Your World, We Have Been Here Before

Name: Your World, We Have Been Here Before
Author: Mu Yi Mu Zi

你的世界，我们曾经来过

by Mu Yi Mu Zi (穆易穆子)

Status: Ongoing
Length: 132k Words
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Audience: Male
Subgenre: Human Condition
Updated: 3mo ago
Source: Qidian

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Synopsis

The signal for my father's return home was not the sound of footsteps, but the sound of a flute. My mother grew cabbage in the cracks of bricks and said, "No matter how bad the conditions are, as long as you are willing to take root, you can always survive." My sister was cooking on the bench, and that mouthful of white sugar and green pepper contained everything she swallowed. My brother has been standing by the door, with one foot in and one foot out. And those seven strangers. They spent twelve years guarding a long-lost entry in the encyclopedia. They don't know who the author is or what the original article said. They just did it. I found them and wrote down their names one by one, more seriously than the original text. This book is the name I wrote down for those who have lived, loved, suffered, and waited.

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No matter how exquisitely written the preface is, it still has a few flaws:
1. Typical exemption writing First put "unfinished", "no timeline" and "different strokes in different moods" on the table. The subtext is: there is no need to demand a complete structure, logical coherence, and completeness from beginning to end. If readers find it confusing, they do not understand the "jumping of memory". This operation actually attributes all criticism in advance to readers' lack of appreciation. 2. It is neither a history book nor a biography, and the stylistic positioning is ambiguous It neither wants to bear the rigor of history nor the discipline of biography, and it is not clear whether it is a prose, a memoir or an essay. Trying to be literary at the same time, but unwilling to abide by the rules of style, the essence is to write casually and refuse to be restricted by creative norms. 3. Flavor is never a gift from time, it is all crafted by the author It is too romantic to say that sourness, saltiness, and sweetness are all given by time. Time will never take the initiative to season memories. The past that has not been screened, sorted, and tailored will only be a pile of messy original materials. If seasoning, conception, and polishing are all left to time, then where is the value of the author's creation? 4. The statement of "not finished" is not sincere and just a gag It is not polite to admit that the work is unfinished, but why are you so eager to release it when you know it is half-finished? This is not a blog series, so there is no need to update as you write. Making the unfinished work public and defining it as "that's how it is" in advance completely blocks readers' room for complaints. This is not candour, but a self-defense of a predetermined position. 5. The image of the kimchi jar is overused, which is surprising at first and then boring at first. From the title to the end of the article, jars, salvage, cutting, and sour gas appear repeatedly. A single image fills the entire preface of the book. Not only does it not appear concise, but it exposes the lack of image reserves, showing a lack of craftsmanship and a lack of new ideas.
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