101 On Writing (129) "How to Read Intensively"
In recent months, 101 has been cultivating through intensive reading, and I feel that the inventory in my stomach is getting thicker and thicker, and my writing is gradually improving, so I feel that intensive reading is really a good method, and I am here to share it with you. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Before I say it, I would like to mention that 101 neither agrees with writing wildly without reading, such as becoming a god by exploding ten thousand more, nor does it agree with reading books without writing, such as chasing dozens of books a day and reading for more than ten years old bookworms, rarely writing, this kind of words are often high-eyed and low-handed.
It is best to ensure 1-2 more a day, and at the same time read dozens of chapters and read a few books, so that the combination of reading and writing will improve quickly.
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First of all, what are the main aspects of intensive reading?
As previously summarized in 101, some of the major elements of the so-called becoming a god ("Three Ways to Cultivate a God") are mainly as follows:
1. Novelty.
2. Writing direction.
3. Pacing and detail.
4. Control.
Compared with the last summary, 101 deliberately added a new idea, because a novel YY theme is enough to ensure a 70% success rate, such as "Confucianism and Taoism are holy", as well as "Reborn God-level Loser", and "The Great Writer" are all leading the trend, plus the author really writes well, and it became popular all of a sudden.
So how effective are these four articles, why should we read them intensively to improve these four aspects, and how can we improve them?
1. Novelty.
This is not much to explain, the subject matter is novel and naturally attracts the reader's attention, which is the top priority. This requires a lot of extensive reading to thicken knowledge, such as the authors of Confucianism and Taoism, who read seven or eight books and integrated their ideas together, which led to a relatively mature system. If it weren't for those seven or eight books as a foundation, presumably Confucianism and Taoism would not have been so successful.
In addition, I usually watch more documentaries, history, biographies, science and technology, etc., the thicker the accumulation, the more full my own idea library, and when I have good ideas, I can slowly brew them, and when the time is ripe, I can write them.
In short, novelty is not a pat on the head, but requires a sensitive heart, a thinking brain, an observant eye, and a tireless lot of reading.
2. Writing direction.
The online article is not just a story, it is a YY story that revolves around the protagonist's struggle to grow up, so its writing direction is very unique, and it will inevitably hit the street if it deviates from this direction.
For example: the beginning starts with a supporting role, and slowly transitions to the protagonist, okay?
Another example: Write that the protagonist struggles to get the golden finger and writes dozens of chapters, okay?
Also: The cultivation of the protagonist of the immortal cultivation novel is not the focus, but writes that he loves to bubble girls, okay?
These all represent the direction of the writing of the online article, the first one starts from the supporting role, transitions to the protagonist, definitely not, the online text pays attention to telling stories around the protagonist; the second is not good, because the online text is to use the gold finger to cheat the protagonist YY, and the great novelty is also brought out by the gold finger, and the reader will be impatient if he takes more than a dozen chapters with the gold finger; the third is not necessarily, because "Zhu Xian" is a romance novel, but now the mainstream of the online text is still based on cultivation and upgrading to fight monsters, and women are used as embellishments.
So you see, the above example represents the direction of writing, if you are not familiar with it, you are likely to step into the pit. Therefore, to read online articles with achievements is to experience the direction of other people's writing, and what is the focus of the protagonist's writing in each period?
If you read more, you will summarize the common things, so you can avoid writing deviations by yourself.
3. Pacing and detail.
This is the most basic skill test of the project, those what sense of substitution, sense of expectation, cool point, foreshadowing, ** and the like, can be classified into rhythm and details.
To put it simply, now to write a competition, how to foreshadow, how to break out, how to turn, how to move, how to dig a pit, how to get the portrayal of the characters, including the protagonist?
We can turn out "Breaking the Sky" and take a look at the plot of Xiao Yan at the coming-of-age ceremony, or turn out "Tianlong Babu" and watch Xiao Feng vs. Juxianzhuang.
There are a lot of things to pay attention to in this intensive reading, a scene may have to be watched repeatedly, scrutinized repeatedly, drawn down with a pen, which are foreshadowing, which are **, how to break out of the cool point, etc.
The final effect is to close your eyes, and the plot can almost be recited, just like a movie.
And such a martial arts scene, maybe you have to read more than a dozen carefully, memorize them all, and then carefully conceive when you write it yourself, and also imitate and write a few competitions, slowly and slowly, into your own understanding, even if you pass the test.
To put it bluntly, just like the college entrance examination review, do a lot of questions, practice makes perfect, and imprint a feeling of writing a book deeply in your mind, and you will naturally know how to write the right one, and that's it!
4. Control.
This is very important in the long run. Rhythm and details alone are not enough, after a book is on the shelf, how to ensure that the more you write it later, the more you close, the main line is clear, and the stitches are fine, you need a kind of control.
Otherwise, the story is scattered, and there is a high chance that it will collapse.
If you want to cultivate control, you need to read the layout of the novel, such as the first 46 chapters of "Breaking the Sky", sort out the plot line, and imprint it deeply in your mind, because it is a complete big **.
In addition, it is recommended that the structure of Jin Yong's several books be sorted out, because Jin Yong is a master of long stories, and his layout is very powerful, so this reading volume is very large, and you need to read it carefully, and draw the plot context diagram on the straw paper after reading, and slowly and slowly, we will have a sense of layout.
The rest is to practice writing, first make an outline of a book, and then refine the outline, try to write according to the layout, summarize while writing, where the foreshadowing is not enough, where the writing is procrastinating, where the main line is not clear and the branch line is too heavy...
With such persistence, as you write more and more, you will definitely get more and more controlling. Of course, the premise is that you have really maintained enough intensive reading, and you have accumulated a large number of templates in your heart, otherwise your stomach will be empty, and no matter how you practice control, you will be blind practice.
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The above is the method that needs to be followed for each book and how to do intensive reading.
Finally, 101 lists some books that you have practiced, you may wish to try it and see if it works?
"Breaking the Firmament" - intensive reading until Yunlan Sect, especially the first 46 chapters, mainly learn the layout, rhythm, and the feeling of the characters, as well as the processing of the cool points of potatoes, which can be used as a template for repeated intensive reading, which is very useful.
"The Legend of Mortal Cultivation of Immortals" - read intensively until the human world, and study the layout of several big **, such as the first killing of Mo Lao, the second upheaval of the Seven Xuanmen, the third blood trial, and the fourth demon invasion...... In addition, learning Han Li's introverted and mature character traits, grasping the feelings of the characters, and in addition, the Gongfa system is well controlled in this book, which is also worth learning. Finally, I would like to mention that Forgetting Words uses a lot of abbreviations in this book, and if you don't know how to write them, you have to read this book.
"Wuji World" - an abridged version of Dou Po, you can read it intensively against Dou Po, the first 46 chapters are enough, and it is also to learn a small layout and rhythm. However, the layout of this book is not good, so you don't need to study the whole book, its most prominent feature is that there are a lot of martial arts competitions, and the competitions are wonderful. In addition, the little jokes of the academy pretending to be forced are good, and they are also worth learning.
"Infinite Horror" - brilliant creativity and setting, wonderful plot, wonderful characters. This book is suitable for studying the online game genre, or how to balance the power system in the fantasy genre, because it has enhanced attributes, learned various skills, bought equipment, etc. In addition, the most important thing is the divine twist of the plot, that kind of exquisite conception, I don't know if I don't see it, I am startled when I see it, it is really good! Finally, its most brilliant thing is the group portrait character portrayal, not the protagonist universal type, the character portrayal is particularly brilliant.
"Immortal Rebellion" - brilliant writing and rich imagination. This book is best read in comparison with mortals, especially in the first chapter, at a glance, you can better understand how outstanding the details of mortals are, but the late stage of immortal rebellion is really good, so look at it against it, and understand the wonderfulness and strengths of the two books more deeply.
"Zhu Xian" - Xianxia's writing is outstanding, and the rendering and character portrayal are outstanding, which is worth learning.
"Flickering Fist" - this book flutters, not a fluttering book is not intensively read, its function is to compare and read with the original imitation of "Breaking the Sky", when you read it, you will experience where it is lacking, if you write how to improve, that is, replace the idea. In this way, you can experience the good of fighting more deeply.
Speaking of which, 101 for example, many book imitations are not in place after reading them once, I remember that there was an author who imitated Dou Po and wrote about the protagonist's waste wood, and the reaction after being ridiculed was-
The protagonist looked at everyone lightly, and the self-deprecating smile on the corner of his mouth became more and more bitter.
And the original text is - the protagonist looked at everyone blankly, and the self-deprecating smile on the corner of his mouth became more and more bitter.
At that time, I said that it didn't feel right here, and he was still stubborn, saying that Dou Po wrote it like this, but he turned out a pair of books, the original text was "Mu Ran", and he wrote it "lightly". faintly said that he was pretending to be forced, and the smile on the corner of his mouth was bitter. The original text is Mu Ran, which is really stunned, so with a self-deprecating wry smile, just take it.
There are many books that imitate Dou Po, but the essence and rhythm can be imitated, and there are very few, because the author does not read the book carefully and does not think about it carefully, and the result is plausible.
"The Great Writer" - how to write the creative YY, and the reference of the indifferent protagonist in a low-key pretend.
"Sherlock Holmes Detective Collection" - a reference to the suspense stream, the protagonist is low-key and pretends.
There are many, many more, not listed one by one, in short, insist on intensive reading, read more books with various representative and styles, slowly accumulate and digest, and enrich the four elements on the top.
At the same time, I have the feeling to practice in my own writing, slowly run in and blend, and one day it will come naturally and succeed!
P.S. When you are reading intensively, don't read the book and get fascinated, it won't be useful. It doesn't matter if you look at it for the first time, remember to look back and look at it again with an analytical eye, how the author wrote that place, you will be fascinated by it, and analyze the dry goods, such as the feeling of the characters, such as suspense, such as **, etc.
That's how you can learn!
Many newcomer authors say that they read a lot of books, but unfortunately they don't think about it when they read it, and they don't think about it afterwards or summarize it.