Lu Cheng-hui says that the end of martial law has opened up many topics for writing, but "I'm only afraid that writers will be mired in illusory pride at their accomplishments and will lack the heart and sentiment to write on them."
其實，「解嚴後的確有很多題材值得寫，﹘﹘新舊社會價值的紛亂、群眾意識、兩岸關係、甚至中國前途… … 等等」，呂正惠指出，「只怕作家們沈浮在功利虛矯中，缺少那份心和感情去寫。」