Chapter 8 What a Good Novel Looks Like

There are very few articles in the "literary and artistic world" that can make any Lian's eyes shine, so she rarely bothers to find articles on this website. The reason why Zhuang Yan was recommended to Xiaoya before was also a coincidence.

However, the unfinished book I saw this time aroused Ren Lian's interest, because the language style on the book is very special, and there is an immersive feeling that can bring people in.

Regardless of the writing technique or the deeper connotation of this book, the mere fact that it can attract people into it is enough for any Lian to be impressed by it.

There is no one qualitative criterion for a good novel, and it varies from one to the other, and it is different for everyone.

However, the fullness of the characters has always been an important indicator for judging the quality of a novel, and when people think of a novel, the first thing that comes to mind is often one or more characters worth remembering.

And the description in the novel is generally a person that people don't know and have no contact with at all. But after reading it, you can evaluate it as if you were experiencing the life of the characters, and from this you can see the importance of task fullness in the novel.

This author called Zhuang Yan has also written a few short and medium-length stories before, Ren Lian has some impressions, and the style of writing is acceptable, but the story is monotonous and old-fashioned, and the characters are not full enough, so Ren Lian said that the author is a person who has not had much experience.

But the new book has overturned all of Ren Lian's conjectures, and this book that doesn't know the name can't be written by a person who lacks imagination and has no life experience.

Ren Lian has gone from an interest in the book to an interest in the author.

However, she didn't want to contact the author yet, because the book was still in its infancy, and she wanted to see what was going on.

But since it's a good book, it should be known by more people.

Ren Lian brought her phone from the bedside, and then began to recommend the book on various social accounts.

She is a literature lover herself, of course, there are many like-minded literature lovers on her social account.

When recommending the book, Ren Lian didn't say too many comments, but just gave them the link to the article and the author's name, as for what they would say about such a book, it was not up to Ren Lian to care.

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Zhuang Yan sat on the bed, holding a copy of "How to Write a Good Novel" and reading.

This book is the original, Zhuang Yan has not heard of it, and looking at the publication time, it seems that it is also a new book written in recent years.

As the name suggests, the whole book is about telling people how to write a good novel, but when Zhuang turns a few pages, it feels boring.

The whole book is about writing something technical, dismantling a novel, telling people how a novel can be appealing, where and how to write it to move people.

If you want to make people laugh, how to write, if you want to make people cry, how to write, the book is full of words.

This should be what Zhuang Yan needs now, but Zhuang Yan doesn't think that reading this book of so-called writing skills can bring much benefit to his writing.

If you don't have something in your heart, then no matter how good your skills are, you can't tell a moving story, and blindly pursuing skill and turning the novel into a toy that can be disassembled is in itself a kind of disrespect for literature.

Zhuang Yan was bored to read, and even a little angry, this book is different from other books, the other books are placed in the small bookcase on the computer desk, but only this book is placed at the head of the bed, which shows that the original body attaches great importance to this book, and even takes it as a guide.

This is the reason why Zhuang Yan is angry, it seems that the original writing style is all learned from this book.

According to the original body's memory, the author of this book was a well-known literature teacher, and there were many books like this that introduced techniques, but this one sold the best.

However, after searching for some memory, this so-called literary master, a literature teacher who teaches people to write novels all day long, has no famous works of his own.

Not to mention his famous works, the books he publishes are all tools for teaching people skills, and there are almost no literary works in the right place.

Someone once questioned him, saying that he himself had not written a representative novel, or even published a medium-length novel, only a short essay posted in these reference books.

Is someone like him really qualified to teach people to write novels?

However, the explanation given by this "teacher" is also high-sounding, he said that when he wrote this kind of technical book, he was acting from the perspective of a senior reader, and he taught skills, and how to use them depends on the individual.

"A foodie is not necessarily a good cook, and some foodies don't even know how to cook fried rice," he said. ”

He added: "Teachers can't be scientists themselves, but they can teach countless scientists." ”

This explanation seems to be very convincing, and the original body actually believes it.

Zhuang Yan scoffed, saying that in literature, a teacher was right to teach people how to write, and he didn't think there was anything wrong with that.

But if he directly links the quality of the novel to the literary technique, and makes a single connection, he thinks that everything in the story is a skill, and he wants to make people cry, and he wants to use skills, and he wants to make people laugh.

It's really nonsense!

"Hmph, this kind of book, let's go where it should be. ”

Zhuang Yan snorted coldly, threw the book out as soon as he raised his hand, and a second later, the book lay firmly in the garbage basket, because this is where it should be.

Now Zhuang Yan, because he has made a small amount of money on the website that cannot be withdrawn temporarily, it is not too urgent to find a job.

The fragments of memory of his predecessor were indeed too fragmented, resulting in only a general impression of the world, many of which were still unclear.

It's definitely a wise move to be able to guarantee that you won't starve to death for a while, and to put your job search on hold until you've figured it out and integrated into the world.

That's why he now has time to lie in bed and read a book, instead of blindly submitting his resume in front of the computer.

Lying on the bed and reading a book for a while, he felt that it was not early, so he was ready to run out for a walk, and by the way, he solved the dinner.

The reason why he must go out for a walk, once in the morning and once in the evening, is to integrate into the world more quickly, and secondly, because his current small body really needs to be exercised.

The intensity of the exercise is too high, he can't do it now, so he can only take a walk like this first and recover slowly.

After taking a walk, eating dinner, and going back to the residence to take a shower, although it has only been less than three days, this rhythm of life has become Zhuang Yan's living habits.

At least, this habit will be maintained until you get a job.