101 On Writing (78) "A Detailed Discussion on the Making of Cool Points"
Cool point manufacturing is something that every online writer tirelessly pursues, because readers read online articles to be happy, which can be said to be the biggest function of online articles. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Although you can find a list of techniques such as "Shuangwen 103 Style" on the market, after reading it, I always feel that there are some hidden rules that can be extracted, so that once you grasp its roots, then you can innovate independently, and write Shuangwen 1000 style, 10000 style is not a problem.
I remember a sentence in "Bestseller Writing Tips" that was very impressive - "Whoever knows how to do it can find his place in life, but whoever knows why he does it can dominate his own life!"
This sentence is the motivation for why 101 diligently studied the principles behind online writing.
Hehe, fortunately, now 101 has some experience in the origin research of "cool point manufacturing", and I will share it with you.
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There are six categories of situations that will make readers feel happy and excited.
1. Expectations are met.
2. The substituted characters make the other characters in the story feel "envious", "jealous", "hateful", "grateful", "worshipped", "valued", and "shocked".
3. The characters who are substituted make the reader feel "reverence" and "admiration".
4. The plot or characters are witty, humorous, tense and exciting.
5. The development of the plot or the words and deeds of the characters surprise the reader, and it is reasonable to think about it carefully.
6. The writing or content impresses the reader.
Let's explain them one by one.
1. Expectations are met:
This is that the reader expects the plot to develop in a certain direction, expects the characters to fulfill a certain wish, and is happy once it is satisfied.
For a specific analysis, please refer to "Making Expectations (Medium)" written by 101:
http://www./forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=752271&fromuid=556121
The factors that enhance this feeling of well-being are:
1) Before the expectation is realized, it is necessary to pave and render more to enhance the reader's expectation, the more eager the characters are, the more entangled the reader, the more eager and entangled the reader is.
2) The process of realization should be tortuous, and the characters should make full use of their ingenuity and resources to overcome one challenge after another.
3) After the expectation is realized, the psychological changes of the characters, such as excitement and stimulation, as well as the accentuation of supporting roles, such as envy and jealousy, should be fully displayed, which can also greatly enhance the sense of pleasure.
4) There should be unexpected joy, such as when the reader once thought that the protagonist could not fulfill his wish, but in the end it came true, so that the sense of joy is even stronger.
5) Give the character hope to struggle, such as goldfinger.
For example: in "Breaking the Sky", the protagonist wants to become stronger and regain his self-esteem, which is the protagonist's wish and the reader's expectation. The waste wood test was arranged before, how everyone despised it, how the father regretted and cared for him, how Xun'er never gave up, and how the protagonist was angry and unwilling, all to create a strong sense of expectation.
The most exciting thing is the clever design of the divorce plot, this suppression really makes people can't help but jump up, and the protagonist's sentence "Thirty years in Hedong and thirty years in Hexi, don't bully the poor youth" is even more uplifting.
The sense of expectation is so strong that the reader naturally waits to see how he turns over and gets the golden finger of Yao Lao later, which is equivalent to giving the protagonist hope to struggle, and the sense of expectation continues to improve. The difficulties were overcome one by one, and the small cheerfulness and the sense of expectation were intertwined and improved, until the final wish was greatly satisfied, and the reader got extreme happiness.
This kind of use of readers' expectations to create a cool point, as long as the author can always grasp the reader's expectations, and then follow the force! But it is also difficult to say, because the reader's expectations are not too easy to feel as an author, and the author often writes and forgets the reader's feelings of reading the book, and the place where the arrangement is cool is ignored. This requires the author to figure out more about his own stories and characters on weekdays, always grasp the development and changes of the sense of expectation, and not miss any cool opportunity.
2. The substituted characters make the other characters in the story feel "envious", "jealous", "hateful", "grateful", "worshipped", "valued", and "shocked":
This kind has been listed many times in the Shuangwen 103 style, just pick a few and show it to everyone-
1, others ask for a treasure on the knife mountain and the oil pot, and the protagonist sends it as if he is setting up a stall, how much he wants, a group of big officials and nobles are envious, angry, and jealous to death, but he can't help but stutter.
2, when he was famous, he was impersonated, but he was encountered by the protagonist, not to mention the humorous plot.
3. When you are not famous (maybe it's just a sweeper, looking at the library.) But there are a lot of big gangs or people who are very respectful of him. But his boss didn't look down on him. In the end, when something happened, he stood up and was scolded by his boss, but the enemy of the other party was frightened by him and retreated.
4. When the stunt is released, the people around him are shocked, but after the end, there is a faint sentence: Where will you go for a while**?
Most of these examples make use of the "contrast principle", also known as drama, that is, the strong envy and jealousy of the supporting characters contrast with the calmness of the protagonist, making people feel that the protagonist is pretending to be forced! Or a group of big people worship the protagonist, but the protagonist's boss doesn't know, and when the final card is opened, the boss is shocked.
For psychological reasons, 101 thinks it should be like this:
1. Since the reader is substituted for the protagonist, the protagonist encounters various emotions such as "envy", "jealousy", "hate", "gratitude", "worship", "attention" and "shock" from others, which is equivalent to the reader receiving these emotions and naturally feeling happy. Just like in reality, can we be unhappy if we are "envied", "jealous", "hated", "grateful", "worshipped", "valued", and "shocked"?
2. As for the "contrast principle", it is very mysterious:
Effect 1 creates a small expectation, such as the protagonist has a lot of treasures, and the supporting characters outside have all kinds of wants, which is a kind of expectation with high self-worth and hope to be recognized by outsiders. It's as if the prestige level of the protagonist's status is predetermined to be level 1, and he is actually level 10 strength, then readers expect him to show his true strength and gain the admiration of the world.
Effect 2, because the protagonist himself did not expect this, and reacted completely naturally, so the mentality must be calm, and the calm mentality is in extreme contrast with the shocked mentality of others, resulting in drama, which makes people feel that the protagonist is too awesome and too dragging, and the sense of pleasure arises from this.
To sum up, the elements to be paid attention to in the second kind of cool point manufacturing:
1) Because it is the use of the "contrast principle" to create a cool point, the front and back reactions of the supporting characters are extremely important, and various changes in mentality such as the front and back and the front and the back and the back need to be fully portrayed from the perspective of the supporting roles.
2) The slap in the face should be sufficient, natural, in line with the character and purpose of the protagonist, and there should be no sense of bluntness, and it should not be slapped in the face for the sake of slapping the face, and pretending to be forced to be forced.
3) There must be exaggerated drama, for example, in "The Story of Deer and Ding", Wu Sangui's son Wu Yingxiong was "clicked" by the princess, and Wu Sangui also pretended to be a grandson, trying his best to tie up Wei Xiaobao, which is an exaggerated drama. obviously suffered a big loss, and was slapped on the left side of his face, and he had to smile and put his right cheek up, so that the protagonist continued to fan.
4) The protagonist's mentality must be calm, and he must have the consciousness of being cheap and obedient.
5) Humor is the main tone of this kind of plot, so the characters must be vivid and vivid.
3. The characters who are substituted make the reader have feelings of admiration such as "reverence" and "admiration".
In this way, the characters often act unexpectedly, and do not follow the reader's expectations, nor do they completely rely on the supporting characters' "envy", "jealousy", "hate", "gratitude", "worship", "attention", and "shock" to produce happiness. The main thing is to impress the readers, so that the readers are "respected" and "admired".
For example, in "Dragon Babu", Xiao Feng committed suicide before the armies of the Liao and Song dynasties, so that the two countries would stop the war and seek peace. This kind of self-sacrifice will make the reader admire, but the reader will not expect him to die, which is screwed up to the reader's expectations. And what about shocking and paying attention to the supporting characters? After all, people are dead.
Readers are not moved by how shocked and valued Xiao Feng's self-sacrifice by the supporting characters, so it can only be explained that they were moved by the characters.
For an analysis of this scenario, see another post from 101:
It is especially great when one pursues these things, which are freedom, ideals, justice, love, and self-redemption.
http://www./forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=765798&fromuid=556121
The original mechanism of the coolness of this situation, or the creation of blood, lies in the fact that the characters have achieved something that the reader cannot do and achieved a kind of spiritual sublimation, so it shocks the reader's heart and causes emotional excitement.
It's a joy that touches the soul, the strongest of all!
The factors that enhance this feeling of well-being are:
1) The pen and ink are mostly used in the rendering of the situation, environment, supporting characters and the inner life of the characters, such as Xiao Feng's complex contradictions before his death, the psychological state of heroic righteousness, and the tragic atmosphere of the people and environment around him, which will greatly move the reader and substitute them into the mood of the characters. The deeper the substitution, the deeper the impression.
2) The choice of characters can not meet the reader's expectations, but it must conform to the character's own principles, such as Xiao Feng sacrificing himself, and he must not do it if Wei Xiaobao commits suicide...... of an embarrassing situation.
3) The plot must not be abrupt, it needs to be slowly foreshadowed, little by little to describe Xiao Feng's efforts for the two countries to strike the war, and his psychology changes little by little, so that in the end, the reader has been completely substituted into a tragic emotion, and the characters make such a sacrifice choice, and they don't feel strange and abrupt, but they will feel that he is that kind of person, only this
will fulfill this character.
Fourth, the plot or characters are witty, humorous, tense and exciting.
There is no need to say much about this one, 101 gives an example from "The Legend of Deer and Ding", and everyone will understand.
There are seven mothers in three babies, and although everyone has no experience in raising babies, there are many jokes, but all three babies are also very strong and lively. The women respectfully asked Wei Xiaobao to inscribe his name. Wei Xiaobao said with a smile: "I can't read or write, and it's very rare to ask me to name my son and girl." In this case, let's roll the dice, and whatever we throw, it will be. ”
Immediately picked up two dice and recited the words in his mouth: "Gambling God Bodhisattva bless, give three better names." The first one was thrown, one was six, one was five, it was a tiger's head. The second time I threw a point and a six, I made up a "copper hammer six", and the second one was called "Wei copper hammer".
The third time I rolled it, the first dice rolled out two points, the second dice kept turning, and finally it was also two points, making up a "bench". Wei Xiaobao was stunned, laughed, and said, "Our eldest girl's name is weird, it's called 'Wei Bench'!"
The princess said angrily: "It's hard to hear to death! Good girl, how can you call it a bench, a bench, hurry up and throw another one." ”
Wei Xiaobao said: "How can the name given by the God of Gambling Bodhisattva be changed?" hugged the baby girl, clicked on her face, kissed her, and said with a smile: "Wei bench kisses the little baby, this name is very beautiful." ”
The princess said angrily, "No, no! I gave birth to the child, and I don't want such an ugly name. Wei Xiaobao said: "Hmph, the child was born by you, can you give birth to it alone?" The princess snatched the dice and said, "I'll throw it, whatever I throw, it's called." Wei Xiaobao had no choice but to let her say: "Okay, this time you can't rely on it! What if you also throw a tiger head and a copper hammer?" The princess said: "Like her brother, it is also called a tiger head and a copper hammer." He shook the dice in his palm and said, "God of Gambling Bodhisattva, if you don't give my daughter a good name, I will smash your two stinky dice." ”
As soon as I threw it, the two dice rolled a few times, and it was bound to come down, and there was such a coincidence in the world, and it was actually two points, and it was still a "bench". The princess was stunned, and then burst into tears.
Everyone was surprised and amused. Su Quan smiled and said, "Sister, don't worry! Two points are doubles, and two points are doubles." Our daughter's name is 'Wei Shuangshuang', do you think it's okay?" Shuang'er also liked it, and took Wei Shuangshuang over and hugged him in his arms, which was really affectionate. Mu Jianping smiled: "Sister Shuang'er, you love her so much, feed her milk." Shuang'er blushed and spat and said, "It's better for you to feed!" and reached out to unbutton her clothes. Mu Jianping hurriedly fled. The women burst into laughter.
This plot is interesting and vivid, showing the married life between Wei Xiaobao and the seven ladies vividly, because it fits the characteristics of each character, and because of the protagonist
It's naughty and funny, so it's fun to read it.
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Another tense and exciting paragraph will also make people feel excited to read-
Suddenly, I heard someone in the cabin asking, "Who is it?" It was the voice of Sect Leader Hong.
Wei Xiaobao and Shuang'er were taken aback, lying at the bottom of the boat, not daring to make a sound.
Suddenly, there was a click, and the fire light appeared in the cabin window, and Shuang'er knew that Sect Master Hong had heard the sound, so he lit the fire to check, and hurriedly lifted the wooden oar in the boat, and entered the water to pull it.
After only two blows, Sect Leader Hong was already shouting loudly: "Who is it? Don't move!" followed the dinghy for a while, but did not move forward, and in a panic, he forgot to untie the rope of the tie boat.
Wei Xiaobao hurriedly stretched out his hand to untie it, the tentacles were cold, but it was an iron chain tied to the boat, only to hear several people in the big boat shouting: "The white dragon envoy is gone!" "This kid has escaped!" "Where did you flee to?"
Wei Xiaobao pulled out the dagger from his boots, swung it hard, and with a brush, cut the chain, and the dinghy rushed out.
After this sound, Sect Leader Hong, Mrs. Hong, Fat and Thin Ertoutuo, Lu Gaoxuan and others rushed to the stern of the boat one after another.
Under the reflection of the light of ice and snow, I saw that the small boat was several feet away from the big ship. Sect Leader Hong stretched out his hand, grabbed a piece of wood from the side of the boat, and threw it vigorously towards the dinghy. Although his internal strength was strong, the wood was too light after all, and he flew two feet away from the dinghy, slapped it, and fell into the sea.
At the beginning, Lu Gaoxuan, Fat Toutuo and others didn't know the sect leader's intentions, and they didn't dare to send hidden weapons, but they were afraid of hurting the white dragon envoy, but they were blamed.
It was just so slow for a moment, and the dinghy rowed forward two more feet, and the ordinary small hidden weapons were difficult to reach far, and there were bows and arrows, steel darts, flying locust stones and other things all over the place, and the sleeve arrows and poisonous needles sent by everyone fell into the sea one after another.
Slender Toutuo said: "This kid is cunning, I knew that he was not a good person, and he should have been killed with a knife." Leave him in trouble. ”
Sect Master Hong was already very angry, and the few cool words of the thin head Tuo were obviously sarcastic for not knowing what was going on, so he stretched out his left hand, grabbed the back of his neck, and shouted, "Go and catch him for me." With a lift of his left hand, he lifted the thin head in the air, grabbed his hip with his right hand, and shouted, "Go!" With a shrunk of his arms, all the internal force of his body was transported to his arms and sent forward.
Thin Toutuo's fleshy body flew out and rushed straight towards the dinghy.
The duo paddled hard. Wei Xiaobao shouted: "Ahh
Before the scream was finished, there was a plop, and the thin head had fallen into the sea. He landed only a few feet away from the dinghy, and the thin head sprang up, and his left hand had grasped the side of the boat.
Shuang'er raised the wooden oar and struck him hard, hitting him in the head. Slender Tou swallowed the pain, and his right hand grabbed the side of the boat again.
Shuang'er was in a hurry, and struck down harder, and with a loud bang, the wooden oar broke in two, and the dinghy hit horizontally in the sea when it boarded. Thin Toutuo was dizzy and shook his head. Wei Xiaobao's dagger was drawn, and the four fingers of Slim Toutuo's right hand were cut off, and under the severe pain, he couldn't support it anymore, his right hand was released, and his body sank in the sea, screaming and scolding.
Shuang'er picked up the remaining oar, pulled it hard, and the dinghy headed for the shore again.
After sailing for a while, it was far away from the big ship, and I saw that I couldn't catch up. There is only one small boat on the big boat, and no matter how high the martial arts of Sect Master Hong and the others are, they don't dare to jump into the water and swim to chase after them in this cold and bone-chilling day, not to mention that people swimming in the water can't catch up with the boat no matter how fast they are.
Wei Xiaobao picked up a wooden plank at the bottom of the boat to help paddle the water, and faintly heard the angry shouts and curses of everyone on the big boat, and after a while, the north wind finally covered everyone's voice.
Wei Xiaobao sighed and said, "Thank God, I finally escaped. The two rowed for half an hour before they landed.
This plot is written in great detail, how Sect Leader Hong and his gang chased after him, and how Xiaobao and the others escaped, are all detailed and detailed, and the atmosphere is also very tense and exciting, so it is very tense to read, which makes people feel very cool!
But does this belong to the above-mentioned happiness due to anticipation, or the happiness caused by pretending to be forced to slap the face, or the happiness caused by the character's self-sacrifice? It seems that we expect the protagonist to escape, and expect him to slap the face of the Hong sect leader, which has a reason for us to be happy, but in addition, it seems that the tension and excitement of the plot also make us feel very cool.
Summarize the elements of the fourth type of cool point manufacturing:
1) Vivid, interesting, tense and exciting is the key, so the character portrayal should be accurate and vivid, and the atmosphere rendering and rhythm of the writing should be in place.
2) A strong sense of substitution is a prerequisite, and the final foothold is that the protagonist must pretend to be forced and the supporting role must be deflated.
3) If the protagonist is teased, such as being molested by a beautiful woman, or the protagonist is embarrassed, it is okay, but it must be good-natured, and it cannot be maliciously ridiculed and insulted by the protagonist, then the humor is lost.
4) Burdens should be arranged in this kind of plot, for example, Xiaobao named the daughter the dice and named it the bench, and the princess threw it again after the fight, which is the "burden", the purpose is to make the reader laugh;
5. The development of the plot or the words and deeds of the characters surprise the reader, and it is reasonable to think about it carefully.
This kind of delight comes from the reader's admiration for the author's wonderful ideas and layouts, and is generally produced because of God's twist on the plot.
For details, see "The Usage of Transitions" in 101.
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6. The writing or content impresses the reader.
Some authors have very unique writing, such as cat greasy, readers read his books just like the charm of his writing, just like reading prose, there is a special beauty, which will make the appreciating readers very happy.
The author who wrote "The King of Korean Entertainment", his book has a strong Korean drama style, some readers don't like it, they can't see the taste, but the readers who like it are crazy about it, which is impressed by its unique writing and content.
Another example is "Dominating the World", which describes in detail the process of industrialization in ancient times, and admires the reader's imagination when reading it, which is the content that impresses the reader.
The sixth kind of cool point manufacturing depends on the theme of the novel, whether the author fully understands the cool point of the subject, and whether there is a writing that convinces the reader, which is the embodiment of comprehensive skills, 101 is not easy to analyze and summarize, everyone can only feel it themselves.
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The above is the "cool point manufacturing" summarized and analyzed by 101, which aims to let everyone see its essence through the appearance, how to use the original intention, instead of imitating various cool point routines, but rather abandoning the basics.