Recently, some newcomers have come to 101 to discuss the confusion of writing a book's concept, characters, and outline. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

A considerable number of people believe that writing a book should not be constrained, and that it is best to play with a rough line, and gave some examples to 101.

Yes, 101 acknowledges that the unoutlined stream is a style of writing that is more suitable for travelogues, travels, or single-plot storylines.

It's not that you can't write without a program, you only pay attention to the plot, and it's not impossible to dilute the character portrayal, it's okay!

However, the unoutlined flow is not as clever and complex as the outline, it is better to pay attention to the portrayal of the characters to move people's hearts, and it is better to follow the foreshadowing and explode refreshingly.

In addition, Wugangliu was greatly affected by the author's creative mood at that time, and when he was inspired, he could write whatever he wanted, and if he was not inspired, he could not write.

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Well, let's talk about these first, today 101 wants to talk about the role of "ingenuity" in the creation of novels.

Craftsman: Dexterity, ingenuity. Ingenuity refers to the mind of a skilled craftsman, and often refers to creative ideas in literature and art.

In other words, "ingenuity" is a kind of consciously guiding the plot, shaping the characters, and moving towards a goal or effect that the author wants the reader to reach.

For example, an author wants the reader to cry in chapter 100!

So he used all kinds of thought in the first 99 chapters, and when the time comes, it will definitely make most readers cry.

Some say, is it possible?

How could it not be?

At the end of the movie "Titanic", when Jack sank to the bottom of the sea, how many people cried? Could it be that when the director was filming, he didn't rush to make people cry at the end? Obviously, it was deliberate, not purely by inspiration.

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So, the next 101 is an example, excerpts from "Absolute Death Game" and "Death Reincarnation Game" modeled after its creativity, the former is ingenious, the latter is not ingenious, and the effect is clear.

The company provided three meals, and he saw his colleagues in the restaurant, and what surprised him was that there seemed to be a lot of people working with him, there were as many as sixty or seventy people, except for a few uniformed staff, the rest should be professional gamers, these people were all about the same age, generally between twenty and thirty years old, wearing uniform uniforms, judging from the insignia on the uniforms, these people were obviously divided into four groups, as Qin Shiyue introduced.

"Hey Brother Xiao, this way," he turned his head to look, but it was the young man named Li Baocheng who called him.

Walking over with a plate, Sun Bin and the fat man were also here, but the hooded man who didn't know his name was not there, he didn't ask much, it was none of his business.

The four of them sat and ate for a while, but Han Baiqiang couldn't help but ask, "What kind of game do you say we're going to play?"

Sun Bin smiled coldly and said: "No matter what kind of game it is, it is very special when you think about it, otherwise you will never hire us with such a high salary." ”

Han Baiqiang glanced at him, and said in his heart that you still need to say this. "Anyway, how are you going to play it?, this game is going to be difficult!" he asked tentatively.

Sun Bin smiled coldly again: "For a real master, any game should be like a cow in his eyes, what is not difficult to say, but for those who are of average level, then they should naturally be cautious, you must be careful and careful, after all, I guess you don't want to lose this job." As he said this, he glanced at the three of them, still with that strange mockery in his eyes, as if he was the so-called master, and the others were what he called 'average level players'.

I don't know if I didn't hear the hidden meaning of his words, but Li Baocheng said excitedly, "Brother Sun is right, no matter how difficult this game is, it won't be an incomprehensible game, we just need to deal with it carefully, not to blow it to you, my level of playing games is not ordinary, I can pass those tests of this company, I think a few big brothers are also quite powerful, it can be said that we are the elite of the game industry, if we join forces, what game can be difficult to catch us." ”

Han Baiqiang was originally very upset when he heard Sun Bin's words and wanted to have a seizure, but he nodded confidently, "That's natural." ”

Xiao Buli smiled, he wouldn't make judgments until he saw this game, this was a habit he had developed as a professional gamer for many years, so he didn't enter the topic of the three of them, just nodded casually.

Analyse:

101 believes that this episode has two main functions:

1. Introduce the main supporting characters who play the game with the main character, and portray their personalities.

2. Pave the way for the subsequent plot, mainly to create a sense of mystery and difficulty in the game.

Why do you want to achieve these two functions? Briefly explain, can't you start the main plot of the game as soon as possible? Let 101 sell a pass, let's take a look at the book first, how to deal with the same plot?

When he came to the restaurant, Su Peng found that Sun Shijia, Fu Kang, and the thick-eyed Ji Ming were already in the dining room, and they got up earlier than him.

Su Peng made some meals, and the food here was extremely rich, including pan-fried sausages, grilled rǔ pigeons, beef nǎi, fried steaks, wheat bread and other Western-style foods, as well as Chinese foods such as preserved egg and lean pork porridge, mushu meat, and sloping pork segments, which were extremely rich in style.

After finishing the meal, Su Peng took the plate and walked to the table where Sun Shijia and the others were.

Sun Shijia greeted Su Peng, and then continued their discussion, Sun Shijia said: "Eight thousand yuan, such a high salary, I don't know what kind of game will we play." ”

"It may be a martial arts game!" Fu Kang, who was short and fat, with a shrewd face and eyes constantly blinking, said, "Don't forget the content of our test, and, yesterday, I heard the old employees talking, and the content they discussed was what kind of Hongpai Changquan, Mighty King Kong Palm, Five Tiger Broken Door Knife or something, it sounded like a martial arts game." ”

"Oh? That's the domestic research and development? There are no good martial arts online games in China recently, maybe it's an aerospace game, think about our test. Sun Shijia said.

Su Peng listened to the two of them talking, and at the same time knocked a few words on the side to collect information.

And Ji Ming, who was very thoughtful-looking, suddenly twisted the corners of his mouth after hearing this, but he didn't say anything, but let Su Peng pay attention to it.

"This Ji Ming, do you know anything?" Su Peng thought in his heart.

Ji Ming on the side didn't speak, he took a sip of the soy milk in the cup and said, "I'm done." So saying, he got up and walked out.

Seeing Ji Ming walk far away, Sun Shijia whispered: "This Brother Ji Ming, he looks very kind, I didn't expect it to be so difficult to speak, it doesn't seem to be very gregarious." ”

Fu Kang also glanced at Ji Ming, nodded, and then continued to attack his Coke chicken wings.

Su Peng glanced at Ji Ming's back, he didn't know why, he always felt that this Ji Ming seemed to know some secrets......

Comments:

After reading this paragraph, if you want to say which character is the most impressive, it should be Ji Ming, he is more eye-catching than the protagonist. And then do you have a sense of expectation for the main plot of the game below? I can only say that it is average, not that martial arts online games give 8000 yuan to invite people to play and are not attractive, but the 4 characters themselves don't care! It seems that these 8000 yuan are not earned, and how they earn, they don't care.

So this paragraph gives people a very watery feeling, and the reader thinks it's better to hurry into the game. In fact, many book lovers feel that the front of this book is too ink.

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So, with the same plot, why is the former more appealing than the latter?

101 to reveal the mystery to everyone, it turns out that the level of expectation of the follow-up plot of a book depends on the foreshadowing of the previous plot, taking these two books as an example, playing games in the back must be the main course, which is the most attractive place.

But to make people look forward to the main course, you can't just go straight to the main dish without introducing anything.

It's the same as going to a restaurant to eat, diving headlong into it, picking up the food on the table and eating it, and there must be no strong sense of expectation.

But if you get the number and line up first, and look at the bustling crowd, do you start to look forward to it? I think there are many diners in this house, and the food must be delicious. Then pick up the beautiful recipe and look at it, and the saliva is going to stay. I heard the store say again, today spend 200 yuan to get a mystery prize, do you want to look forward to it?

The so-called front big bunch of gimmicks is called "foreshadowing"! The role of "foreshadowing" is to create expectations and make the climax more enjoyable!

So, going back to these two books, since we want to do foreshadowing, we have to figure out what foreshadowing?

1. Introduce the main supporting characters who play the game with the main character, and portray their personalities.

The character is always the most important, it is more important than the plot, if the character traits of the protagonist and the supporting characters are not explained in advance, the later plot cannot be carried out, so the first task of this paragraph is to shape the characters well and distinguish their respective personalities.

Absolute Death Games:

Li Baocheng: Some slippery heads, self-cooked, and look very smart;

Han Baiqiang: I can't hold my breath, I can't defend myself when I am robbed, I belong to an honest person who doesn't like to cause trouble, and I have no heart;

Sun Bin: Cold and arrogant, empty-eyed, self-esteem;

Protagonist: Deep and introverted, he belongs to the resourceful character who talks less, listens more and thinks more.

Dead Cycle Game:

Sun Shijia: Talking a lot, like to talk about others;

Fu Kang: The author said that he was shrewd, but he didn't see it too much, and later said that he was buried in eating chicken wings, which is shrewd?

Ji Ming: Introverted, pretending to be profound;

The protagonist: Not sophisticated enough, I'm in a hurry to inquire about the inside story, and I don't portray much in terms of personality.

On the whole, the former characters have distinct personalities, and the contradictory relationships between the characters are very sharp and look very emotional, while the latter characters are not very distinct and more facial, and the protagonists who should be portrayed hastily deal with them, such as: "Su Peng listened to the two of them talking, and at the same time knocked on the side to collect information." It's too watery, it's better not to write.

2. Pave the way for the subsequent plot, mainly to create a sense of mystery and difficulty in the game.

The former is the focus of several people talking about why the company wants to pay 8000 yuan to hire everyone to play this game, there is a saying that there is no free lunch in the world, the more it seems easy to play games to make a lot of money, the more people are worried about whether there is something greasy in this?

So several people started a heated argument, and even the smell of gunpowder came out.

And Sun Bin especially emphasized: the game is difficult! If the level is not enough, be more careful, and don't lose your job!

Li Baocheng's reaction was excited, with a look of interest, saying that several of them were experts, and if they joined forces, there was no game that could not be settled, which mobilized the reader's emotions, as if he really had to face an absolutely mysterious, absolutely fun game to challenge.

The role relationship between these three people is in line with the three-talk comedy: teasing, teasing and slipping.

Among them, Han Baiqiang is a joker, who has few words, and is responsible for asking questions and promoting the plot; Sun Bin is a joker, singing against Han Baiqiang, creating a sense of mystery and tension for the game; Li Baocheng is a slit, making the atmosphere lively, don't be too nervous.

The protagonist is the audience, and he conducts some psychological activities from the perspective of the reader.

The four of them have a clear positioning, and their respective tasks have been successfully completed.

The mystery and difficulty are laid out.

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On the other hand, "Death Reincarnation Game", there are some inexplicable pen and ink, such as: Su Peng made some meals, the food here is extremely rich, there are pan-fried sausages, grilled rǔ pigeons, beef nǎi, fried steaks, wheat bread and other Western-style foods, as well as Chinese foods such as preserved egg and lean pork porridge, mushu meat, and slippery meat segments, which are extremely rich in style.

What is the purpose of this? Does it show that the company is magnificent, and the food is good? But the protagonist doesn't react at all! He is not envious and amazed, how can the reader follow along?

Or is it that the protagonist can eat and is a big rice bucket?

If you are an ordinary person, if you go to this kind of environment, you must be surprised to see so many delicious foods, right? But the strange thing is that the protagonist has no reaction, and the four supporting characters have no discussion about the food, which is too fake!

But in "Absolute Death Game", the author omitted the description of food, because food is not the main topic there, and the main purpose is to introduce the characters and explain the background of the game. So here it can be seen that the author knows very well where to write something, because there is a dinner scene in the back, where the abundance of food is written, and the characters sigh.

Also: Sun Shijia said hello to Su Peng, and then continued their discussion, Sun Shijia said: "Eight thousand yuan, such a high salary, I don't know what kind of game we will play." ”

It's strange here, Sun Fa sighed, other people are indifferent to the salary of 8,000 yuan, if in reality, 101 is recruited to do a job of 8,000 yuan, 101 will be crazy, calculate how many bowls of instant noodles can be bought? How many steamed buns?

So the characters' reactions are so wooden, and the reader doesn't care.

Again: "It may be a martial arts game!" Fu Kang, who was short and fat, with a shrewd face, and his eyes kept blinking, said: "Don't forget the content of our test, and, yesterday, I heard the old employees talking, and the content they discussed was what kind of Hongpai Changquan, Mighty King Kong Palm, Five Tigers Broken Door Knife or something, it sounded like a martial arts game." ”

Fu Kang's shrewd performance is too insufficient, he is completely blown up compared to Li Baocheng!

If it was 101 to write, I would write that he got a table of delicious food, first from the shrewd food, and then he would take the initiative to bring some food, share it with everyone, please everyone, by the way, and say a lot of care and so on; as for the information of martial arts games, it will be more emotional, such as pretending to be mysterious and saying: I went into the manager's special bathroom last night, and guess what? I heard this game......

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In short, compared with the two books so far, one is written with ingenuity, and the other is written for the sake of writing the plot, without paying attention to foreshadowing and character portrayal.

It is clear which is better and which is inferior.

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Finally, let's talk a little deeper:

"Absolute Death Game" pays great attention to the character-driven plot, and the plot of several key mouths is driven by the main characters.

For example, Li Baocheng raped and killed the swineherd's wife, and also killed the swineherd, which triggered a plot twist in which several people walked out of the novice village. The protagonist here was actually the first to be seduced by the swineherd's wife, but his character decided to plan and then act, and he didn't take the bait. But Li Baocheng slipped his head, so he took advantage of it, so he took the bait.

Who will make the decision to leave the novice village next? It was Sun Bin! This guy who was so happy with his achievements and had a very high self-esteem was the one who offered to escort Li Baocheng out of the village, and he also secretly served as a militiaman, and he was the farthest explored among the newcomers, which was in line with his character.

Of course, the protagonist is not unable to be a leader, he is introverted and deep, if Sun Bin's choice is in line with his choice, he will definitely not be a bird, so the protagonist is really shrewd, Han Baiqiang is a fool, Li Baocheng and Sun Bin are blind and shrewd.

After that, among the four people, who died first? It was Sun Bin!

101 I was really surprised to see him die, because I always thought that Li Baocheng died first, but it was Sun Bin, which is in line with reality, the person who jumps the most happily is the first to be unlucky!

Then the second is Li Baocheng, who also paid the price for his "shrewdness".

What about Han Baiqiang, but he can live in a nest, and his fate is in line with his character.

What about the protagonist?

Therefore, the author of this book is really profound, and it is worth studying it carefully.

On the other hand, "Death Cycle Game",

The relationship between the character and the plot is getting weaker and weaker, and after the protagonist enters the game, he begins to play a stand-alone game, and he does whatever the NPC tells him to do, not that people are playing games, but that the game is playing people.

Several supporting characters were also thrown aside, and no one could see it after entering the game, so they could only hear shouting in the headset, and the participation, interaction, and subjective exploration of the game were poorly shaped.

101 can only say that the author's imitation of a book is only limited to the setting, and he has not mastered the subtlety of the characters and plot.

What a pity!

P.S. Khan!After reading a few replies, it seems that everyone is paying attention to the portrayal of the characters, and the understanding of ingenuity does not seem to be profound, so 101 will continue to post on this topic!