The use of word should be simple and precise

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“The use of word should be simple and precise” said Mr. An

The chief editor of The Cosmos Books, Mr. An Shun Au attended a seminar in Shue Yan University today, shared the writing style of his writer friends: Yik Su, Lee Bik Wah and Choi Lan.

Love stories by Yik Su Affected by Mr. Lu Shun’s literary works and 《A Dream of Red Mansions》, Yik Su has developed a unique view on humanity and the world. Hence, no matter the contents or the words, Yik Su could also use the simplified and precise word to tell the stories. Also, the dialogue in the stories was few so that it could leave the space for readers to fancy.

Because she often make effort on writing each stories, and each stories have different social background, so that could provide the reader

Bizarre stories by Lee Bik Wah As a result of having been a radio information collector, Lee Bik Wah would collect the information she needed before writing novel. Her accomplishment of literature, writing style is between the common literature and pure literature. Mr. An added that the characters in Lee Bik Wah’s novel is motionless, because she mainly concentrate on describing the characters’ inside feelings in order to leave the association of the characters to reader.

Leisurely stories by Choi Lan Mr. An said that Mr. Choi is erudite and he always knows how to enjoy the life. Being a movie director in Choi’s early life, which could allow him to meet different industry of people and enrich his knowledge. Mr. An believed that Choi’s knowledge like an encyclopaedia. Choi is good at observating the things which people won’t aware of, and his use of word in his stories are simple and common.

Mr. An pointed out that those three writers have already met the highest requirement of the using of word: simple and precise. Their success are hard-won, the persistence and effort are worth for us to learn.