Tell some real stories.
I want to talk about the summer when I was 19 years old.
If we start with some famous novels, how should we start the story?
If I were to imitate Marquez, I might write like this: Many years later, when I accidentally open my old diary, I will think of a night in the summer when I was 19 years old.
If I were to imitate Dickens, I might write like this: At the age of 19, it was the youthful age and the most decadent age; it was the most carefree and the most reserved day; it was the most sober period and the most confused period; it was the most passionate period and the dullest period.
If I were to imitate Hemingway, I might write like this: I am a piece of dust wandering in the streets and alleys. Countless years have passed since I was 19 years old, and I still have accomplished nothing.
If I were to imitate Fitzgerald, I might write this: When I was a little over 19, hormones taught me a vivid lesson that I will never forget.
If I were to imitate George Orwell, I might write something like this: On a July night, the weather was hot and humid, and a flying beer bottle only hit me once on the head.
If I were to imitate Kafka, I might write like this: One night, Zhang Zhuo reacted from being hit on the head by a wine bottle and found a stream of hot blood flowing through his left eye.
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After thinking for a long time, I still couldn't find a suitable starting point for a rough guy like myself. So, I decided to start this novel in my own way.
Reader comments
Misha is like an angel with broken wings, passing through the world in a hurry, experiencing too much suffering, life seems to be on the right track, but fate has played another big joke. I actually think that Shi Shi is the most suitable partner for Zhang Zhuo, but everything is so unfair to Misha. When realism and ideals collide, all we can do is to sigh helplessly. Misha does not belong to this world, because this world cannot give her the life she wants. But no matter what, Zhang Zhuo's 19-year-old Xia only had one name: "Misha".
Misha is like an angel with broken wings, passing through the world in a hurry, experiencing too much suffering, life seems to be on the right track, but fate has played another big joke. I actually think that Shi Shi is the most suitable partner for Zhang Zhuo, but everything is so unfair to Misha. When realism and ideals collide, all we can do is to sigh helplessly. Misha does not belong to this world, because this world cannot give her the life she wants. But no matter what, Zhang Zhuo's 19-year-old Xia only had one name: "Misha".