He began writing at an early age and in 1942 went to work as a reporter for Xiamen's Youth Daily. He also edited the Qing Tian supplement. He wrote everything-poems, essays, short stories-and was even a pretty good illustrator.
1942 年，林良在廈門「青年日報」做記者兼「青天」副刊編輯，不論詩、散文、短篇小說他都寫，還畫得一手好插畫。