我在上海一家报社当编辑,常有中学生为我撰稿,也有一些中学生写信给我,询问如何为报社投稿。我给他们复信.让他们写一点生活小品,而不是杜撰一些自己也不了解的内容,或者一动笔就写长篇小说。我想,这是中外大作家从事文学创作的共同经历。一个作者对于自己熟悉的生活最有发言权,对于自己感兴趣的题材,也最易有感而发。有的中学生说自 I was an editor at a newspaper in Shanghai. I used to write for me from middle school students, and some middle school students wrote to me asking how to contribute to the newspaper. I give them a reply. Let them write a little sketch of life instead of creating something that they do not understand, or write a novel in a single stroke. I think this is a common experience of Chinese and foreign authors engaged in literary creation. An author has the most say in the life he is familiar with, and he is most susceptible to topics he is interested in. Some middle school students say