Yue Qingyan didn't have such a high height in theory before, but now he has the skills to build a foundation and the ability of a master of linguistics. Linguistics, on the other hand, is itself based on a large number of unpretentious analyses of texts and data aggregation to discover patterns. It can be said that although linguistics belongs to the category of liberal arts, in fact, its research methods and theories, except for a considerable part that rely heavily on human judgment, are actually quite not liberal arts, but more like science and engineering.

However, when these foundations of linguistics were combined with his practice of writing novels, even Yue Qingyan himself did not know what kind of wealth it would be. Yue Qingyan's statement is basically based on the author's thinking, how to plan a story, how to organize a story from an idea. He originally had a foundation in online writing, and online writing itself is a process of constantly filling in with various plot elements according to the outline.

In fact, the biggest difficulty in writing online articles is not to plan the story, but to execute the story. An experienced online writer will judge how similar and similar the idea of a story is to others, where the source of the material comes from, and then what the general goal of the writing is. However, no matter how experienced you are, you can't avoid the problem of top-heavy outlines.

Anyone who has written an outline knows that the idea at the beginning is the clearest and most detailed, but the farther it goes, the less clear the thinking is, and the more detailed the outline plummets. The level of detail of the outline never depends on the complexity of the story, but on the depth of the author's own thinking.

However, even if there is an outline, there will still be various problems when writing the specific writing, such as the bridge I thought of before, and I thought of a better idea when I wrote it, such as the adjustment of a certain bridge, the detailed relationship between several characters, etc., maybe it will involve the adjustment of the entire outline. That's a lot of work, and it's frighteningly big. In the past, when Yue Qingyan was a gunman, if he didn't write according to the outline, it was not impossible, but he needed to explain why he didn't write it according to it, and the possible consequences after writing like this. After letting the boss see these things, he will make a trade-off and decide whether it is okay or not. Over time, in fact, in order to avoid this kind of trouble, everyone has developed the ability to write according to the outline no matter what. But if several people follow the same outline, don't expect the overall quality of the text. Even if the co-ordinator is very good, he cannot completely correct the different understandings of each participating author on the outline and setting.

No two authors are exactly the same, and even the same outline will be disposed of differently in the hands of different authors. Small differences in processing and disharmony that accumulate over a long period of time can become huge problems in the later stages. Readers may not notice it at first, because their reading is not coherent and they do not accumulate enough comparative material. But what if the reader has this sensitivity?

Some authors write an outline in stages. Under the general outline, write a phased outline at different stages, and then write a detailed outline and chapter outline according to the phased outline. The outline of each stage will be adjusted according to the existing text, so as to avoid the adjustment of the general direction caused by one's own creative adjustment to the greatest extent. However, this is a lot more work. The next stage of the outline will inevitably follow the current text and outline. Either analyze where adjustments may need to be made after the first stage is completed, or mark the outline as you write to give you a hint for future changes. Both of these require the author to have sufficient perception, analysis and execution of the text, as well as serious dedication to his own writing.

However, even if there are differences, the general methods of online article creation are still the same. According to the outline, or at least the big plan of the plot, build the text step by step with various story segments. For a qualified long-form writer of online articles, according to the calculation of two plots consumed in each chapter, the full text is 3 million words, and 1,000 chapters are needed, so 2,000 different plots are needed to build. Not counting the additional cost of increasing the plot speed and increasing the plot density at important plot nodes. Authors who don't accumulate enough often hollow themselves out in the first half of the paragraph, and the second half of the essay either feels like a lot of repetitive passages, or they just go to water it boringly.

And an author, a professional author, obviously can't just write a book. If his plot mastery is only that little, there is no way to avoid making people feel similar.

In the final analysis, any profession, any job, no matter what kind of author, in the end is fighting for cultivation and accumulation.

It's just that this kind of fighting, in the eyes of many people, is just manual work. But if you want to talk about the number of specific bridges and how to arrange and combine enough changes, the ability of top online writers in this area can be said to be the complete explosion of traditional literature authors. The specialty of traditional literary authors lies in digging into depth, digging into the amount of textual information, digging out more distinctive uses of extraverbal meanings, and developing new narrative structures and models.

Even so, as the younger generation of writers gradually enters the field of professional writing, the two are gradually converging. Authors of traditional literature pay more and more attention to the readability and market dissemination of their works, and there are also some authors in the field of online literature, whose writing tone is concise and concise, the structure is full of tension, and the depth of thinking conveyed is also very sufficient, and even because there is enough space, it really has the quality of an epic.

Of course, this convergence is just a trend, and on the surface it is still a big rhythm that looks down on each other.

However, from the writer's point of view, if you really analyze the work in more detail, you can indeed perceive a lot. Although literary theories are summarized and extracted from works, on the other hand, if they can form results, it is not impossible to use them to guide writing. However, pure literary theory cannot do this, but needs literary theory that is closely integrated with the practice of writing.

Yue Qingyan knew this, otherwise he wouldn't have waited to go to Jin Chen's class at the beginning, and Jin Chen also knew, otherwise he wouldn't have let Yue Qingyan, an author, supplement his thoughts during class. And these two things are taken care of, and both sides find out: Alas, there is a door. That's really a trick to come up with.

For students, where can there be authors to participate in their literary theory courses? When I go to the Chinese department, I basically understand that it has nothing to do with being a writer, and many people from the Chinese department can't write articles. However, in the Chinese department, after all, there is a group of people who are deeply influenced by literature, at least the average literacy of literature can pass the passing line. There are people everywhere who still wish they could write and maybe earn a manuscript fee.

And such a small problem can make Yue Qingyan say such a truth, especially the "morpheme" that Yue Qingyan said at the end, which really reveals that his academic level is probably not bad. The term morpheme is not something that ordinary people can break out casually.

Jin Chen knew that the classmates in the class would definitely be interested, so he hurriedly asked, "Do you have any questions?"

One of the girls stood up and asked, "What about the second person? What about the second person? Is it not possible to write novels?"

Yue Qingyan had a headache: "No, in fact, the second person is very fun, but the difficulty is very high." I just wrote one in the second person. Teacher Jin, can I send it to you and pass it on to my classmates?"

Jin Chen nodded repeatedly: "Of course." ”

"The Story of Your Life" was posted to the class group. Jin Chen also read this article for the first time, and as he read it, he felt wrong in his heart again. Watching "Soul Breaker Gun" and "Red Rose and White Rose" before, he was surprised enough. At this age, it is already a great thing to be able to master the language habits of the Republic of China. But this Yue Qingyan is obviously more than that, this sci-fi short story he wrote, more than 10,000 words, is really exquisite. Moreover, he has no problem using this as a second-person model text.

"The question of the second person is: where does the author put himself? In literary theory, there should be a question of the author's postposition, he is after the character, but after the character, and in the second person, there is a problem: the second person needs to simulate the order of observation of the reader entering the story. This is awkward, because the characters can't fully simulate the language to tell the whole story, and it's not the second person, but the dialogue. But to follow the reader's order to tell the story, and to maintain the attention of your own characters, there must be a special connection between the two. Say to yourself, this is a good way, or the role of the author in the back, is a special being, can do this kind of following. And I said to myself, if it is not a diary, then there must be a special connection between the two themselves. "The Story of Your Life" is actually a coincidence, because with the design of the whole story, we found that I can control the past, present, and future through language...... In this way, the personal pronoun problem is established. Or, if you write it in other pronouns, the structure of the story can't be done at all. Yue Qingyan said: "Or, the second person is the text itself, and this kind of narration is mainly used to enhance the presentation of the content, and the functionality is not enough. But it must be a good read. Of course, the difficulty will not be low. ”

Jin Chen smiled and said, "Do you understand?"

The girl who asked the question was called Mo Ersheng, who was the most literary guy in the class, and he really liked to write novels. Jin Chen didn't read the manuscript she wrote, but I don't know why, Mo Ersheng's novel always has many incongruities in structure and story. Jin Chen himself is not the author of the novel, although he can ask questions from the perspective of theory and experience, but he really doesn't have too many tricks to change, and he doesn't know how to make Mo Ersheng understand.

Today, with Yue Qingyan's answers, Jin Chen felt that he could probably answer some of Mo Ersheng's questions.

Mo Ersheng nodded happily: "Understood, understood." ”

The students in the class all know that Jin Chen is still quite proud, and he is not really capable, so it is difficult to get in touch. But after reading this Yue Qingyan novel, although it was just that, everyone was a little convinced. The structure, story difficulty, depth of thinking, etc., of "The Story of Your Life" are really not comparable to these people, even if the story is told to them, I am afraid that they will not be able to write this kind of novel. At least, the second person can't be so cleverly integrated. Moreover, Yue Qingyan was able to elaborate like this, which shows that he did not write it like this out of nowhere, or he took it out of whim, but based on his own understanding of the content, he did it with analysis and preparation. It's even more powerful.

"Teacher Yue, when will you come next time? Another boy named Li Feng said.

"Teacher Yue?" Jin Chen looked at Yue Qingyan and asked a little teasingly, "What about the students asking you?"

"Ahh Yue Qingyan said: "I hope to systematically sweep the main courses of the Chinese department. "General Linguistics" is forgotten, I'm about to learn to vomit. I'll come back with all the other classes that I can arrange. ”

"Or ...... Do we organize a club or an extracurricular group?" Morsheng asked cautiously.

"That's a good idea. Jin Chen said appreciatively, "What does Teacher Yue think?"

Yue Qingyan thought for a moment and nodded: "Yes." Don't call me a teacher. I'm not much older than you. I've just graduated less than a year ago. It just so happens that I'm going to come often...... I have a conversation with you, and I have many questions to ask for advice. ”

"I'll help you find a dormitory?" Jin Chen said, "The place where you live is too far away." Running back and forth every day......"

"Teacher Kim...... I still have to write a manuscript. There is no way to write a manuscript in the dormitory. Yue Qingyan naturally knew that tossing back and forth every day would take 3 hours on the road, but there was really no way, unless he moved.

Although he was very grateful to Jin Chen for providing him with such a learning opportunity, Yue Qingyan still felt that it was better not to make trouble for Jin Chen. Every move in the school is to be emotional. There are a lot of troubles in the university system, and some of the troubles should be solved by yourself.

"I'll find time to move. It's a bit far over there. I went to look for the house on the weekend. Yue Qingyan said: "It's going to be hard for the past few days." ”

Jin Chen nodded.

The students were very excited. Yue Qingyan's theoretical depth is quite good, and the explanation is relatively simple. They may be able to find him for advice on their writing, etc. Moreover, clubs, extracurricular activities, etc., can also be used to attend school after they are reported to the school, but they are not wasted in vain. There are many chaotic clubs in the school like this, a few people get together and have similar interests, then fill out a form to apply, find a familiar teacher to sign, report to the club association, and then you can open. As for activity records and the like, some depend on whether there is a good writer in the club who is good at writing reports. Now with the signature of Jin Chen, a well-known teacher, this club has been established. I don't know what this club can do, but it's better than the hellish pretending literary club in the mixed school, right?