The intention of writing this post is because the protagonist of the book 101 wants to imitate Wei Xiaobao's character to shape, because at that time, the protagonist of "The Big Devil" Lei Dong is a slippery character, so it must be very pleasing to think of creating a slippery protagonist in the Demon Gate. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

But as everyone knows, there are really a lot of twists and turns, and I didn't understand the writing of this kind of character, and as a result, the characters at the beginning were extremely unpleasant and suffered a big loss.

After thinking about it repeatedly, 101 finally understood, and I took it out to share it with you!

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In general, the so-called sense of substitution of the characters at the beginning is to let the characters show their character highlights, win the favor of readers, and then look forward to what the protagonist is about to do.

There are two character types that can be followed -

1. Pan character, in this case, the character does not need to be distinct, or even vague, just close to us ordinary people. For example, the protagonist of "The Legend of Cultivating Immortals in the Movie World" is a college graduate, who is not going well to find a job, and because he doesn't understand that the rearview mirror of a luxury car is electric in a car wash, he broke the electric rearview mirror of someone else's luxury car and was fired by the boss. The characters have some kindness, some youthfulness that is not deeply involved in the world, and some Ah Q-like optimism and self-deprecation (after losing his job, he has to go to the movies with the only money in his pocket).

This kind is pan-character, most of our ordinary people are like this, when writing, pay attention to writing according to the character of ordinary people, with some self-deprecation, some optimism, some unwillingness in the face of difficulties, it is enough.

However, this type of protagonist, the later it gets, the more difficult it is to write, because it is difficult for readers to really identify with it, and it is too facial.

2. Special character, this kind of personality is very distinct, either smart and slippery, or wooden and silly, or nervous, or deep and introverted.

This kind of character is not easy to shape, and if it is not handled well, it will make people feel perverse, resulting in a poor sense of substitution. But if it is well shaped, it will greatly enhance the sense of substitution and lay a solid foundation for the success of a book.

Next, 101 tried to analyze the way the protagonist was shaped from the character of the protagonist of some books.

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First of all, we have to make it clear that human character has advantages and disadvantages, and the characters in the novel come from real human nature, so they must also conform to the character of real people, and too perfect or too false characters will make people feel unreal.

So, since human character has strengths and weaknesses, what can we do to make readers fall in love with our protagonists?

101 believes that it is necessary to show the character at the beginning, which will bring him benefits and overcome the difficult side.

For example, a small citizen has to worry about buying groceries, which is not too favorable.

However, if the family conditions of this small citizen are not good, and he has a disabled son who wants to study and be treated, the small citizen has to bargain with the treacherous street vendors, and finally save money, and use the saved money to treat his son's illness.

In this way, this calculating little citizen becomes cute.

There are many elements to the story itself, which we can distill to create likable characters.

1. The protagonist's initiative (the small citizen bargained and took unusual initiative in order to save a few dollars)

2. The protagonist makes a profit (the petty citizens bargain and win in the end)

3. Justice (street vendors are profiteers, so the small citizens bargain to win, which is equivalent to punishing the evil and promoting the good)

4. The protagonist is motivated by justice (the purpose of the bargain is to save his sick son)

Well, once the character trait is established at the beginning, the reader will like this characteristic of the character (calculating), and then she will use this way to behave in the world, no matter how impersonal it may seem, such as restraining her husband from spending money indiscriminately, and will not satisfy her son's material needs at will, or even use some tattered second-hand goods.

Readers will find it cute and interesting, because they know that this character must have a reason for doing this!

It's a bit far, for the protagonist of the online article, as long as he is self-interested, he doesn't act perversely.

Let's take a look at the above example, is the character still likable?

1. The protagonist is passive (the small citizen wants to save money, but is fooled by the treacherous vendor and ends up spending more money)

2. The protagonist did not make a profit (the small citizens spent more money, and they were teased by the vendors and ridiculed by the people around them)

3. Evil prevails (profiteers and vendors profit)

4. The protagonist's motives are unjust (he stole the money in order to satisfy his own selfish desires)

Flipping it up, it becomes very interesting, if the protagonist is righteous in Article 4, then it will form a good effect of "pulling hatred" and "creating expectations".

It can be seen that as long as the protagonist's motives are righteous, then all the setbacks he suffers will add a sense of substitution to this character.

However, there is one very important one in this, which is the first one, the protagonist's initiative.

Even if the protagonist's motives are righteous, but he has been in a bag, and when he encounters a series of challenges, he will end passively, and the reader's patience will run out, and finally he will feel disgusted with this cowardly protagonist, and there will be no sense of substitution from then on.

It can be seen that "the protagonist's initiative" and "motivated justice" are the basic elements of shaping the protagonist.

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Below, 101 lists the protagonists' personalities and appearances of some well-known novels.

"The Story of Deer and Ding" - Wei Xiaobao (clever and slippery)

Among the ** standing on the side, suddenly a middle-aged ** in his thirties "giggled" and laughed. A smuggler stepped forward and slapped him twice, causing the ** tears and snot to flow together. The salt lord scolded: "Fucking stinky **, what's so funny?" The ** was too scared to say any more.

A twelve or thirteen-year-old child came out of the lobby and shouted, "You dare to be my mother! When you go out, you will thunder and thunder the sky, and immediately there will be boils on the back of your hands, and rotten through your hands, rotten through your tongue, and pus and blood will be swallowed in your stomach, and your stomach and intestines will be rotten. ”

Comments:

Clever protagonists generally don't suffer in life, so the starting point for creating such characters is that they use their courage and wisdom to challenge authority, reap the benefits, and deliver justice.

In the follow-up, Wei Xiaobao used his bravery and cleverness to save Mao Shiba, and he also had to "talk about righteousness" with him, and suddenly this grassroots hero was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Because Wei Xiaobao is the son of **, he grew up in **, and he should have been the most mercenary, but he preferred to admire heroes, and he dared to do many things that adults would not dare to do at a young age. For example, saving Mao Eighteen, killing the salt owl, killing the imperial eagle dog, and following Mao Eighteen to Beijing.

101 only knew that Wei Xiaobao was clever and slippery, but this character was put on his protagonist Shi Dong, which made him forbearant and made him nervous and frightened in the face of the oppression of the Demon Gate.

This is not right, the clever and slippery protagonist, the best way to appear should be to challenge the authority and reap the benefits, otherwise he can't seek benefits for himself, and if he challenges the difficulties, his wit and oiliness are equivalent to bullshit, and they can't be recognized.

No wonder some readers commented on Shi Dong, saying that this character is naïve, and online readers don't like naïve protagonists, and it is difficult to substitute.

In fact, Wei Xiaobao was very naïve, and he was not deeply involved in the world, so he made friends with Mao Shibai and helped him kill officials and rebel. His mother didn't care anymore and went to the capital with him. Later, he entered the palace without knowing it, and he didn't know it when he competed with the emperor.

Such a bastard is so childish!

But why do readers love him? Because although he is naïve, he does many things that mature adults dare not do, and cannot do.

It can be seen that it is not important whether the character is naïve or not, the important thing is whether the character's naïve approach can bring him benefits and bring refreshment to the reader, and the plot design is not N...... , so that the pretense is reasonable, in line with the character of the character, and in line with the background of the story.

Key takeaways:

1. The slick and smart protagonist, the best entry point is to pretend to be forced to slap the face, reap the benefits, and use it to show his cleverness.

2. The protagonist is not afraid of being naïve, the important thing is that his naivety can bring benefits, and he pretends to be reasonable.

"The Condor Heroes" - Yang Guo (smart jumping, affectionate and sexual)

At this moment, a ragged young man with a rooster in his left hand, singing slang songs in his mouth, jumped and jumped over, saw someone in front of the cave, and shouted: "Hey, what are you doing at my house?" walked in front of Li Mochou and Guo Fu, looked sideways at the two, and said with a smile: "Tsk, the big beauty is so beautiful, and the little beauty is also very delicate, are the two girls here to find me? "The face is grinning, and the voice is oily and smooth.

Guo Fu's mouth flattened, and he said angrily: "Xiaohua, who came to you?" The young man smiled: "If you don't come to me, why did you come to my house?" Guo Fu said: "Hmph, who loves such a dirty place?"

Comments:

Yang Guo's personality is still different from Wei Xiaobao's, but the intelligence is the same, and the chivalrous courage is also the same.

Therefore, Jin Yong's design of Yang Guo's appearance is also to highlight these two character advantages, as soon as he came out, he teased the big devil Li Mochou and Guo Fu, which made the character very slippery. But because he is challenging power and upholding justice, he has won the favor of readers.

The later series of plots, such as saving Ouyang Feng and getting the toad skill, played Ke Zhen's evil drama all over the place, showing the agility of the characters, and it is also very cool.

Later, when he went to Peach Blossom Island, he was made difficult by Huang Rong and bullied by Guo Fu and others, the performance of this character is different from Wei Xiaobao, Wei Xiaobao is seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages, and he can make friends with anyone. Yang Guo was arrogant, but he had a conflict with Guo Fu and others, but he was still able to use toad skills to injure Dawu, and he still pretended to be forced.

After that, he went to the Quanzhen Sect and was bullied ruthlessly, but he still refused to admit defeat, challenged authority everywhere, and had a cool point in his grievances.

Key takeaways:

1. When a smart character appears, he still has to pretend to be cool, showing that this character challenges authority and despises the enemy.

2. To love and sex, with an extreme character, the next plot development can use this character to cause a strong conflict, and then the protagonist violently resists, secretly reaping the benefits, resulting in the effect of grievance and expectation at the same time.

Finally, this kind of character with strong character flaws is very difficult to write, because if one is not handled well, the character will appear to be brainless, and the reader will question, why do you want to challenge authority? Aren't you looking for death? Won't you hold back?

Therefore, this kind of pretending to erupt must be reasonable, and the enemy must be written as extremely hateful, and it is not enough to be angry if it does not erupt;

But Yang Guo's character flaw greatly affected his sense of substitution in the later stage, such as capriciousness, one time to kill Guo Jing, and the other time to save him, he was killed by Guo Fu several times, and he didn't take revenge, which seemed very contradictory and very mother-in-law.

It can be seen that the characters of this kind of character are not suitable for use in online articles, but only suitable for writing strong love and hatred, such as the Condor, its theme is actually love, Yang Guo's character is flawed, and Xiaolongnu is also flawed, this love story has ups and downs and strong drama.

Zhang Xiaofan, the character of Zhuxian, also has strong character flaws, and Mu Ne is not good at words, so he can write a very strong love and hatred.

"Breaking the Sky" - Xiao Yan (smart, resolute, hot-blooded, innocent)

"Three paragraphs, hehe, as I expected, this "genius" is standing still again this year!"

"Hey, this waste has really disgraced the family's face. ”

"If it weren't for the patriarch being his father, this kind of waste would have been driven out of the family a long time ago and left to fend for itself, how could he have the opportunity to stay in the family and eat and drink for nothing. ”

"Alas, how did the genius boy who heard Wutan City in the past become like this now?"

"Who knows, maybe you did something bad to provoke the wrath of the gods..."

The disdainful ridicule and regretful sighs from around him fell on the ears of the young man who was staying in place like a wooden stake, like sharp thorns piercing the heart, making the young man's breathing slightly short.

The young man slowly raised his head, revealing a somewhat delicate and immature face, his dark eyes swept over the mocking peers around him, and the self-deprecation at the corner of the young man's mouth seemed to become more bitter.

Comments:

This is a smart type, and it is the protagonist of the online article, his mind is mature (crossed over), knows how to forbear (don't do it when the strength is not strong, at most he fights with his mouth), and hot-blooded (divorce, three-year contract), self-confidence (it's all wasted, and he is so arrogant)......

It can be said that Xiao Yan has a lot of advantages, so many that he almost pretends to be overdone, and he doesn't look like a real person. However, he still has some small character flaws, such as the reason for the disappearance of the fighting spirit by Yao Lao, he impulsively threw the ring to the bottom of the cliff, and regretted it afterwards. Another example is when facing women, he is sometimes smooth and bold, and sometimes a little shy. In the face of other people's ridicule, he buries everything more in his heart, without revealing it, and seems to be very heavy-minded, etc.

This character has so many advantages, only some innocuous small shortcomings, which can be said to be specially designed to cater to the mentality of online readers.

Here we pay attention to one point, it is very important, unlike Yang Guo and Wei Xiaobao, such a smart person, his appearance turned out to be insulted, and it turned out to be forbearance, doesn't it subvert our understanding of the entry point of smart characters?

In fact, it's not!

The personality traits of a character are compound, they can be smart + forbearing, they can be smart + slippery.

And when the first plot comes out, only one of them can be highlighted.

For Dou Po, the genius of the qualification test turned into a waste of firewood, which was to pave the way for the later divorce, so it was necessary to suppress the protagonist, so that the protagonist had to endure it, so that there would be a cool outbreak in the back!

In that case, the taste needs to be controlled, and if one is not handled well, the characters will be very unpleasant.

Question 1: How should the protagonist react in the face of a huge setback?

Xiao Yan: Unwilling, self-deprecating, out of place with the world, arrogant, always full of self-confidence.

Comments:This scale is very difficult to grasp,101I've seen a lot of imitation of the beginning of the fight,The protagonist is either hysterical to be hit,That kind of hatred!Why is Lao Tzu ridiculed?,Lao Tzu wants revenge! Make the character very perverse.,Very extreme.,Not pleasing!

Otherwise, it was coaxed by the blow, shrunk his head, that kind of arrogance, that kind of self-confidence didn't come out, and it was still not pleasant!

Question 2: How to forbear?

Xiao Yan: Confidently mock the enemy, hold the heroine domineeringly, and keep a high profile in a low profile.

Comments: This feeling is really hard to grasp, Xiao Yan's character must not be honest forbearance, his forbearance is actually more like pulling hatred, making the enemy angry enough, setting up ** annoyance for himself, and then he will break out again to find it back.

If you don't handle it well, let's think about the top students and geniuses when we were in school before, whether they were very arrogant with one look and one speech, "No, no, I really didn't put much effort into reviewing, and I didn't make several questions!", Nima, the result was the first in the whole school year. "No, no, I just met her!", Nima, you two are holding hands?

Otherwise, you and I are not from the same world, and I am not interested in those things of yours!

So-and-so, you wait, thirty years in Hedong and thirty years in Hexi, don't bully the young and poor!

So-and-so, how old are you, how old am I? You let me compete with you?

Something?

What the hell is going on with me?

Question 3: How did it break out?

Xiao Yan: It must have exploded with real strength, because there has been a lot of hatred in the front, and it is not enough for readers to agree without strength. And slap your face in all directions, as cool as you want!

Comments: When it breaks out, remember not to be hysterical, Xiao Yan's character is still arrogant and arrogant. There is a feeling of understatement, and the ashes of the canopy are annihilated. Of course, maybe the protagonist is very desperate, but the visual effect given to others is very calm, very confident, very pretending, and there is still a lot of leeway. A hook at the corner of the mouth, a flash of cold light in the eyes, or a secret ruthlessness, is enough. After the fight, once you vomit blood from a serious injury, remember to laugh at yourself.

Key takeaways:

1. Confident, arrogant, low-key and high-profile;

2. Never be hysterical, never admit cowardice;

3. Remember self-deprecation when frustrated, remember to be out of place;

4. Add a little nervousness and a little confusion (such as not caring about the family's business, dozing off in meetings, and muttering to Xiao Xun'er).

In general, Xiao Yan's character is very difficult to grasp, with many personality labels, which are very common in Japanese comics, and it is also a protagonist setting that caters to the reading of cool texts.

When we are shaping, we must firmly grasp the word "pride", which is not cold arrogance, but arrogance. A lonely person is often smart, he often thinks that he is the center of the world, and whether others are good or bad for him, he shows that he does not care on the surface, because he is arrogant! How can an arrogant person be easily provoked or moved?

So grasping the other word "pretending", he actually cares a lot about other people's evaluations, but he only cares in his heart, and on the surface he pretends not to care. And he thinks he can definitely win, so it doesn't matter how much others belittle me, it's just that you're blind, and sooner or later I'll let you know you're wrong!

Only "proud" and "pretend" inevitably make this character perverse, and then introduce the third word "cute"! Xiao Yan is still quite speechless in some things, such as warming Xiao Xun'er's body when he was a child, and accidentally seeing Xiao Mei taking a bath, etc.

In addition to "proud", "pretend" and "cute", the fourth word is "faith". This faith is faith, firmly believe in one's own pursuit, and even if it is turned into ashes, it will never regret it! Even if everyone does not approve of it, it will never give up! Even if it is the enemy of the whole world, so what?

"Proud", "pretend", "cute", "faith" - this is Xiao Yanliu's four-character scripture.

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101 originally wanted to continue to analyze some representative fiction characters, but limited by space, this post will stop here!

The next post will try to analyze Han Li, Guo Jing and other special characters.

Hehe, every analysis is an opportunity for 101 self-learning summary, this time I didn't expect to have an in-depth understanding of the essence of several characters, good, good, great gain!

Refreshing!