101 On Writing (7) "A Short Commentary on "Will Night"
I've been with me 101, and I probably have an idea of tasting books
I have always advocated the four elements of writing a book: 1. the idea of the subject matter, 2. the sense of substitution, 3. the sense of expectation, and 4. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info refreshing
Add another five, the resonance of the soul, that is, the depth of the novel
Let's use these 4 elements today to set up the night and see what can be analyzed?
1. The theme is intended
I can't see anything about the theme at the beginning of this book, it's very vague
It seems to be an alternate history, because the Tang Dynasty is mentioned
The first chapter is vague and vague, as if it were a supernatural ability.,Fantasy.
Until the tenth chapter, the Great Sword Master, Nian Shi, came out
When I mentioned the college, I vaguely touched the subject matter of the book
A chapter is more than 3,000 words, and by chapter 10 it is more than 30,000 words
The theme is not vaguely understood until 30,000 words, which is not something that we newcomers can learn
Newcomers should learn "The Legend of Cultivating Immortals in the Film World", and the first chapter of 2000 words begins with a clear explanation of the theme
Therefore, summing up the idea and theme of the night, newcomers can't learn, and it's not too novel
However, he has a bright spot at the beginning, and the first highlight is to write about the Tang Dynasty in the way of alternate history
This one is kind of interesting
When I first read it, I wanted to see how the author integrated fantasy into the history of the Tang Dynasty
That's a selling point
Another one, we newcomers can't learn it, it's just that the writing of this guy is too unique, and it looks more attractive
Let's move on to element 2
A sense of substitution
What questions do you have to ask?
Okay, let's talk about the sense of substitution
Let's see when the protagonist of the night will come out
Chapter I, Middle Part
Okay, counting the 4,500 words of the prologue, the first half of the first half of the first chapter is 1,500 words, and a total of 6,000 words before the protagonist comes out
This sense of substitution came out late enough
Newcomers are also not allowed to learn, this is the patent of the great gods
If you're going to let the protagonist come out so late, you're going to die
However, the protagonist's sense of substitution is still very successful
The fist section portrays the image of the protagonist who is witty and cunning
When he returned to the thatched hut and let the maid serve him, he had an image of an evil young man who was easy and hardworking, and he was also very attractive
Here, the sense of substitution is created along with the suspense
Readers will naturally want to know what hole cards such a pretending teenager has?
Why does that border general respect him so much?
Why did that servant girl listen to him so much?
Why did that maid ask him to be a guide?
What does the protagonist want to cultivate immortals for?
Of course, the reader still has a big question, is this protagonist the child who was killed in the prologue?
Is this child good or evil, and why is he so bad to the servant?
Therefore, when creating a sense of substitution, the killer feature used by the cat is "strange"
The protagonist has a strange personality and a strange storyline
The reaction of the supporting characters is strange
Basically, as long as the protagonist is not a big evil person, even if he has a little bad intentions, readers want to follow it down
The protagonist here has always sold "bad", "strange" and "smart"
and Gu Long's peerless double pride Zhongjiang Xiaoyu is a way
Including when he left later, he put on a pose, and the uncle and aunt gave him eggs to celebrate that he was finally gone, and there was some humor here
But to be honest, it's not as good as the feeling of the ancient dragon
In the ancient dragon book, in order to write about the bad of Xiaoyuer, a few bridges were specially arranged to trick those wicked people who ran away
And Xiao Yu'er went to see Uncle Medicine Jar, which directly showed his kindness
And until the night is here, I can't see the kindness of the protagonist
Including escorting the princess, I have always scolded her in my heart for being a stupid princess
Bargain with the side general
Without a chivalrous mind,
The characterization is inferior
Of course, it's compared to the ancient dragon
The side general asked the protagonist to escort him, and his mental activity just didn't want to go
And Xiao Yu'er's kindness was shown at the beginning
The protagonist of the night, the first choice is to save himself, and the second is to help others
Yes, this sense of substitution makes people feel a little uncomfortable reading it
For example, the mortal Han Li, he has a kind side
But a lot of things are done wisely
In short, there is a good side in human nature
Even if you can't do it yourself, you still have the idea of doing good
Therefore, it is difficult for the protagonist to win the approval of mainstream readers
So about the creation of a sense of substitution for the protagonist at the beginning of the night, the benevolent will see the benevolent and the wise will see the wise, so much I will say
Moving on, the third point of anticipation
In fact, there is no need to elaborate on this, his prologue is a big suspense
Three scenes were written
The three teenagers at the beginning, the monk, the boy with the sword on his back, and the most mysterious one
Watching the ants fight is a metaphor for the imminent chaos today
Very zen machine
The second scene is that the capital kills the protagonist's family, which is very shocking
The third scene is a certain worldly master standing on the top of the mountain, looking at the capital
Newcomers don't learn this kind of beginning, three things are pinched into one chapter, which is more scattered
The suspense is very strong, but the second scene is related to the main character
The other two scenes don't have anything to do with the protagonist for the time being
I used to think that the silent boy in the first scene was the main character, but then I found out that it wasn't, and it was a bit of a trick
Finally, let's talk about the refreshing feeling
The thrill didn't manifest until Chapter 10 when he killed the ambushers
With more than 30,000 words, it was a big climax as soon as it came out, and it was very refreshing
The protagonist pretends to be forced again and again
Here's a little mention of why the protagonist didn't make a move at first, and let the Nian master and the guard fight first
In fact, it is a foreshadowing, so that a group of people are bored, and then the protagonist comes out to act as a savior
What three arrows hit a position, and with three knives on his back, ready to deal with the assassin of that villain
In fact, it is a foreshadowing, so that a group of people are bored, and then the protagonist comes out to act as a savior
When I watched it, I was very enthusiastic, and after reading it, I felt that the protagonist was a little overdone, and that's how it felt
Why do you say that pretending is too much?
Because in the heart of the protagonist, he has no one to respect
He doesn't mess with anyone
Last time, the Nine Heavens of the World
The protagonist is so arrogant, but he respects his teacher
From the perspective of the four points, the commercialization of the night is average
First of all, the protagonist appears late
Secondly, the highlights came out late
The advantage is the suspense and the kitkat of the plot, which is very good
The character portrayal is a bit overdone
So this is the style of the great god, and newcomers can't learn it
Language Style:
1. Once upon a time, there were many unknowable places, and in those unknowable places, there were many unknowable people.
The first sentence of the opening chapter is a very Zen sentence
So if you want your text to look deep, use this sentence structure
Like what:
Once upon a time, there were so many lovely people who lived in a lovely world and did lovely things ... Until one day
This kind of sentence structure means that the same modifier is repeated in each clause
Agnostic
This is the use of analogy, which is repeated over and over again to deepen the reader's impression of a particular word
You can use your imagination to throw this kind of sentence in the first sentence of the opening paragraph, which is very addictive
2. The simplest way to interpret the four words of the world's masters is that the masters are generally outside the world, and those outside the world are easy to be masters, and there are actually some truths hidden in the nonsense, what they fear is what mortals can't touch, and what they like is what mortals can't understand.
Another example is this sentence: A master outside the world is a master who is generally outside the world, and it is easy for someone outside the world to be a master
A sentence is told around you, so that you have to think about every sentence you read, and there is depth
3. In the distance of the wasteland at dusk hangs a fireball, and the red light it emits is like a huge flame, slowly but surely spreading gradually. The nascent moss of the fields after the snow had melted, smeared everywhere like burn scars, and there was silence all around, except for the occasional hawk chirping from above and the distant sound of yellow sheep jumping.
This sentence is a simile
(1) Simile. Both ontology and metaphor appear, and the figurative words are used in the middle: "like, like, if, as if, as if, as if, as if...... It's the same, as if ...... Like, just like" and so on. The common form is "A is like B." For example, the leaves are very high in the water, like the skirt of Tingting's dancing girl.
Anything is a metaphor, and it is also a characteristic of describing the night
If you say that my writing is dry, it doesn't read vividly
Then you use metaphors a lot
Put the book of night and tomato together
It's tiring to read the night
A lot of sentences can't be read in a hurry, you have to think about it
I'll tell you what makes a good novel
It's all about the plot and characters to attract people
Not writing and rhetoric
If a book relies on writing and rhetoric as a big selling point, it is not a good novelist
See for yourselves, the metaphor of the night abounds
4.
The door of the General Doctor's Mansion was closed, and the housekeeper looked nervously at the General's Mansion, which also had the door closed, listening to the sound of heavy objects cutting into pieces of meat from time to time on the opposite side, and listening to the sound of those bony watermelons rolling, his body couldn't help but tremble.
The watermelon here is a metaphor for a severed head
Metaphors, metaphors may be unclear to some people about how to use them
Can't you hear that I'm mocking?
Over-the-top the character of the night, and his style is also like this
He used it too much
I've read a lot of online articles, and there are really few novels that can use metaphors
The linguistic characteristics of the night are vivid in addition to the metaphor
There are also a lot of anthropomorphisms
5. In the distance of the twilight wasteland, a fireball hangs, and the red light it emits is like a huge flame, slowly but surely spreading gradually.
Firmness generally describes people, but here it describes light
6. The eagle is not afraid of ants, in its eyes ants are just black spots. Ants are not afraid of eagles because they are not even qualified to be eagle's beak food, and there is not even a powerful creature like an eagle in their world, which cannot be seen or touched.
However, for thousands of years, it is believed that there will always be a few mavericks in the ant colony, for some mysterious reason, who have decided to temporarily turn their gaze away from the rotten leaves and rotten shells to look at the blue sky, and then their world will be different.
Because of seeing, so fear.
And this, profile
metaphor
By writing that the eagle is not afraid of ants, and the ants are not afraid of eagles
In fact, it is written that people's realm is not enough, and they have no people and things to fear
When your realm arrives, you will naturally have people and things that you are afraid of
It also shows that if there is no conflict of interest between the two, there is no fear
So, these examples are given to illustrate that if you want to learn to be a night, write a novel with depth
Words cannot be said directly, they must be circumvented
The metaphor is a metaphor, the personification is personified, and the profile is never written in a positive way
Well, that's all I want to say, it seems that everyone will be very controversial in the evening
There are those who like and those who don't
In terms of characters, the protagonist has no respect for the princess at all, and since he knows that he will inevitably deal with high-level people when he goes to the academy in the future, he doesn't know how to befriend the princess, which also shows the arrogance of this character
To sum up, the authenticity and reasonableness of writing online articles can be reduced, and the key is to let the protagonist pretend
Pretending to be forced is to drag, which is the meaning of a cow
For example, if a big man asks you to be his attendant, you have to say that you have to think about it and look at the schedule
The master has made a move, and you must not be shocked when you give you some guidance on the side
If the bad guy provokes you, he will definitely come up with all kinds of tricks to kill the bad guy
The woman shows favor to you, you must not be tempted, you should be cool
It's okay to talk about ambitions and ambitions, tell stories or something
As for what the girl has understood, that's her business, and you must be cool
Lingyin Fox said something similar
Reasonableness and truthfulness can be lowered when appropriate
The pursuit of refreshment comes first
With the idea, the first theme is conceived
The theme idea, the sense of substitution, the sense of expectation, and the sense of pleasure - four elements
The fifth is the depth of the work, the resonance of the soul
When I saw 30,000 words, there was a problem with the sense of substitution, and Jiang Ye couldn't let me continue to play the main role
So I was pulled out
Well, I forgot to summarize today's lecture, the suspense of the opening of the night, the pretense of the characters, and the cheerfulness of the plot are what everyone has to learn