Focus is the happiness of ordinary people.

 　　I didn't write anything today. I'm gradually rediscovering my initial passion: reading, analyzing, and finding great satisfaction in appreciating a book. I support original works and strive to be an ordinary reader. I'm contentedly writing page after page about the plot structure, story, characters, and narrative, wanting to know how the author handled so many issues. I'm starting to learn to focus on my work, and these moments make me feel so happy. It seems I've neglected many good books in the past.

　　
　　 Twenty long years—perhaps my whole life will be spent writing. I think I should have a place of my own, a place to rest when I'm tired. The outside world is wonderful, but it's also full of helplessness. Focus is the only way I can feel happiness. I will write novels freely, and I will also practice deliberately; I enjoy both.

　　 Besides studying writing, I have few other forms of entertainment. I enjoy analyzing little by little, keeping a record in notebooks. I also enjoy the feeling of restlessness when I'm not writing anything. I like doing what I want.

　　This writing website might be a home for me in my wandering literary life. Here, there are no tangled money disputes, no celebrity fan wars, no integrity issues. When I'm tired, I can come back; when I'm awake, I can set off again. I can share, I can confide my feelings.

　　I remember before the New Year, I mustered the courage to send a private message to the writer, and he said my writing was very good. I said, "Let's keep going!" and smiled at the night. I was foolish then, single-mindedly focused on writing. I still feel that way now. For the lifelong privilege of writing, I'm willing to do anything. What does risk matter? What does work matter? What does hardship matter?

　　 It's monotonous, but focus is the happiness of ordinary people. Even if millions oppose me, I will go. I don't know if I can persist for a lifetime, but at least for now, let me keep writing. Focus is truly blissful, a bliss that makes me afraid of losing it.

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