The intention of writing this article is to review the road of personal creation of online novels, so as to facilitate self-reflection and give everyone some reference, so as not to take so many detours like 101. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

1. Ignorance stage (2007.7~2009.3)

The first contact with online novels was "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" and "Back to the Ming Dynasty as a Prince", I was fascinated by it, and I wrote some science fiction novels just before 101, although I only published a "Clone in 8086", published by Qingdao Publishing House, but I thought I had a little writing talent, so I started to think about it and began to try to write online novels.

At that time, I didn't understand bullshit, and I didn't read many books, so I wrote nonsense, and first uploaded the sci-fi short novellas I had made before to the starting point, and most of the words were 10,000-30,000, which naturally did not meet the theme of online novels and did not get a contract.

Later, I wrote "The Mysterious Stone", and I didn't sign a contract until 200,000 words, and the book later found an opportunity to ask the editor in charge, and he replied, the story does not revolve around the protagonist, there is no drama.

101 is very confused, why does the story have to revolve around the protagonist? Jin Yong's novels don't all revolve around the protagonist! Isn't an online novel just a story? Isn't it okay for a story to tell about one person, two people, or three people?

So later the thief's heart did not change, and he wrote "Super Man", "The Legend of the Dragon and Wolf", "The Adventure of the Horse and the Donkey", this stage 101 made another mistake, although it basically revolves around the protagonist in the story, but the plot advances the ink, and there is no obvious golden finger.

Until an old book friend left a post on the forum and told me: "You write a supporting character that has nothing to do with the protagonist, and then the supporting character dies, and the reader enters it, and the supporting character dies, and the reader runs; if the reader doesn't enter it, then he won't look down at all." ”

101 suddenly realized, it turns out that online novels require a single protagonist, and the story is told around the protagonist, and the meaning is here!

So I worshipped this old book friend "Supreme" as a teacher and learned the skills of online novel creation.

2. Ignorance stage (2009.3~2011.5)

The Supreme is indeed very visionary, 101 wrote a large number of beginnings, a full 1 million words, and also tried to publish the books "Commanding the Sky", "The Legend of the Bitter Cultivator", "The Demon Studyer" or none of them can sign a contract at the starting point.

At that stage, 101 was hit so badly that I said that I had a bad sense of substitution, that the logic was not good, that the narrative was not good, and that the characters were not good......

At that time, I personally understood: "Online novels should tell stories around the protagonist, the protagonist must have adventures, and adventures must be novel." ”

It's such a superficial understanding, and then I read books, tomato books, books that forget words, and many books of great gods, and I think people write well, but I can't write it when it's my turn, and I don't know why, it's very depressing!

P.S. is a teacher from the reader, in fact, it is not good, but the good thing is that he tells you whether the book is good or not from the reader's point of view, and the bad thing is that he can't tell you how to improve it from the perspective of the author, and the end result is to hit your confidence again and again, and you can't see hope.

3. Introductory stage (2012.5~2012.9)

At the end of 2010, 101 suffered the biggest setback of his life, losing his job and never being able to find a job.

So from 2011 onwards, while looking for a job, while researching novels, a year passed, and in May 2012, following the advice of an author friend, he renamed "The Magician" to "The Almighty Magician" to Zongheng, successfully signed a contract, and began to mix full attendance.

At that time, 101 had great expectations, and I thought that the editor of the starting point was blind, otherwise I had been fighting at the starting point for 4 years, why couldn't I have signed a contract?

On the other hand, because of unemployment and advertising new books, the wording is too hard, the starting point someone gave some advice, the result is 101 dead, not to say that their books are not so scum, resulting in group anger, all say that 101 to unemployment propaganda book is the lower limit of the show, others to give advice is not clear-headed, in short, there is a suspicion of hype eyeballs.

This incident made 101 depressed and aggrieved, and he was full of energy to write a roll call in Zongheng.

Fortunately, "Almighty Magician" has entered the homepage new book list since the signing, and the results are okay, but the results in the later recommendation are not ideal, and it stops at 900+ collections, and finally 500,000 words are completed, and it is not on the shelves, because 101 feels that it is meaningless to stay up, and I am already disappointed in this book.

During this time, I understood what "sense of substitution" is and why it is important, because "Almighty Magician" is written about a fat protagonist, 101 was influenced by "Fake Hero", and I felt that the obscene fat man was very cute, but 101 tasted wrong when it was written, because it used meticulous pen and ink to write how fat people are, how fat they are, how obscene their expressions are, and they are still naked when they cross over, which makes people disgusting when they look at it, that is to say, "disobedience".

In addition, by writing a 500,000-word book, I knew that without an outline, the plot would collapse in the middle of the period, and I knew the importance of the outline.

Of course, the most important thing is to let 101 understand the role of online novels, that is, what kind of novel is it?

At that time, 101 was very depressed, anxious because of unemployment, and could not see hope, was reprimanded by friends for not adapting to society and was sad, family members asked how to find a job day by day and felt pressure, and the novel could not be written, and was ridiculed by the author of the starting point, which was even more aggrieved.

So, suddenly one day, 101 was extremely depressed, and after crying, he started YY in his head, and picked up a copy of "The Book of Becoming a God" , 101 did it, and the novel he wrote became an instant hit, so he made a lot of money, and took it out to invite his friends to dinner, and the friends who originally looked down on 101 at the dinner table were praising 101, and the family had more face on their faces, and the coolest thing was to go back to the starting point, telling them that 101 had become a god, so countless people knelt and licked, holding 101's stinky feet, and 101's mouth was cracked to the root of his ears, hahaha......

I woke up from a dream, and 101 suddenly had an epiphany--I rub it! Isn't the online novel just to satisfy people's unattainable wishes in reality, not to relieve the pressure of modern people's lives, and it's a "personal inspirational fantasy novel"?

For a while, 101 finally understood why the previous editors wanted to write stories around the protagonist, why they set up cheat, and why they wanted to revolve around cheat YY. I wipe it! It turns out that the heavenly machine is here!!

4. Accumulation stage (2012.9~present)

Understanding this truth, 101 felt that he had found the direction of writing, so he prepared a Xianxia book, threw it to the starting point, and soon got the contract, so he began to preach at the starting point again.

However, the truth is understood, it doesn't mean that you can do it well, and 101 is still stuck in the sense of substitution.

The new book is a bitter protagonist who digs up a lot of dung, and there is no protagonist to tell the story from the perspective of the protagonist, and this time it looks away again.

The narrative is inked, the author complains, the details are controlled, the climax will not be set, the foreshadowing will not be, and the suspense will not be ......

Of course, when I wrote it, I didn't know these problems at all, but I felt that the novel was not attractive, and the reader gave the impression that it was bland and boring.

101 was in a hurry, begging grandpa to tell grandma everywhere, and let people give evaluation, but who could guide a newcomer from beginning to end? Most of them gave a half-word evaluation after reading the beginning, and most of them couldn't say a reason.

101 is anxious and angry! Why do the gods have a writing exchange group, but 101 can only enter the rookie chat and fart group? Can't you find someone who understands to give you advice?

Why do editors spend a lot of time taking care of the gods and discussing writing and plot with them, while the people on the street have to figure it out on their own?

At this time, I suddenly thought of YY's "Becoming a God Treasure Book" before, and 101, who didn't believe in evil, thought, since it is impossible to count on pies to fall from the sky, then I will make this "God Treasure Book" myself!

The first step is to have a communication group, 101 himself as the group leader, guide the atmosphere of the group, only discuss writing, and control all other chats, farts and advertisements. So in September 2012, 101 established the "Starting Point Becoming God Preparation Group".

The second step is to pull people into the group. 101 moved his mind, ran to the starting point, and sent an advertisement "Accept apprentices, and sign a contract at the starting point"! Because 101 had a bad reputation at the starting point in the past, at this time, such an advertisement was like a stone stirring up a thousand waves, and many people who watched jokes did accept some newcomers to join the group.

The third step is to give lectures in the group, organize discussions, and discuss writing skills with newcomers.

Because the realm of 101 reached the starting point at that time, as long as there are story highlights at the beginning, you can basically sign it; plus 101 has a lot of insights that are related to actual life, and 101 tastes the sweetness, so I read books and read various writing posts while figuring out and understanding it in combination with reality.

For example, when the wife was going to travel to Xiamen, how to look forward to it at first, and how happy she was to have it later, 101 integrated these into the theoretical analysis of the novel.

And at this time, reading books is all purposeful analysis, where is good, where is bad, you can see that there is a seven, seven, eighty, eight.

In addition, newcomers find 101 to read the manuscript, see the mistakes made by others, and then think about helping others figure it out, which greatly improves their ability to taste and appreciate books, and many things are realized in the process of pointing out others.

So in December 2012, after participating in the writing training camp at the starting point, 101's own writing theory framework was basically set up, and what was lacking at this time was to continue to go deeper, improve the skills and the most detailed details, understand and master and learn to use flexibly.

The fourth step is to go to Longkong to write posts to attract more knowledgeable people to the group and confirm their theories at the same time.

The theoretical framework is there, but the performance of writing books has not improved much, and the Xianxia book has gone through 4 recommendations and obtained 1485 collections, and it has 300,000 words of eunuchs. 101 opened the book again with a new insight.,Began to run naked up 128 collections.,101 is pretty beautiful.,Later, during the New Year, I gave a bookshelf push.,Up 425 collections and there's no follow-up.,After 11 weeks of naked running.,Now it's comforting on the shelves.,5 are ordered.。

101 is thinking about it, now that the realm appreciation ability is there, the basic theoretical framework is there, and the faults of writing the book by yourself have been almost found, and the rest is to prepare for the new book, and use the skills mastered to conceive a book with achievements.

But before I do this, I have to continue to share my theories, summarize and review my experience by writing posts, and at the same time attract experts from the high-level platform of Longkong to the group and continue to exchange and enrich my knowledge.

At present, 101 is poor in understanding a lot, but the ability to do it is poor, and I need to continue to write this book, persist until 1 million words are completed, and then open a new book after being fully prepared.

So he resolutely wrote a series of posts on "101 Talking about Writing" in Longkong, and recently opened a storytelling stall.

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Finally, to say something from the heart, 101 does these things, there are always people who look uncomfortable, don't understand, think that 101 is selling fame, think that they are not doing their job, and think that 101 is using their energy in the wrong place, and if they don't get these results in the book, they are going the wrong way.

I think this kind of high-profile and flamboyant way of doing things will definitely be incomprehensible, because it does not conform to the tradition of low-key people since ancient times, but when 101 thinks of the current Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon in the group, there are people discussing writing at all times, and there are people who spontaneously organize lectures in the evening, and the atmosphere is very good.

And 101 is in the same situation as last year, and he feels that he is still on the right path.

The strange book of "The Book of Becoming a God" was originally only out of 101YY, and now it seems that through unremitting efforts, it seems that it has begun to emerge......

Some author friends in the group said, 101, your group is the most positive, and the only thing I didn't block was the discussion information in your group, because I could really learn about writing.

There are also newcomer authors who say, 101, you have made me avoid detours and made me understand a lot of the principles of writing.

So far, 101 has helped 3 people sign contracts smoothly......

What do you think of 101, 101 doesn't care, it's good for me to do this personally, others praise me and feel good, and my writing is more energetic, why not?

As for someone who ridicules and doesn't understand, of course it will make 101 unhappy, but there is a lot less bombardment than the previous starting point, not to mention that the scolding is more ruthless, 101 is more motivated to move forward, and I want to thank the mocker!

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Without further ado, stick to this path and let time tell for itself!