三十年代末期和四十年代写得多 些，那时办报纸，经常值夜班，写了不少。
During the late 1930s and throughout the 1940s, however, I Wrote more.
编集子时，自己也感到 吃惊，竟写了这么多@，有的自己都记不得了。
In those days, as a newspaper editor, Ioften worked on the night shift and wrote a great many essays, so that, later, when compiling a collection of my works, I was astonished to find myself to have authored so many essays, some of which I could not even remember.
我体会，自己办报、 办刊物时，就能写得多些。
I have, therefore, come to realize that working on a newspaper or a magazine could make a prolific writer of yourself.
鲁迅开始写杂文也是从办《语丝》时 开始的。
The same was true of Lu Xun.
现在报刊编辑部人都不少，应该自己多写。
It was not until he became editor of the magazine The Tatler that he started writing essays.
现在有些刊 物，派人到北京上海各处跑，约文章，等米下锅，这不可靠回，应 该自己动笔，自己出产品。
Nowadays, as the editorial departments of newspapers and periodicals are generally well staffed, the people there should be in a position to write more.
我们当年编《新华日报》，总共二十来 人，记者、编辑都写，搞排版的、搞资料的、还有做校对工作的， 每个人都写文章。
Some newspapers and magazines are so starved of contributions that they have to send out people to various places like Beijing and Shanghai to canvass for support.
另一方面，要大力培养青年人写稿的积极性。
That is no answer to the problem at all.
编辑对来稿要仔 细看，不要轻易就摔掉。
The best way is for the editorial staff to do the writing themselves and turn out more.
有可取的，要帮他加工、改好，发表他 的稿子。
The former Xinhua Daily, where we used to work, had a staff of about 20.
发表一次，积极性就来了，以后就会常来稿。
Everyone of us wrote, including not only the reporters and editors, but also the typesetters, proofreaders and reference-library people.
我们要用这 种方法培养新的作者，不能只依靠几个老的。
On the other hand, emphasis should be placed on arousing young people's enthusiasm for writing.
我们许多作家都是 前辈培养出来的@。
Instead of rashly rejecting manuscripts, editors should go over them carefully.
现在新作家中写小说的多，写剧本的也较多，写 杂文的简直就没有。
Manuscripts which are acceptable but in need of improvement should be allowed publication after they have been revised and polished by the editorial department.
那不好了，我们要更广泛地培养写杂文的新作家。
Young contributors could thus be spurred on to ever greater efforts to write.