Jiang Lei watched Li Ya turn off the stock chart in embarrassment, then turned behind Li Zhikai, patted him, and said: "What novels can't escape is to write about the world where the protagonist lives." So, we first have to construct a world and the history of this world. ”

As he spoke, he returned to the computer and pulled up a document, but the title displayed was the character relationship map of "Ninety-Nine Golden Immortals".

Yi Chao also noticed it, and asked strangely, "When did you steal my outline?"

Jiang Lei smiled cheekily: "What is stealing, what is yours is mine, what else is you and me!"

"No, my outline is not meticulous, and I don't have someone else's outline, so let's use your outline as an example. Jiang Lei explained casually.

Jiang Lei coughed, and then said to the topic: "Since it is writing about the world, the author should have a complete map when he conceives. No matter what type of novel it is, think of a world framework first, draw it, and gradually improve it. ”

Qin Xiangyang said innocently: "I know in my heart that it's not over, do I still need to draw it? It's as big as the martial arts world, how can I draw it? Then don't I have to learn to paint well like them?"

Liu Chunyan sneered, and almost squirted a mouthful of salt soda on Liang Yue'e's face.

Li Zhikai took the Bluetooth headset, hooked his fingers to his sunglasses, and greeted: "Hey, fat man, you are simple, but you are born to make girls happy, why don't you have a girlfriend?"

Qin Xiangyang had the heart to refute, his mouth was clumsy, but he didn't know what to say, so he turned his head to look at the others.

Li Ya relieved him and asked, "There is no need to draw a map in the city and in modern times, right? ”

Jiang Lei said: "The drawing we are talking about is not necessarily a serious drawing. In modern texts, with the real world as the background, it is certainly more convenient to build a map. The focus is on the important places where the main character is active. Let's focus on the virtual background web article of Xianxia Fantasy. Look here, this is the outline he originally wrote. ”

Everyone followed his mouse and looked over, it was the character relationship map of Yi Chao's debut novel "Ninety-Nine Golden Immortals".

Jiang Lei pulled the mouse, and there were nearly twenty pages of documents.

Qin Xiangyang sighed: "Wow!

Jiang Lei pulled back to the home page and said, "Of course, he still has the setting of characters in this." Well, you haven't read his book, let him talk about what the world in "Ninety-Nine Golden Immortals" looks like first. ”

Yi Chao thought for a while and said, "This was originally conceived with the Eight Directions and Ten Realms as the world template. That is, the interface is a small world, and the ten interfaces form a big world around a large interface, and the whole world is composed of a large world in eight directions. ”

"It feels so complicated!" Liang Yue'e sighed.

Qin Xiangyang explained on the side: "It's actually very simple, just like a game. One area is a small world, and there are several areas in a continuous server, and the whole game is divided into multiple servers. ”

"It's good to think of the interface as a planet, ten small planets around a star to form a system, and eight systems to form a whole galaxy. His design is a typical routine of the protagonist upgrading to fight monsters and brush the map. ”

Jiang Lei added: "The big framework is simple. What matters is the main map of the interface where the protagonist is located. ”

While talking, he scrolled the mouse, pulled to a place and stopped, the mouse blacked out a piece of text, and said: "There are ten small interfaces in his book, Huaxia, Ten Thousand Demons, Jinsha, Blood Moon, Huangyu, etc., just from the name, you can see some characteristics." ”

Raise your hand and let Yi Chao replenish.

"For example, in the world of Jinsha, the world is dominated by deserts. The Blood Moon Realm is dominated by blood-red nights. The book only talks about the Huaxia realm where the protagonist is located, and the maps of other interfaces are not considered. Yi Chao gave an example.

Jiang Lei pulled the document and said: "The Huaxia interface is the main map where the protagonist appears, so the design of each faction is relatively complete. The rest of the interface just comes with a few supporting characters. ”

The mouse clicked on the text and said: "The five major sects of Qitian Sect, Bafang Hall, Feitian Pavilion, Ten Thousand Beasts Gorge, and Motianling, plus a scattered cultivation alliance, the location of the six factions, and the important buildings in the sphere of influence, these need to draw a sketch map in relative detail." ”

Liu Chunyan looked at the questions of the live broadcast fans and asked: "You said so much, and I haven't seen the pictures he draws! ”

Yi Chao said: "The author knows it in his heart, and it is not as detailed as the painting. Like martial arts and fantasy, many novels will have descriptions of directions. The first is to avoid mistakes in the details, and the second is the relative perfection of the scenery and scenery. It is also prepared for the second step, the positions of several sects are drawn, the sphere of influence is clear, and the world framework is relatively complete. ”

As he spoke, he took a blank piece of paper and simply drew a few mountains representing the five major sects and the Scattered Cultivation Alliance.

Yi Chao continued: "It's the same as the sect of the martial arts world. With the realm, if I go to you to kill people and set fires, your people will naturally take care of it. In this way, there will be the following contradictions and stories. ”

Jiang Lei took over the topic and said, "Let's look at history again." History, in fact, belongs to the social environment in the description of the environment. How is history written? Simple, straight as a prologue, like the narration at the beginning of many TV dramas.

The more complex ones are interspersed throughout the text, through memories, through the mouths of the characters. History can not be the main text, but it is the antecedent of the main story. Before the author writes, he should make a clear list. After speaking, he looked at Yi Chao.

Yi Chao understood, and immediately said: "The history in my book is the interface where the protagonist is located, and there have been cross-border wars with other interfaces, and it is told through the mouth of the protagonist's master." ”

Qin Xiangyang followed: "Like shooting an eagle, in addition to the real history, the first Huashan Sword Debate is the history of the entire rivers and lakes. The story of the Condor Shooting takes place after the first discussion on the sword and ends with the second discussion on the sword. ”

Jiang Lei nodded with satisfaction, and continued: "Some books have a history of thousands of years. It is the cause of the current state of the world in which the protagonist lives, and this is the real history. There is also a kind of history, that is, something that happened in the past, and the time is usually set ten or twenty years ago. It is generally a pit buried by the author. For example, a war leads to the mystery of the protagonist's background. ”

Yi Chao added: "In short, what happened before the protagonist appeared can be counted as history. Whether it is the big historical background of the formation of the world, or the important events that intersect with the protagonist, you must sort it out before opening the book. ”