has more than 40 volumes and cannot be introduced one by one. If you want to go further on the road of writing and take writing as a career, or even a lifelong career, then I suggest that you can choose your interested direction from this set of books and read it carefully. I believe you will gain something.