Today's online novels are often millions, or even tens of millions of words. In the process of writing these millions of words, the writer needs to maintain great excitement, keep the storyline compact and high-speed advancement, and adjust the story direction and character settings at any time according to the reader's feedback.

When Liu Zhang was studying, as a literature lover, he still had the basic concept of writing. At that time, there were strict numerical limits for short, medium, and long stories. Novels with less than 30,000 words are short stories, 30,000 to 100,000 words are novellas, and more than 100,000 words are novels. But the times have developed to this day, and less than one million words are short stories, and more than one million words are considered long novels. As for the novella, what is the novella?

Supposedly, this script has only 200,000 words left, which is a light-hearted thing for a professional writer. Besides, the original author has already written ten episodes, and you just need to follow his ideas and grammar to continue writing.

However, the idea of the first ten episodes is not right at all, and it is not the way Liu Zhang is good at. In fact, from the eleventh episode onwards, it is equivalent to writing a new one for him.

So, how do you start, how do you write the first word?

It's hard to get started, especially when it comes to a novel. Your first word will determine the tone and pace of the entire story. It's happy, it's sad, it's high-speed, it's still eloquent.

For example, in the famous "Lover" in petty bourgeois circles, the first paragraph is: "I am already old, and one day, in the hall of a public place, a man came up to me. After introducing himself, he said to me, "I've always known you. They say you were beautiful when you were young, and I want to tell you that, in my opinion, you are more beautiful now than you were when you were younger, and that your former girlish face is far less than the ruined face of today. ”

After reading only this paragraph, the reader's impression of the story and style of the book is established.

As for another well-known novel, it opens in a different style: "I am a thief!" is sonorous and powerful, and gives people infinite reverie.

Therefore, it is not so easy to write a story of arrest.

Moreover, there is a big problem with the original author's 100,000-word manuscript, which also makes a mess for him, the sequel, and there is a big problem: there are too few characters, and there are only four or five characters in the entire ten episodes.

In fact, the opening of a popular novel requires a preemptive voice, concentrating on writing the main character, so that the reader can remember the main character and enter the scene of the story. The so-called concentrated firepower to overcome difficulties. In this era, the pace of life is so fast, and the audience doesn't have so much patience to watch you tell little by little, introducing secondary characters little by little.

But here's the problem, although the secondary characters are not important, they are the flesh and blood of a story, and the main characters alone are only a skeleton, and how can the work be plumped.

What the original author's idea was, Liu Zhang is not clear. However, the birdman did nothing to pale for the sake of ingenuity. Looking at his outline, the structure of this story is very large, and there are at least twenty or thirty main and secondary characters together, otherwise, it is not enough to reflect the joys and sorrows of several families in the big era, and it is not enough to support the length of thirty episodes.

Now the problem is handed over to Liu Zhang, how to explain the secondary characters, and let the audience not change the channel because of boredom when watching TV.

After thinking about it, he decided to make a big scene and let all the minor characters show their faces as soon as possible, the sooner the better. In this way, he has enough space in the back, one scene in the east and one scene in the west, to express them and flesh out their characters. Although they can only shine for a few minutes in each episode, they can become a complete character by waiting for the next twenty episodes to be remembered by the audience with their distinct personalities.

This experience was realized by Liu Zhang in the past when he wrote online novels and read astronomical numbers for a long time.

In fact, this matter is also simple, nothing more than making a big scene, and all the characters appear to say a sentence or two at a time.

But what should this scene be?

The lines of each character are strictly limited to two to three sentences, and these two or three sentences not only show the character of the character, but also explain the relationship between the character and the character, but it is a very brain-burning thing. The person who can do this, not to say that he is a master of dramatization, at least he is also a master in the industry.

When the book is used, there is less hatred, and when the art is used, it is not too much.

Liu Zhang fell into the long exam, smoking cigarettes one after another, until the lungs and tubes hurt.

Seeing that the sun was gradually rising in the middle of the sky, it was already time for lunch, and there was not a single word in the document on the computer screen.

After lunch, I drank a cup of tea, and continued to sit down, still finding nothing.

He raised his hand several times, and felt that his ten fingers weighed as much as a thousand pounds, but he couldn't fall down no matter what.

It was as if the whole brain had rusted and could no longer turn far.

The sun was already setting in the west, and it was already four o'clock in the afternoon. The breeze blew, and a few osmanthus trees downstairs in the old dormitory were still green, swaying to break the sunlight, and a little golden sunlight was scattered all over the ground.

This was a quiet and quiet scene, but Liu Zhang was in a panic: It was so late that I didn't even write a word. Today is coming to an end, and tomorrow, I still can't write a word tomorrow. Maybe...... I can't do that at all...... If I can't write a script, what do the crew think of me, isn't that a liar? Liar, liar, liar......

Impetuous and violent, Liu Zhang fell downstairs without lifting the laptop. A thought arose in my heart: Crazy, crazy, what kind of hardship am I asking for, Lao Tzu is gone, Lao Tzu is gone!

There was a soft knock on the door.

Liu Zhangzheng was annoyed in his heart, and he didn't bother to care, so he sat on the chair and ignored it.

"Tuk tuk. The knock on the door was still ringing persistently, and a girl's voice came softly: "Teacher Liu, Teacher Liu, I know you are inside, can I say a few words to you?"

Liu Zhang was annoyed to death by her, he couldn't bear to stand up, Huo opened the door with a calm face: "What's the matter?"

Outside is a girl in labor cloth uniform, looking very simple without makeup. She has a small nose and small eyes, and she looks very cute.

"Ouch!" The red silk that looked at Liu Zhang's eyes frightened her, and the girl couldn't help but take two steps back, slamming into the railing of the corridor, and the iron embroidery on it fell downstairs one after another.

Seeing that the little girl's face, eyebrows and nose were wrinkled in pain, Liu Zhang hurriedly helped her up: "You don't care, right?"

"It doesn't matter, Mr. Liu, it's ...... It's just a little painful...... Silk!"

Liu Zhang smiled apologetically: "I'm sorry, let's sit inside." So he helped the girl into the house and sat her on the single wooden bed that he had temporarily used to rest and take a nap.

When the little girl got better, Liu Zhang asked, "May I ask ...... you are?"

The girl's eyes widened in surprise: "Teacher Liu, you don't remember me, I also took your car yesterday." ”

"Have you ever been in my car?" Liu Zhang was still confused, and he couldn't remember whether he was alive or dead.

"Teacher Liu, I'm Lin Ying. ”

"Ah, are you Lin Ying?" Liu Zhang was taken aback, looked at her for a long time, and then shook his head and smiled: "You didn't have makeup today, you just want to be a different person, modern makeup is really magical!" Yes, she is Lin Ying, and she is the second female lead in the crew. I didn't speak when I got in the car yesterday, the one who was thoughtful.

Lin Ying's little face blushed: "Teacher Liu, you said it well yesterday, a female worker in a workshop, and it is the eighties, it is indeed not appropriate to wear heavy makeup." Acting, that is, to be close to the characters, what to act like, the kind of actor who acts like himself is unqualified. ”

"The same cannot be said. Liu Zhang has been in the financial circle for so many years, he is old and refined, he never talks about death, and he refuses to offend people easily, so he said: "The kind of star who acts like himself in everything." ”

"Teacher Liu is so philosophical!"

Talking to such a bright girl, Liu Zhang was already in a more depressed mood just now, and couldn't help but smile and sing: "The philosophical mountain road has eighteen bends, and the philosophical waterway has nine links. ”

"Giggles. Lin Ying couldn't help laughing, felt embarrassed again, and endured it very hard: "Teacher Liu, I'm just an actor, I'm so ugly without makeup, and I can't be a star." ”

"Who said you were ugly, it's good, clear water out of hibiscus, natural carving. "To tell the truth, this Lin Ying is actually quite beautiful, although there is no makeup, there is a natural beauty. Of course, compared with the royal sister Fan who has a strong aura, she is also a yellow-haired girl. Liu Zhangfeng only says good things, so he naturally wants to compliment.

"Really, Mr. Liu, what you said is true. Seeing Liu Zhang nodded, Lin Ying asked in surprise: "Teacher Liu, do you think it's okay for me to play the female number three in this disguise?"

Liu Zhang was taken aback slightly, and asked suspiciously: "Lin Ying, aren't you the second female lead, why are you going to play the third female again?"

Lin Ying: "Yes, I'm the second female, but I want to exchange with the second female." ”

Liu Zhang: "Change roles with people, as for it?" blurted out just one sentence: Are you stupid? He read the script yesterday, and there are a lot of scenes for the second female, but in comparison, there are much fewer for the third female. Not to mention that characters with more dramas have more opportunities to be familiar in front of the audience, and this piece of remuneration must be written more. You are an actor, and you don't play many roles, are you confused?

Lin Ying replied because Liu Zhang was asking about something else: "The original third female is willing to change with me, Teacher Liu, you don't have to worry." ”

The daughter is the actor who sat in Liu Zhang's co-pilot yesterday, according to Liu Zhang, that is a mixed day is a day, an extremely realistic master, you change with others, people must be willing, if you don't want it, it's stupid.

Liu Zhang: "It's not about this, Lin Ying, I just want to ask, why don't you play the second female lead, but you want to be the third female lead?" Seeing Lin Ying's smart and clever appearance, he didn't look like a foolish person, he was not curious in his heart.

Hearing Liu Zhang's question, Lin Ying was a little embarrassed, and said in a low voice: "Teacher Liu, I thought about what you said in the car yesterday for a night, and the more I thought about it, the more I felt that it made sense." ”

"What?"

"It's about the role of the third girl!" Lin Ying said: "Teacher, you said at the time, Xiao Zhao, Xiao Zhang, Xiao Lin, Xiao Dai, I don't think acting can be like this! You are still young, if you want to do this industry for a long time, you have to find a way to improve yourself, and you can't rely on your personal image alone. Don't look at the fact that you are playing the female number three in this play, but you are a characteristic character. If you take it seriously, you may be able to create a classic character. You think about it, what role is easiest for the audience to remember - villain - there are not many villain scenes, but the so-called condensed is the essence, and because of the fierce story conflict, the character image is very distinct. This is both a challenge and an opportunity. ”

Liu Zhang was taken aback: "You actually remember every word?

"A good memory is a good line kung fu, Mr. Liu, didn't you say that the lines are an actor's housekeeping skills?" Lin Ying was praised by Liu Zhang, and blushed: "Teacher Liu, I think so, an ordinary character, no matter how long he appears, the character image can't stand up, and the audience can't remember you, what's the use? Or what you said well, the ability to learn is your own, and others can't grab it. ”

"Not bad. Liu Zhang couldn't help but admire.

Lin Ying was happy in her heart: "In this way, Mr. Liu supports me to play this role." ”

Liu Zhang was inexplicable: "Lin Ying, what role do you want to play, that's the director's business, what does it have to do with me." ”

"No, no, no. Lin Ying waved her hand again and again: "Teacher Liu, you are a learned senior, I came here today to ask you, since you nodded, then it is right for me to do this, thank you for your guidance." ”

He bowed again and again.

Liu Zhang smiled bitterly and touched his nose: "What seniors are not predecessors, am I that old?"

"No, no, no, don't get me wrong, Mr. Liu, you are very young and handsome. Lin Ying was still bowing, looking a little embarrassed.

Seeing her flushed face, Liu Zhang's heart moved: This little girl is actually quite beautiful, the key is cuteness. People are not lovely because they are beautiful, but they are beautiful because they are lovely, and the ancients did not deceive me.

In fact, this Lin Ying is different from the crew's awl face, her face is a little baby fat, round, and her face is full of collagen roundness and luster. This is a garbage drama, and if there is anyone in the show who can make the audience remember, maybe it's only her, right? Just give her a character with a character.

And her choice today seems to be very wise, this is a smart and self-motivated girl!