Q: Today, with the rapid popularization of the Internet, many literary lovers and literary researchers can easily access the articles in the online edition of periodicals, and many authors are willing to publish articles on their own literary blogs in order to obtain a larger click-through rate than the circulation of periodicals. Do you think the internet has an impact on the circulation of literary periodicals or other aspects? What do you think of this problem?
A: The impact of the Internet on literary journals is certain. This influence does not necessarily directly affect the circulation of literary periodicals, because the circulation of literary periodicals has been in a downturn for a long time. The influence of the Internet on literary periodicals is subversive, first of all, on the way of soliciting contributions, the standard of selecting contributions, the publishing procedure, and even the writing style and literary aesthetic concept. It not only affects the publication of literary periodicals, but also affects the survival and development foundation of traditional literary periodicals, because young literary lovers, such as post-80s and younger post-90s, are more keen on the Internet and farther away from literary periodicals.
Q: Communication on the Internet is becoming more and more popular. Do you think it can be a useful tool for literary journals? For example, mining new scholars and so on.
A: Internet communication means not only strongly impacts literary periodicals, but also brings new opportunities to them. It is not easy for literary periodicals to simply "use" network tools, but they can take the initiative to catch the shuttle bus of the network, assemble articles through the network, find network writers and new writers, and then unite netizens and strive for new readers.
Q: Does this publication have any specific activities or initiatives related to the Internet?
A: The online literature anthology invited the column hosts of portal websites Sina and Tianya, as well as online writers and some old authors from more than ten cities including Beijing, Tianjin, Guangzhou and Han, and held a forum on "Literary Space and Online Writing" in Donghu, Wuhan. In addition, Netease and Tianya Community jointly held a love story short film contest. And signed a contract with online writers, opened a column of "online writers" in journals, and actively launched new works by writers with high online popularity and high click-through rate. In addition, the magazine regularly publishes a column entitled "Selected Original Literary Works of China on Global Chinese Websites". These activities and initiatives closely related to the Internet have been welcomed and supported by many writers. More netizens, writers and readers began to pay attention to our professional online literature publications and interactive Fangcao.com. We believe that although the prospects of literary periodicals are not optimistic, our periodicals will be more hopeful because of the vitality of online literature.
The second "Network Writing and Literary Space" forum and pen meeting was held in Yueyang.
From April 18 to April 2 1 Sunday, the second "Network Writing and Literature Space Forum" and pen meeting jointly organized by Wuhan Federation of Literary and Art Circles, Yueyang Federation of Literary and Art Circles, Wuhan Writers Association, Yueyang Writers Association and Cao Fang magazine was held in Junshan Scenic Area, Yueyang, Hunan. Xu, member of the Standing Committee of Yueyang Municipal Committee and Minister of Propaganda Department, Sui Guoqing, Vice Mayor of Yueyang City, Chen, Vice Chairman of Hubei Federation of Literary and Art Circles, Party Secretary and Executive Vice Chairman of Wuhan Federation of Literary and Art Circles, Party Secretary of Yueyang Federation of Literary and Art Circles, Chairman of Yueyang Writers Association, Peng Dongming, Editor-in-Chief of Yueyang Evening News, Qian Pengxi, Vice Chairman of Wuhan Writers Association and Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Cao Fang Magazine attended the meeting. Dongting listens to Tao, Junshan talks about sword. Writers, critics and editors from all over the country had a warm and constructive discussion on the literary space in the network era, the writing attitude of network writers and the development trend of network literature, the difference and intersection between network literature and traditional literature, the development prospect, the participation of network literature in reading, and the fate of literary periodicals. Liu Ke, a famous writer and professor of Henan University, believes that online literature can also produce good works. First of all, a good work should be transcendent, which transcends the life experience of predecessors and exerts his extraordinary imagination, thus enriching and perfecting it. Good works should also have thoughts. This idea is a mysterious and silent communication. The reader has nothing to say but applaud, just like accepting a mysterious hint. Ma Ji, a famous critic and director of the editorial department of Selected Novels, said that cultural globalization and the unprecedented release of spiritual energy by China people are the background of the emergence of online literature. The development prospect of online literature is optimistic, but it still needs 10 to accumulate, improve and revise in 20 years. Yu Sanding, a famous critic and deputy secretary of the Party Committee of Hunan Institute of Science and Technology, introduced the emergence, development and comments of online literature. Li Ding, a best-selling author, Qian Liyan, an online writer, and Shen Nian, a young writer, also made wonderful speeches on their respective writing situations and growth experiences. Party secretary and vice president of Baihua Literature and Art Publishing House, editor-in-chief of Novel Monthly, deputy director of propaganda department of Yueyang Municipal Committee and vice chairman of Yueyang Writers Association, Weng Xinhua, vice chairman of Yueyang Writers Association, Liu Zubao, secretary general of Yueyang Writers Association and director of Yueyang Literature and History Committee, Du Zhihong and Yang Zhongbiao, deputy editors of Novel Monthly, Yi Lili, director of editorial department of Youth, and Bao Feng, editor of Changjiang Daily.