An article that inspired me｜Becoming a more honest person in words (By fide)

I believe that everyone who writes on the Internet has been entangled - why write? "I like it!" is probably the common answer for everyone. Whether it is daily life or expressing emotions, whether it is reading books, watching movies or traveling and delicacies, we like to use words to record our life trajectory and emotional thoughts. But if you just like to keep a diary, why write it online? Why do you want more people to read your articles?

@fide's "I'm in Matt City, Becoming a More Honest Person in Words" honestly tells why, what, and how an online author writes, which brings me a lot of thinking and resonance.

I've always been a person who doesn't like to talk too much about myself.

In the past, most of the blog articles were about movies and books. I don’t like to write about myself. On the one hand, it comes from my self-hiding. In my diary, I spend a lot of time thinking about the books and movies I have read.

If I were to write a paragraph describing myself, I could use this paragraph from fide without changing it. I'm also a very private person, and I don't want to say too much about my personal affairs. When I have to say it, I use fuzzy logic to cover it up. I am also a person who lives in books and movies. In normal days, there is hardly a day without reading or watching movies. People who have always felt that they like reading and watching movies are looking for the ideal and answer of life in books and movies. They may like to be alone, but they are romantic idealists full of fantasy.

I don't have any ambitions, and I don't have any thoughts about what my words can be like. The main reason, as I said, is because I saw a lot of articles that moved my mind and wanted to talk.

It is not bad to have ambition, but I happen to be a person who has no ambition in writing. In the past, words could only be read by readers when they were turned into type. Even if readers had the desire to have a dialogue with the author, it was basically impossible. The Internet provides an equal platform for all those who like to write, and the biggest attraction is the interactive communication between readers and authors, which adds to the fun and meaning of reading and writing.

I've always been honest in my writing, as I said: I won't tell you everything, but I won't lie either.

There is a difference between the honesty and the truth of the text. Even the most realistic author cannot guarantee that every paragraph of text is 100% true. Writing is because of my love for words, my "life elsewhere", my "poetry and distance", and it must have my expectations and fantasies. But I am honest in my words, honest with my heart.

I don't know, if the world's text messages, in order to attract attention and attract attention, have to be screaming at the world with a loud voice - I know, I sometimes write articles like that, and even practice Under such a title, of course, I also want to be read, and all the public texts are eager to be read, otherwise it would be good to put it in the diary.

Everyone who writes on the Internet has a different purpose. The world needs explosively fragmented information. The taste of readers determines the market of authors. I have also written clamorous articles that deliberately used eye-catching headlines to attract attention, and they did attract more clicks. It would be a lie to say that I don't like it at all, but I did get short-lived pleasure and a little satisfaction from vanity. But looking back at my own articles now, what I really like and valuable are those quiet articles. Ultimately, each of us will find the most suitable and comfortable way to exist online.

A kind of tacit companionship and understanding without touching the head, without comfort, separated by a distance.

People who like words mostly enjoy the inner peace and loneliness. But we also crave appreciation and understanding. Different from friendship and emotion in the real world, appreciation and understanding in words bring us a different kind of spiritual happiness, which is why I write on the Internet.

But on the other hand, after all, I am a person who can only write what I can write. The data may prove that what I write with a lot of thought has a little meaning to people, but I think, in the final analysis Say, I can't start with numbers, I can't write anything for that. Write a few essays for the test, or maybe, but in the long run, I can't write for them.

The number of readings and the number of likes reflects the reader's value orientation and secular aesthetics to a large extent. It is entirely the author's own choice whether the author wants to cater to his will or to be independent. In fact, the two are not completely opposed, and there are not no authors who can achieve both. Self-knowledge can only achieve one of them, less delusions, and feel at ease to write what you want to write and stay true to your heart.

I write for myself; I don't want to write indulgent things that only talk to myself, I certainly hope my words can communicate with people and convey something, but I can't write anything that everyone will be interested in.

I also often wonder what exactly I want to convey in my text? I feel that on the one hand, I want to express my emotions and feelings, and on the other hand, I hope that my emotions and feelings can resonate. For example, after reading a good book by myself, I have a lot of emotions and insights, so I want to write it down, and I also hope to infect others. In fact, there are many friends with a wide range of interests. I don’t know why I can’t communicate with them in depth. It may be to try to be as gregarious as possible, or it may be the fireworks of the world in reality, making some things ridiculous when they are spoken in words.

I hope I can continue to practice writing, continue to practice being honest in words, practice making words take their own shape and shape.

I hope I can become myself in words.

I especially like Fide's phrase "let the text grow into their own shape and shape", and it hit me right away. Isn't the shape that the text grows into the shape of your own, or the shape you want to be yourself?