In the first two days, I was invited to give a lecture to a group of authors, and the following is a record of the lecture, which I sorted out and sent to everyone to see. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

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Today let's talk about how novels engage readers

I summarize it as "hooks"

Compare the reader to a fish

The content of the novel, for the hook

The aim is to consciously hook the reader to swallow the bait and take the bait

A good novel grabs the reader's attention on the first line

Like what:

At the age of 75, he buried his deceased wife and then signed up for the army.

This is fascinating because it is counterintuitive

75 years old, is an old man

How can an old man join the army?

How did the wife die?

Why did he join the army?

If the reader wants to know the answer, he or she has to look down

That's the hook of success

For example:

The first time I met Ah Zhen, she was taking a shower.

Again, this is counterintuitive

The first time I saw a woman, the other party was still taking a shower, what happened?

Is it voyeurism, or what?

Therefore, this kind of situation is called using the plot to use the perverse of the plot to attract readers

Let's talk about the situation, using the subject matter to attract

For example, the starting point is a relatively hot book, the material is king and the industrial overlord

It was written that industry saved the country

In terms of industry, what CNC, machine tools, and master craftsmen are involved

What material process

Ordinary people don't understand

Then the novel is written with this subject as the background, which is very attractive

Like what:

Wang Hao got off the train and secretly came to a small town in the northwest, where his suitcase contained a large stack of documents, which were first-hand information about the atomic bomb made by New China.

This beginning is not contrary to common sense

But it's too peculiar to build an atomic bomb, ordinary people who have come into contact with it

So this first paragraph is sure to grab the reader's attention

This is the way to hook up with a novel subject matter

Theme, plot

There are also figures, which can also be used to hook down

Like what:

Wang Xiaoming, when he walked out of the school gate, he was wearing a Rolex and riding a Harley, but he was wearing torn leather boots on his feet, and an iron chain hung behind his buttocks, which dragged on the ground with a clattering sound

This character is very strange

As soon as this character appears, the reader must be curious

The plot, the theme, and the characters can all be used to hook up

There is also a kind of writing

For example, the greasy night, the first line of scenery at the beginning is too unique

Impressive

Once upon a time, there were many unknowable places, and in those unknowable places, there were many unknowable people.

……

……

In the distance of the twilight wasteland, a fireball hung in the distance, and the red light it emitted spread slowly but surely like a huge flame. The nascent moss of the fields after the snow had melted, smeared everywhere like burn scars, and there was silence all around, except for the occasional hawk chirping from above and the distant sound of yellow sheep jumping.

This kind of one needs to throw some very esoteric sentences at the beginning, which makes people feel more bullish when they look at it

For example, the description of the scenery should be very beautiful, which ordinary people can't write, which is different from Xiaobaiwen

This uses a unique and beautiful writing to set the hook

The above 4 situations are basically the hook techniques I summarized

Well, some authors are going to ask

Why do I want to write a story that readers are naturally drawn to, can't I?

So, let me explain what a hook is and how does it attract readers?

In any book, from the moment you open it, everyone is attracted to it in the same way

For example, in the Legend of Mortal Immortal Cultivation, some people may have seen the drastic changes in the Seven Xuanmen, and Han Li pretended to feel that it was enjoyable and was attracted there

Some people, even earlier, started with Mo Lao's plot of the protagonist

For others, it was Han Li who started with a small bottle

At that time, I was a little earlier, in Han Li as a second stunned

Lying in bed, yearning for the outside world, I was intrigued

Because Han Li is a rural baby with lofty ambitions, I like the struggle of small people, and I am attracted by it at first sight

It can be said that I was attracted to this character, and the author's writing is good

It can be seen that the author of this kind of book may not have clearly thought about how my book can attract readers

His hook is completely unconscious

Relying on the continuous accumulation of the plot, it attracts people little by little

And when I say hook, I consciously aim to hook the reader

The so-called hook is to take advantage of people's curiosity

Now, I would like to mention some issues that are closely related to the author

Some people can't hook a book when they write a book, and the storyline is thousands of words, which can't attract people

For example, a certain writer believes that there should be a fight at the beginning, and if the fight is fierce, the reader will be attracted

He thinks it's a hook

But readers are often more disgusted with this kind of opening fight, because of the lack of substitution of characters, there are many people in the fight, and the plot is intense

It's like when we walk down the street and see two people fighting, the fight is very fierce, which one do we substitute?

It's possible that you don't have a crush on anyone

Therefore, it is used with caution at the beginning of the fight, which is easy to cause a lack of substitution

Others, will mess with the hook

The first chapter has 3 hooks in a row

It's also not good because the reader will get lost, there are too many hooks, and they don't know which one to care about

Generally, 1-2 are better, and the hook is untied one, and then the next one is formed to form a chain set

In this way, the reader's stickiness will be relatively high, and there will be no loss of interest

An experienced author, who knows in his heart, knows what the hook of each plot is

What attracts readers

Therefore, the pen and ink should be used around the hook, and if it is irrelevant, do not write

Example:

Wang Hao got off the train and secretly came to a small town in the northwest, where his suitcase contained a large stack of documents, which were first-hand information about the atomic bomb made by New China.

This one, the hook is to build the atomic bomb

The following plot should closely revolve around the creation of the atomic bomb

However, I saw a lot of books, and the following is a pickled girl

I know a beautiful girl on the train, how ambiguous the two are, and the protagonist doesn't do his job

If the pickle girl is a hook, don't make an atomic bomb hook

Down, just around this push

Finally, say one

Everyone has heard that online articles should be opened as early as possible, right?

What is Goldfinger?

It's actually a kind of hook

A fresh idea, an idea

For example, the first chapter introduces the world background, characters, and conflicts

Chapter 2 out of the golden finger

Well, this kind of book, in the second chapter, in a creative way, hooked down

So the first chapter, which is a pile of data, is not very attractive to readers

For example, the book of the Tang family

The front is basically a heap setting, his hook, down a little behind

The coiling dragon of tomatoes, and the hook is also late, this is a slow-heating type of book

Finally, to sum up

The so-called hook is that an author consciously uses some skills to attract readers' interest in reading

The sooner you get under the hook, the better, and the next one has to be tightly focused on the story

The hooks should not be disconnected from each other, but should be interconnected to form a continuous reading appeal

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"Shaolin Eight Uniques"

A thousand-year-old temple.

The head of the nine major sects of martial arts.

In the back mountain of the Shaolin Temple, a fat monk was lecturing on the benefits of martial arts with a seven or eight-year-old child. The child looked lazy, and he looked absentmindedly at a caterpillar on the ground.

"Apprentice, why don't you listen to the teacher?"

"Nope. ”

"And what are you doing?"

"I'm listening to Master. ”

"Apprentice, you said you were listening to me, so let me ask you, what did the teacher say just now? Can you tell the teacher?"

"Master, I know you're testing me again. You were just saying that the kung fu of our Shaolin Temple is the most powerful kung fu in the world, what Wudang faction, what Emei faction, and what Tianshan faction are not the opponents of our Shaolin Temple, Master wants me to practice martial arts well, and add glory to Master in the future, yes or no?"

In this paragraph, what's under the hook?

"Master, I know you're testing me again. You were just saying that the kung fu of our Shaolin Temple is the most powerful kung fu in the world, what Wudang faction, what Emei faction, and what Tianshan faction are not the opponents of our Shaolin Temple, Master wants me to practice martial arts well, and add glory to Master in the future, yes or no?"

"Hmm, since you know the hard work of being a teacher, why do you have to sleep every day, other senior brothers and younger brothers are getting up early and practicing martial arts in the dark, you look at you, you eat and eat all day long, sleep and sleep, you are about to catch up with the teacher, do you think that just eating, eating, sleeping and sleeping can make martial arts reach a very high level?"

"Oh, Master, I didn't say that I could increase my kung fu in this way, didn't Master know? I found a secret book of martial arts in the back mountain, called 'Great Sleep Divine Skill', Master, that book is still in my arms, according to the above, people practice in their sleep a hundred times as when they are awake. ”

"Alas, idiot, idiot. I told you to throw away that broken book, but you just won't listen, no, as a teacher, you can't let you be destroyed in the hands of the evil book like this. ”

Mu Mu (609050508) 21:11:22

What attracted me was the vivid personality of the child, which proved the author's pen power

101st rejection (630268437) 21:11:42

Just a fresh personality?

【Uncle】Leaves (923485912) 21:11:53

Shaolin's awesome

The 101st rejection (630268437) 21:12:20

There are 2 hooks here

One is the characters

When the master talks to the apprentice, it's normal for the apprentice to respect him, right?

The apprentices here don't respect the master

That's the anomaly

Abnormal characters are just interesting

So, the characters draw the reader in

Next, the master teaches the apprentice how to sleep every day

This sleep is related to a book, and this is the plot hook

That is, suspense

This paragraph, no more than 500 words

If 500 words can catch the reader, it is a good book, and the hook is good.

Attracting, not the story that everyone thinks is good-looking

The purpose of the hook is to make people look down

As for reading it, whether to scold the mother, or applaud, another way

There is no hook, and the reader does not have a strong thrust to look down

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For example, I just entered the office in the morning

My leader beckoned to me with a grin: 101, you come, come

Beckoning here, it's a hook on me

I went, and I took the bait

I went into his office, the hook didn't work, and he needed another hook to keep me

He picked up a palm, knocked me away, and scolded angrily: 101, you are awesome!

Here is the second hook

I'm going to be curious, fuck, why are you hitting me?

I was piqued with a strong sense of curiosity

Paralyzed, if you don't explain to me clearly, why are you beating me, I won't leave

I would have this mentality

Then, he continued to hook the hook

"You did a good thing, and you asked me, go back and think about it yourself! Get out, bring the door to Lao Tzu!"

And then this morning, I wondered, what had happened to me?

The hook has been in effect ever since

If you understand the effect of the hook and write a book, you will consciously hook it

The plot is written to be attractive

Night Listening to Blood 21:20:00

After going out, their colleagues all looked at 101 and smiled, but when 101 looked at them, they deliberately lowered their heads and did not speak

The 101st rejection (630268437) 21:20:07

Right

This is good at night

This is the foreshadowing and setting

Use supporting characters to create suspense

Deepen the hook effect

【Attacker】Wei Xiaoliao (962457811) 21:20:19

The whole world knows it, but 101 doesn't know

【Uncle】Leaf (923485912) 21:20:38

Key readers don't know yet

【Attacker】Wei Xiaoliao (962457811) 21:20:49

The reader is the second 101

Night Listening to Blood 21:21:14

Then, the best friend in the company stepped forward, patted him on the shoulder, and said meaningfully, "You kid is good."

【Author】Chiju (1871109126) 21:21:17

Every suspense falls down the traction chain. Let the reader wonder. Looking forward to the following... What does this mean?

【Author】Loneliness (396490142) 21:21:18

I just don't know if I can use it well

101st rejection (630268437) 21:21:26

The new female secretary, Lili, has always been the idol of 101, and at this time she came over with a twisted water snake's waist, looked at him with a pair of watery peach blossom eyes, and sneered: "101, are you out of breath?"

The addition of a female secretary here deepens the suspense