101 On Writing (55) "The Great Climax (I)"
Finally, I want to talk about the big climax, in the past, 101 had a very shallow understanding of the big climax, thinking that it was to write along the contradictions, and when it came naturally, it would break out in an extremely fierce way, and the big climax was formed. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
After repeatedly reading the climax of "Guangming Peak" in "Heaven and Dragon Slayer" several times, 101 finally understood that in fact, the climax was foreshadowed, and how and how much foreshadowing was actually conceived in advance, and it took some ingenuity to stack up the climax.
The idea that the climax develops naturally is pure!
Let's serve!
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First of all, the definition of "climax", which is the concentrated explosion of the characters, the conflict and the theme of the novel, in which all the contradictions reach irreconcilable and erupt in an unusually intense way.
In the case of the "Bright Peak" climax, is it pre-conceived, or is it written naturally?
101 thinks that it must have been preconceived.
The basis is the "causal theory".
Cause-
Zhang Cuishan and his wife were forced to death by various sects on Wudang Mountain, and Zhang Wuji's mother told him when she was dying, remember everyone here, they are all enemies who forced your father and mother to death
Zhang Wuji looked at them coldly and remembered everyone's appearance
Excuse me, if you are the author, how do you take revenge on these people? Do you deduce according to the character of the characters? Or do you pre-conceive the revenge plot later?
First of all, the death of Zhang Cuishan and his wife is the cause of the contradiction, let's set it as point A
We want to solve this contradiction in a way that is a big climax, why?
Because the wicked people shamelessly forced Zhang Wuji's parents to death in public, this revenge can only be avenged in public
Therefore, the theory of cause and effect determines that such a revenge can only be avenged with that kind of effect
Fruit-
At some point in the future, the enemies of all sects get together again, and the weak and helpless teenager grows into a hero with great magical powers, and the protagonist is born out of thin air, humiliating the enemies fiercely, not only to kill their bodies, but also to ruthlessly lash out at their morality, their self-righteous behavior. (This kind of revenge is hearty, and it is the same as "The Count of Monte Cristo", and the children's shoes that have not been seen should go to make up for the lesson)
So you see, Jin Yong actually, without considering the factors of character and interests, he decided that there should be such a big climax in the back of the book, that is, to besiege Guangmingding
Therefore, it is inevitable that the enemies will gather again later, there are Kongtong faction, Shaolin Temple, Emei faction, Wudang faction, Huashan faction, Kunlun faction and so on.
101 calls it: Point B
A (Cause) - B (Effect)
I have determined the two points A and B, what to fill in the middle?
If you understand the principle of climax and foreshadowing
The climax is to solve the contradictions, and the foreshadowing is to build momentum, so that the contradictions between the characters will be aggravated, in other words, let these people bully Zhang Wuji again
Because the contradiction in point A is directly solved at point B, readers will think, I rub it, it's not powerful!
So from A to B, this mood of revenge has been paved
Then take a closer look
How did the hatred with Shaolin Temple come about, when Zhang Wuji was injured by the two elders of Xuan Ming, Zhang Sanfeng took him to Shaolin Temple to ask for the Yijin Sutra, and the bald donkey of Shaolin Temple closed the door and did not let him in, so angry that Zhang Sanfeng had no choice
This stroke is a foreshadowing and a feud with Shaolin Temple
Then, it's not enough, there is a Yuanzhen in Shaolin Temple, that is, the master of the Golden Lion King, this big traitor, hidden in Shaolin Temple, which also increases the reader's hatred of Shaolin
The hatred of Shaolin has come to this point, and the foreshadowing is complete.
Let's take a look at the Kongtong faction, these three fools, who practice the Seven Injuries Boxing, each has injuries
They have an enmity with Zhang Wuji's stepfather, the Golden Retriever Lion King
and Zhang Wuji was deceived in the snow mountain, let the dog bite him, and the gang also went to Guangmingding (Kunlun sent He Taichong and his wife)
Hu Qingniu, the doctor who didn't save him, taught Zhang Wuji to learn medical skills, he and the head of the Huashan faction, Xian Yutong, also had a grudge, this person defiled his sister-in-law, and then Hu Qingniu died, no one avenged this revenge, Hu Qingniu was kind to Zhang Wuji, and natural readers hoped that Zhang Wuji would avenge him and uphold justice.
Not to mention the many plots, basically Zhang Wuji disappeared from point A until point B appeared, the whole process is to take risks, improve strength, and at the same time it is also a process of brewing hatred with these enemies
Jin Yong's every plot is not nonsense, he deals with it for the sake of the climax of point B
The above explanation is that "the great climax is the concentrated outbreak of various contradictions and conflicts"
All the threads are gathered together and solved in the bright top
As for Zhang Wuji forgiving them, this is determined by his character
Also, there is one that is not said, the theme
The whole book, Heaven and Dragon Slayer
What does Yitian represent? False benevolence and false righteousness
What is dragon slaying? Justice, truth
Each major sect is the representative of Yitian, false benevolence and false righteousness
Therefore, the main line of the whole book is threaded with the whereabouts of the Golden Retriever Lion King and the Dragon Slayer Knife
No matter how much you toss between point A and point B, you will eventually wear it with this main line, and this is the theme
So everyone sees, in fact, Jin Yong is very scary, he set a game early
In addition, we have some neglects, such as the protagonist's grievances and hatreds, which have not yet been analyzed
He went all the way, and the women who had those love entanglements with him, that relationship, we didn't analyze how to do it
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In the analysis just now, 101 is summarized as the causal inverse method - before the pen is written, there is already a result, and the beginning is written backwards from the result
Interestingly, pushing forward from the death of Zhang Cuishan and his wife, it will be found that their death is also a big climax, and the two of them know each other in the front, until the adventure of Ice and Fire Island and Xie Xun is another kind of foreshadowing
Well, this post mainly talks about the foreshadowing before the climax from the perspective of cause and effect, and the next post will analyze how the climax itself works, so stay tuned......