101 On Writing (6) "Commenting on the "Nine Heavens of the World"
1. At the beginning of the lecture, I proposed four major elements of writing: subject matter, sense of substitution, sense of expectation and sense of pleasure
So let's first analyze what kind of text is the theme of the world, and the answer is the rebirth article
How to arrange the rebirth essay, we have to know in order to write this type of essay well
1. Correct mistakes made in the past
2. Seize the opportunities ahead
To put it simply, almost everyone would think: if only I had been so long
Therefore, when we write a rebirth essay, we should set up the plot around these 2 articles
Then the biggest mistake made by the protagonist of the proud world is the wrong choice and embarks on a ruthless path of cultivation
And the woman missed, dying with regret
This sense of substitution is quietly established, and each of us will miss our first love
At the beginning, if the girl had been bolder, she had taken her hand in the past and confessed, would the girl not be with others?
Some of us came to me to read the text
The first is not to pay attention to the creation of a sense of substitution
The protagonist of the proud world has a strong personality, is arrogant, and does it if he is not satisfied
So, that's a big plus
It's comfortable to look at
Someone asked me that the protagonist was weak at first, so he had to endure it
How can a group of people beat him?
I said that you have to write a bloody essay so that someone will love it
The strength is weak, you can't beat it, you won't beat a person to death?
Pointing to the boy's nose, he said, "I'm sure I can't kill a group of you today, but do you believe that I can put you in the hospital?"
This arrogance is manifested in blood
This is the way we go
The jade is burned, I die, and you don't run
Coupled with the deep attachment to the heroine when he was dying, a sense of substitution and expectation were created
Therefore, the first 2 chapters of Aoshi are the finishing touches, and they can't be removed, and the taste of the article is much worse when they are removed
It's very dry and astringent, and it doesn't look good
So, when you go back, think more about what the character of the protagonist of your novel is, is it likable, and does you deliberately create a sense of substitution?
The big brother is to set off the protagonist and make cool props
Create a sense of substitution
It's authenticity and recognition
True, that is, realistic, the characters you write are realistic
Identity, that is, you recognize the character of the protagonist and the pursuit of the protagonist
There are many issues that need to be considered to create a sense of substitution, such as the protagonist's way of thinking, personality, and worldview, I don't think this can be explained clearly in one or two sentences
And my main character, I wrote that the main character is fat
The main character cries
Someone else asked me if the protagonist could kneel?
I also wrote that the main character is a manure digger
None of these protagonists can be identified with and are disgusting
Without a sense of identity, there is no sense of substitution
The characters you write are interesting, and you just substitute them, it's as simple as that
How to make people interested is more complicated to say, and we must start with psychology
Curiosity counts
What the protagonist does is curious, and it is a way to generate a sense of substitution
For example, as soon as the protagonist appeared, he stripped naked, and then danced on horseback and went out into the street, touching here and there, but no one could see him
It makes people wonder if it's an invisible person, but the author doesn't reveal it, so you have to look down, which is the sense of substitution generated by curiosity
There is also sympathy, a bitter sling, I like a goddess, I can't pursue it, and the description is the same as the student party
When the reader looks at it, hey, isn't this me? I sympathize with it, and I feel a sense of substitution
Actions that are close to life
Curiosity, compassion
Righteous heart
The protagonist upholds justice and resists evil, and the reader will not be disgusted by the act of justice
can also sell cute, uncle picks Lori, speaks very funny, makes people look at it and think that the protagonist uncle is good, a little interesting
The kind of person that most people want to be
The creation of a sense of substitution is very complicated, and everyone pays more attention to observation on weekdays, but in fact, the person who writes the book must understand psychology
If you can cater to other people's psychology, you will create a good sense of substitution
A sense of anticipation
Anticipation is suspense, and who can tell me what the first suspense will be after the protagonist is reborn?
The Nine Tribulation Sword is a big suspense
However, too much suspense will not be revealed immediately, and it is not possible to make the reader eager to know the outcome immediately
------ the protagonist is injured not by sparring, but by poisoning
That's right
The crisis he once experienced, and now he has the opportunity to correct it, this is the source of suspense in the rebirth text
Here is the difference between fantasy rebirth and urban rebirth
The rebirth of the city relies on historical events to create suspense
For example, if you are reborn in 1980, then it may be reform and opening up
Rebirth to 1997 is the return of Hong Kong
Using known historical events to create opportunities for the development of the protagonist, there is a sense of anticipation
And fantasy rebirth, all historical events are unknown to everyone
So the author must explain it first
Explain it in tens of thousands of words in advance, and you have to explain it at every stage, so that the reader's heart is tense
For example, Aoshi
Just reborn
While developing the story, reminiscing about the past
The plot at the beginning of Chapter 3
First of all, I will briefly talk about how the next historical events will be carried out, and what opportunities and challenges there are
Then highlight the protagonist's will, that is, 1. Get the Nine Tribulation Sword. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info2 became a big brother
Then become a senior brother, and now you have to fight against Shi Qianshan and get him down
Naturally, what follows is the battle of wits and courage between the two, and the context is clear
And after the reader's expectation rises, you can meet the reader's expectation well, which is the cool point manufacturing
There is a suspense in Chapter 2, the voice of the male duck
It's really a suspense
But what I just said was the general suspense creation of the Rebirth Text
All rebirth texts, after explaining the background of the protagonist and having a basic sense of substitution, you have to hurry up and say what big things will happen next, and what the protagonist plans to do?
There is a difference between suspense and suspense, I take the unspoken and undeed, reborn and cultivating immortals as an example
The first challenge he gives to the protagonist is to kill the horse thief
The horse thief destroys the protagonist's house
I personally don't feel that this suspense is awesome enough
Aoshi is taking the tip of the Nine Tribulations Sword, which is a lot more awesome
Well, the sense of anticipation is there, so I'll talk about the refreshing feeling
The principle of refreshment is that if you meet the will of the protagonist, you will be refreshed
For example, my wife traveled to Xiamen a while ago, and before she went, she had a strong sense of expectation
Why?
All her colleagues have been to Xiamen, and everyone comes back to tell her how fun Xiamen is
For example: how rich the snacks in Xiamen, how polite the people are, and how clean the city is
Let me give you an analogy: if she often goes to Xiamen, then she will not want to go, and there will be no sense of expectation
The most untenable thing here is that almost all of her colleagues around her encouraged her to go
So creating a sense of anticipation is to say from time to time that difficulty or how things were
It's not enough to make readers look forward to it
For example, as soon as the protagonist came out, he said that there would be a fire in the building outside the building in 4 years
Crisis, right?
Then the story progresses for a while, and when I see the voice of the male duck, the protagonist thinks, he was dead at the beginning, alas... Can I save him?
After a while, the protagonist thinks, Master disappeared back then, what happened in the first place?
All of this is to create a sense of anticipation for the reader
In the same way, my wife's colleagues kept telling her that Xiamen was fun, just to create psychological expectations for her
So, to sum up: the degree of refreshment is related to psychological expectations, the greater the psychological expectations, once they are met, the more refreshing they are!!
Some people say that it is better to heat books quickly or slowly?
Everyone's attention is not, the slow heat book, there is a lot of pen and ink to pave the psychological expectations, once it is satisfied, it is refreshing!
Dou Po paved the way for 100,000 words to write the protagonist's hard work, and when it came to the 100,000-word family test, it finally shocked everyone, how refreshing it is!
Some books arrange fights as soon as they come up, and the fights are wonderful, and the readers are inexplicable
Why?
There's no sense of substitution, there's no sense of expectation, readers don't know why the protagonist fights? No matter how fierce the fight is, it's about me?
Therefore, the expectation in my heart can be made refreshing
My wife went to Xiamen and had a lot of fun, which confirmed that what my colleague said to her was true
And before she went, she spent a lot of energy researching the strategy, booking air tickets, and spent more than a month to prepare
It is said that the food made by themselves is fragrant, and this is the truth
When it comes to writing a novel, you have a sense of anticipation, and you have to make the protagonist work hard, put in a lot of hard work, and then meet the goal
These are all foreshadowing, and there are seven points of foreshadowing and three points of fighting in the online article
In order to write a climax, you will probably have to carefully lay out a lot of plots
Without enough foreshadowing, it can't be cooled to burst out
There is also something that must be added to the sense of refreshment, and with this, it can make the reader feel refreshed
It's a surprise
The section where Dou Po fused the fire lotus made me die of refreshment
Breakthroughs in battle, this method is often used
Or an outburst!
My wife and I were traveling in Xiamen and experienced an unexpected surprise
For example, I proposed to go and see Battery Hill to fire cannons
Rented a bicycle to ride around Xiamen University
I was very excited, and I experienced a refreshing experience that I didn't expect
Rather, I want to illustrate a truth, novels and life are interconnected
In order to write a good novel, we have to observe life
The insights in life will have the same effect when used to write novels
And the more insights I gain in life, the more real I write about it, which is completely different from what I imagined out of thin air
Actually, I also want to talk about the characters
Let's talk a little bit, good characters can make the story very good
Everyone remembers one thing, you must arrange special characters
For example, the senior brother of the hanging eyebrow in the proud world
Chapter 2 took a lot of ink to write about him
Why? Because the vivid and interesting characters can make the reader impressed, and then become interested in the story itself
Creating contradictions and conflicts also gets twice the result with half the effort
Don't write about face-painted characters
You can write a protagonist who speaks a little stammering
A character who sings with incomplete pentatonic sounds
The characters should highlight their characteristics and highlight their personalities
It's easy to make an impression
A fat man who can lie down and pee on the battlefield -- a fake hero
How to portray specific characters, everyone looks at good books and thinks about it
I'm going to ask a high-level question here
It has to do with the portrayal of characters
In the proud world, why did the protagonist's master tell him that the killing was too heavy and should not be like this?
I think the focus should be on "Are you willing to do it?"
"I can't do it"
These two sentences
The show I can only understand as these two sentences highlight a person's character
I'll reveal the mystery, it's a matter of characterization, and it's hard to understand
The protagonist is reborn, and objectively his cultivation speed and vision are higher than his teacher, do you think that teacher is still worthy of being his teacher?
The meaning of this teacher's existence is to teach the protagonist the truth of being a human being, highlight the nobility of his character, and make the protagonist respect him
If a teacher can't teach the protagonist anything, can this teacher still be called a teacher?
What the teacher teaches is the truth of being a human being, not just martial arts
The main purpose is to make the protagonist respect him!
Love him
Respect and love, the next teacher is in danger, and the protagonist has to save him with his life?
Such a good teacher, as caring as a father, has to be anxious when there is danger
This is the creation of the character, and the existence of the character of the teacher is definitely not an ornament
It's about driving the plot and creating a cool prop
It is said that portraying a supporting role is similar to raising a pig, and when you are fattened, you can kill it
Shi Qianshan portrayed his despicability and dared to kill the teacher
When he is so despicable that the reader hates him, then kill him without hesitation
This teacher is to portray his kindness and make the reader like him
Then you don't have to think about it later, you must be in a crisis, let the protagonist save him
By comparison, the second person (Wuyun Liang) is also the protagonist's elder, educating the protagonist, and letting him go back with a word
Why? The protagonist doesn't respect him, and your mother tells me a big truth, but Lao Tzu doesn't listen!
In addition, the teacher educates the protagonist and makes him feel affection in his heart, which is also related to the Nine Tribulation Sword
Yes, the author's portrayal of the characters is really amazing
I also pondered for a long time when I read there
Yes, the reader will only think it is good naturally, but it is certainly not clear where the good is
In fact, it is these unobtrusive details that lead to success
Therefore, for the shaping of every important person, everyone should think more about what the purpose is, keep the useful ones, and resolutely don't want the useless ones
The highlight of the proud gold finger came out very late, and his gold finger is not prominent