I'm not a literary giant

Chapter 28 Official Document Writing Format and Examples

The difference between official document writing and literary creation is probably the difference between a hippopotamus and a seahorse.

Literary creation, especially serious literature, requires extremely keen perception of words, extremely unbridled literary imagination, and extremely free and independent personality.

The emphasis of literary creation is on "creation", which is to create something that has never happened before from nothing.

Official document writing is just the opposite. It requires a high degree of politicality, obedience and seriousness, and almost all the language in the official document must have its source.

Whether it is the spirit of a red-headed document or an important speech made by a leader, the leadership spirit must be put on paper, in black and white, clearly stated. It is like dancing with shackles on, with very little room for self-expression.

In addition, if the text is coherent, the logic is clear, the structure is complete, and some effort is made on the major and minor titles, more parallelism is used, and appropriate quotations are made, it will be an excellent official document.

Wang Zixu did not write many official documents, but in his opinion, Mei Rucheng's skills in official documents had reached the pinnacle.

Every word in Mei Rucheng's writing comes from the speeches of leaders and related documents, but he uses his eloquent writing skills to piece them together in a clever way, making these originally difficult sentences become rhythmic.

He used long and short sentences and parallelism alternately. The long and short sentences flowed smoothly, and the parallelism was neat. At a glance, not only were the paragraphs full of architectural beauty, but they were also easy to read. Wang Zixu felt his mouth water just by imagining himself reading it.

Wang Zixu had never known why Wang Zengqi's articles, which had no fancy words or pearls, were so exciting to read. The reason was that his sentences were rhythmic.

He was quite sure that Mei Rucheng must have already figured out the secret of Wang Zengqi's rhythm and used it in official documents.

The most amazing thing is that the original manuscript was perfect, like a giant city built of bluestone, with every seam fitted together and not a single stone could be moved; but the revised version broke up the original structure in a whimsical way, picking up pieces from here and there and building a new tower with the original bluestone, which was also seamless.

Wang Zixu felt that he was not copying official documents, but having a conversation with Mei Rucheng.

Although the person is not here, the words he left behind turned into a door. Others were obsessed with the patterns on the door, but only Wang Zixu pushed the door open and saw the mystery of the Mei-style official document.

Wang Zixu's fingers danced on the keyboard, and after getting used to the elasticity of the keys, his speed increased steadily. Like a pianist, his fingers moved flexibly on the keys. His fingers brushed across the keyboard, leaving lines of words on the screen.

When he was writing literary scripts, his peak speed reached 4,000 words per hour.

This is a very impressive speed. My fingers did not stop at all and I wrote it all in one go. After I finished writing, I felt so refreshed that I was completely immersed in a feeling of happiness.

And his current typing speed is even faster than his fastest speed.

Chen Bin, Shen Qingfeng and Ning Chunyan couldn't help but widen their eyes after seeing how fast he was climbing.

The limit of skill is infinitely close to art. When a person with superb skills concentrates on his work, even if he is pouring oil, he can make it pleasing to the eye.

Nothing but familiar hands and ears.

Shen Qingfeng couldn't help but say, "Fuck, this typing speed is too fast, isn't it? Brother, are you a typist?"

Ning Chunyan read the words he typed with great interest, wondering, "Did you really memorize this? You can remember so much just by reading it three times?"

Chen Bin said, "My friend, please go slower and proofread more carefully. You can't make any mistakes in any words."

Wang Zixu heard their conversation, but his brain was working at high speed and he was unable to think specifically about what they said.

"Deep water makes fish happy, strong cities make businesses prosperous. We should take optimizing the business environment as the golden key to development and adhere to the principle of keeping integrity and making innovations..."

Shen Qingfeng said: "How fast is his typing among civil servants? Are all the people in the research room typing this fast?"

Chen Bin said: "He is not from the research lab..."

Wang Zixu paused for a moment, his brain working furiously, the words in the manuscript emerged in his mind one by one:

"Persist in deepening in five dimensions, from narrow to broad in cognition, from hard to soft in elements, from large to new in objects, and from comprehensive to in-depth in grasping..."

Shen Qingfeng said, "Fuck, I really want to ask him to be my ghostwriter. I'm so tired of writing books. If I had his writing speed, I wouldn't be afraid of the editor urging me to submit the manuscript. Chunyan, what about you? Are you a fast writer?"

Ning Chunyan smiled faintly and did not express any opinion.

“Problems should be stated directly, demands should be handled directly, and services should be provided directly… We should understand the resource endowment, business entities, talent conditions, and management policies…”

Talk. Talk. Talk.

Mei Rucheng's flabby face appeared on the screen. He looked at Wang Zixu with serious eyes, remaining silent.

After the two couplets, there is parallelism, four insistences, five maintenances, and eight innovations. There is a pause in between - Comrades! - This is a place to take a breath, which is the language habit of leaders.

Mei Rucheng's face opened his mouth on the screen and said to him silently:

Do you understand it?
A hand came out from the side and landed heavily on Wang Zixu's shoulder. Mei Rucheng's face in front of him disappeared in an instant, and Shen Qingfeng's voice rang in his ears:

"Brother, when you finish writing, let's talk about cooperation. You can be my typist and the salary is negotiable."

Wang Zixu turned around angrily, glared at Shen Qingfeng and said, "Get out of here!" The office fell silent.

Shen Qingfeng's eyes widened and his mouth opened slightly.

In all these years, no one has ever dared to speak to him like this.

"Get out!" Wang Zixu repeated again, his eyes red and bloodshot.

Chen Bin clasped his hands together and gave Shen Qingfeng a pleading expression, his lips moving as if begging him not to lose his temper and to consider the overall situation.

Shen Qingfeng felt a ball of fire in his heart, but Wang Zixu was indeed working for his leader, so it was better to put the overall situation first. He could only snort in anger.

Ning Chunyan tugged at his sleeve, signaling him not to get angry, and came out to smooth things over:

"We are wasting time here. Let's go for a walk. Director Mei won't be here for a while anyway."

Then, she leaned over to Wang Zixu's side and said softly, "I'm sorry to bother you."

The woman's voice was very sweet. God was so partial, he gave her such a sweet voice despite her good looks, her lips were right next to her ears, her breath was as sweet as orchid, and her voice tickled people's hearts.

The prince didn't even turn his head and said, "You too, get out of here! You're noisy too!"

Ning Chunyan widened his eyes, his lips rose and fell like waves, and he slowly straightened up.

She stared at Wang Zixu with disbelief. Her lips moved in and out, repeating those two words without making any sound:
Am I noisy?

She hadn't been yelled at like this in many years.

What's more, she is a girl.

She felt more aggrieved than Shen Qingfeng, and she was so polite.

How can this person treat everyone equally?

However, because she was so beautiful, even when she was angry, she looked very charming, even a little bit cute and adorable.

If you don't look at the tears flashing in her eyes.

Chen Bin clasped his hands together again and made a pleading gesture towards Ning Chunyan, with a look of pleading on his face.

Ning Chunyan suppressed her inner shock, shook her head, and walked out quickly, but her messy steps revealed her mood at the moment.

Shen Qingfeng followed closely behind and slammed the door shut.

"Who is this?" Shen Qingfeng's voice came from outside the door.

Chen Bin breathed a sigh of relief. His palms were sweating just now.

Without the noisy chatter around him, Wang Zixu was finally able to revise the text in peace. After two or three minutes, he put down his hands and said, "It's done."

Chen Bin breathed a sigh of relief, glanced at his watch, and said, "Amazing, you finished it in six minutes."

Xiao Fang's voice came from the speakerphone: "Uh, Brother Wang, thank you, but don't be busy yet, the leader has something else to ask."

Before Wang Zixu could say anything, Chen Bin exploded: "Any more requests? We really don't have time!"

Xiao Fang said, "Hurry up, call Section Chief Liu. If you can't get through, call Director Mei."

Before he finished speaking, Chen Bin had already called Section Chief Liu, who picked up the call in seconds. He turned on the speakerphone, and Section Chief Liu on the other end said:

"Is Wang Zixu here? Is Wang Zixu here?"

Wang Zixu said, "I'm here, I'm here. I've already written it. Do you have any other requests?"

In an emergency, Chief Liu had already heard the whole story from Xiao Fang, and he began to give him orders in a very rude manner:
"Didn't you notice that each paragraph in the route explanation section in the second half of the manuscript is missing a cap? That part was specifically requested by the leader, who wanted us to quote a poem and add a cap. It was done pretty quickly. I'll read it and you write it."

When writing official documents, each paragraph should be started with a summary, which is called "putting a hat".

The last part of this official document talks about the city’s tourism resources, and its style is more colloquial, so the leader will ask for a quote from poetry as a “cap”.

Section Chief Liu said, "I want you to write, 'The swallows don't return in spring'... Hmm? Why is there only half a sentence? Forget it, you write first, 'The swallows don't return', 'return' in the sense of return, 'spring' in the sense of spring."

After Wang Zixu finished writing, he stared at the sentence and said, "Chief Liu, what does it mean that the swallows don't return in spring?"

"what?"

(End of this chapter)