"We need to connect the four parts together, so we need a main line of story, what is the main line of the story? Can you answer me a little bit about what I just said? Jiuli said, looking under the podium.

"The main line of the story is the main line of the plot of the whole novel, and the main line includes the plot, development, and branch plots of the story. Someone said.

"Very well, is there anything else you want to add?" asked Jiu Li with a satisfied nod.

“……”

However, there was silence that greeted Jiuli.

"Why, didn't anyone answer?" said Jiuli, frowning slightly.

"Look at your notes, I saw you all record them just now, didn't you take notes, are you all scribbling on your notes?" said Jiuli. Originally, she thought that even if few people remembered, it was only a small number of people, but she didn't expect that the only ones who could remember what she said were the few people, and the few were pitiful.

"I remembered that the main story line not only connects everything, but also connects the breakpoints. Someone said after flipping through the notes quickly.

Jiuli glanced at the man appreciatively, then wrote the word breakpoint on the blackboard, circled it, and said:

"Yes, we are talking about breakpoints, how are breakpoints formed? Breakpoints are actually the places where all our stories get stuck when they are connected.

Someone writes this, they don't know how to write it, or they don't know how to connect the main line, this is the breakpoint, what to do at this time, who can tell me. ”

After Jiuli finished speaking, he asked again.

And this time, it was finally no longer like just now, and Jiuli was no longer needed to take the initiative to guide, and as soon as Jiuli finished speaking, someone raised his hand.

"You say. Jiuli glanced at the man and said.

"At this time, we can develop a side plot to make up for the breakpoints, and then, when the main quest returns to normal, we can pull the main story back. The man said.

"Very good, yes, this method has been used by many authors, and when it comes to Calvin, it will develop a side plot, as long as the side plot is not too outrageous, readers can accept it.

For example,For example, we're writing an urban text now.,So when our male protagonist is humiliated or almost killed,So when the male protagonist gets through the first two things,Is the male protagonist going to take revenge?

However, we can't write about the male protagonist's direct revenge or how to do the other party, if it is written like this, then, the reader will soon know the ending later, and it will be easy to get out of the pit, which leads to the book becoming what we say in our mouths - hitting the street,

No one has read the book, so is the author still interested in writing the book? No, just throw the book away and move on to the next one.

But,Let's write it in another way.,The effect is different.,After the male protagonist is out of danger,Is he going to run away?,What will happen during the escape?,After escaping,The male protagonist is safe.,What will happen?

The male protagonist will take revenge on each other, and what kind of way will he use to retaliate against each other, then at this time, we use one side plot after another to intersect and overlap, so that the male protagonist can take revenge step by step, let the other party fall into despair, and finally let the male protagonist take revenge,

Is it possible to make up the number of words by writing in this way... No, is it to write the main line of the story, but also use the story branches to attract readers, so that readers have the idea of continuing to read?"

But it's not enough to just look at the above, any writer who writes back to write about it, and we still lack one thing, what do we lack? We lack cause and effect. Jiuli said, and circled the cause and effect again.

"As the saying goes, everything has a cause and there must be an effect, and your... This can be one thing, it can be a sentence, anyway, this cause is inevitable, the so-called effect is to fulfill your previous cause, and this is the key to attracting readers.

Why do you not want to read some books after reading them, and some books the more you read them, the more you want to read them, and even be fascinated by the stories in the books, this is because the author has added cause and effect to them, so that you unconsciously have an attraction to his works, or a sense of dependence. Jiuli said.

"Then Master Jiuli, how do we need to write about cause and effect?" someone couldn't help but ask.

"Finally someone is willing to take the initiative. Jiuli smiled bitterly in her heart, the man's question meant that she hadn't said anything before.

"It's very simple, it's like, the thief stole your wallet and you want to chase the thief, you fall in love with a beautiful woman, you have to go up and talk to the contact information.

These examples are full of cause and effect, but we just ignore small episodes like this.

But we still have to pay attention to the word cause and effect, "Speaking of this, Jiuli slapped the word cause and effect on the blackboard emphatically.

"Our novels, if they're long novels or super long novels, can't describe cause and effect in one way every time.

It's like if you write a fantasy novel, the reason at the beginning of each story is that the protagonist saves an inconspicuous person or an old man on the road or somewhere, and in the end, when the protagonist is in trouble or encounters a danger to his life, these people come to the rescue, then the reader will quickly get rid of you and ignore your book, why? Because the reader is bored with this old-fashioned, unchanging plot.

In a novel, such a thing can appear once, and if there are more, it is to make up the plot and the number of words.

It's like if you write a book that travels to the ancient battlefield, every time the protagonist fights, it is the beginning of the beginning, the middle is reversed, and the ending is about to fail.

The protagonist wins the war in the end, like this kind of thing, the routine is the same every time, the reader from the previous wars, you know how you are going to write later, at this time, you can only be scolded by the reader, abandon your book.

There is a saying that I don't know if you know, why some novels can attract readers? It is because the author is accustomed to using common and vulgar routines, and then adding cause and effect to them to promote the development of the plot.

In this way, the story is very logical, and the reader is easy to follow the author's train of thought, and be brought into the pit by the author's idea, and the whole article will seem smooth, and because of the logic, the details will appear real. Jiuli said.

"What's more, our novels and super novels usually use the simplest story framework, beginning, development, high/climax, and ending.

When you write an outline for the story, you will naturally follow these four modules to make a plot pattern analysis report.

Then, there will be a beginning, a development, a high/a high, an ending, and then a back down to the beginning, and then we need to pay attention to it, and in this case, we call it a repetition structure.

This kind of repetitive structure is called changing the map in our industry, how to say it, I said it simply, you may understand, it is called changing the soup without changing the medicine.

Someone heard this, and their minds were a little confused, Mentor, didn't you just tell us not to repeat the plot? Why are you starting to repeat it again? It's very contradictory, isn't it?

It's really contradictory, because the core of our story basically hasn't changed, it's just that the background has been changed and started again, and the only change is nothing more than to enhance some of the protagonist's aura and abilities for the protagonist, making the protagonist a little stronger.

With this kind of vulgar means, we can't say that he is good, nor can we say that he is bad, because, in general, the essence of popular novels is almost the same, but the author who pays attention to it will not let readers easily see it.

Compared with those novels that are not long-form, the elaborate author's layout structure is very exquisite, as I just said, using multiple subplots to promote the development of the main story.

But for a novel of millions of words, or even tens of millions of words, the structure is too exquisite, and it is easy to cause the hole dug by the author in the early stage to not be filled, and eventually lead to eunuchs.

Rather than let this book be a eunuch, it is better to write the plot simply and crudely.

Of course, there are still many books, because the author lacks design in the early stage, resulting in the author writing to the end, and he doesn't know which good aspect of the story will develop, but the reader has the desire to continue chasing, at this time, the author can only change the map for the protagonist.

Therefore, instead of constantly changing the map for the protagonist as we just said, it is better to set up all the story frameworks in the early stage of writing the book, so that we don't have to change the map for the protagonist all the time, so that our novel can be more distinctive. Jiuli said.

"Okay, everyone, I've already said what I said, and also, we've already done the class exercises just now, if you noticed, you should have reacted, we have four class exercises, but we've only done three,

As for the last one, take it back to you as homework and hand it in tomorrow when class is in session. When Jiuli spoke, she paused deliberately, and then said mischievously.

"Instructor Jiuli, this is no problem, but you should always tell us about the main content of this last exercise, is it possible, you want us to hand in a blank paper?" someone joked.

"Naturally not, this last job is. Write down your story mission, of course, you may not know how to write it yet, but once I draw a picture, you should know. Jiuli said, wiped the blackboard full of words, and then drew it unchanged according to the pattern on the book.