长篇小说的写作就像盖房子,从设计构图到一砖一瓦落地成形再到装潢配置,是一项浩大的工程,也最考验作家的功力。2016年一批湖北作家的长篇新作集中发表或出版,包括方方的《软埋》、陈应松的《还魂记》、吕志青的《黑屋子》、曹军庆的《影子大厦》和刘诗伟的《南方的秘密》。另有《工人作家文学丛书》10卷本出版,既传达了省作协 Writing novels is like building a house. It is a vast project from the design composition to the brick-and-mortar molding to the decorating configuration. It also tests the writer’s skill. In 2016, a batch of new works by Hubei writers were concentrated or published, including Fangfang’s “Soft Burial”, Chen’s “The Return of the Soul”, Lu Zhiqing’s “Black Room”, Cao Junqing’s “Shadow Building” and Liu Shiwei’s “Southern secret”. Another “worker writer literature series” 10 volumes of this publication, both conveyed to the provincial Writers Association