Chapter 64 Online Novel Writing Techniques

Interlacing is like separating mountains, this is the difference between online literature and traditional literature.

Looking at online literature from the perspective of traditional literature is like a horse-drawn carriage looking at a car, and it is not the point.

"There are a few things that need to be said here. First of all, in terms of length, traditional literature has short stories, novellas, and novels. Among them, short stories, under 10,000 words; and novellas, between 10,000 and 100,000 words; And the novel, in more than 100,000 words. However, in online literature, there is no such thing as a short story or a novella, and some are just novels. To put it simply, most online novels are only on the shelves after more than 200,000 words; In traditional literature, many novels are only two or three hundred thousand words. ”

"For traditional literature, 230,000 words may be a novel; But for online literature, two or three hundred thousand words is just the beginning! Many novels are more than one million words, and some of them exceed two million words, three million words, or even more than five million! ”

"It's also because of the online novel, the length is too long, it's too long and it seems a little watery, and there are many chapters, skipping three or five chapters in a row and then reading it, which doesn't affect the reading effect. A lot of chapters, as long as you look at the title, you can guess the content of the ** not far from ten, maybe after reading a chapter, you just feel that there is nothing to say, just nonsense. ”

This has also formed the instability of online literature, even some great gods, some famous online writers, will not write. This novel may be a great success; But the next novel may hit the streets. Even some online writers who have been popular now are often book friends who change, and many book friends have zài strict zhòng abandonment of books! ”

Li Qing said.

Many of the works of the great gods are also uneven, and there are many excellent works, but there are also general works and failed works.

Just like traditional writers, there are some successful works and some failed works, there are creative peaks and creative troughs. It's just that the ups and downs of online writers' creations are more twists and turns than ordinary writers, and they are more difficult to determine.

"The second point, online creation, the threshold is very low, but if you want to become popular, it is difficult to make money......

Li Qing began to talk about it, mainly about the differences between traditional writing and online writing, and about the differences between online creation.

Of course, the most important thing is to tell the story, the writing skills of online novels.

The creation of fantasy novels emphasizes mystery, outstanding, rich imagination, rigorous logic, and forms a strict cultivation system. Many online novel writers are prone to lack of logic and inconsistencies, resulting in dissatisfaction from readers.

Then, the plot should be full of ups and downs, twists and turns.

In terms of plot design, it should be both expected and unexpected.

It is best to leave the reader with a suspense at the end of each chapter, so that many readers look forward to the plot of the next chapter.

This is very difficult, it tests the author's pen power, which is very difficult.

That's the number one problem!

And fantasy novels, Xianxia novels, are similar to it.

In it, it is necessary to control the pace of upgrading, which is too fast and easy to lack realism; And if the upgrade is too slow, it is easy to lack a sense of refreshment. And to control the rhythm of the upgrade, the key is to control the strength of the enemy, the enemy can't be too strong, and the gap between him and the protagonist is not too big.

And once an enemy is too strong, it is necessary to blur the enemy's strength.

What kind of upgrade speed, not slow or fast, is very difficult, which is a test of the author's plot grasp.

This is the second problem.

And in writing, it is also very difficult to grasp the emotional changes of the novel.

If there is too little emotion in writing, it is easy to become a blind upgrade stream, the protagonist does nothing other than killing, cutting people, except for experience, except for improving the realm, and lacks delicate emotions, it is difficult to sublimate the work and enhance the meaning of the novel;

But if there are too many emotions in writing, it is easy to become a harem stream, and it is easy to have too many heroines, and too many heroines is equal to no heroine.

If you want to pursue a refreshing plot and pursue what readers like, it is best to sleep more female pig's feet, every dozens of chapters, there is a female pig's foot, there are some ambiguous plots, and some sleeping plots appear; If you want to pursue suspense and the high taste of the novel, it is best to keep your distance, maybe by the end of the novel, the male pig's foot and the female pig's foot have never had a relationship and become husband and wife.

This is the third problem.

It's just that these three major problems are difficult to grasp and difficult to control, and they all depend on intuition.

In online novels, most of the history is based on time-traveling, and most of them pursue two points, one is to restore the real history, and the other is refreshing.

A lot of orthodox literature, orthodox history books, often record the language of the victors, and there are too many falsehoods in them.

In this respect, it is not as good as some historical fiction.

If you want to understand the real history of China, it is better to study "Dream of the Red Chamber" and "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" than "Twenty-four History"

And online literature, history, is to restore the real history; Of course, it is also possible to distort history.

Secondly, this is to be refreshing, incarnated as a historical figure, relying on the golden finger, relying on the copyist, relying on knowledge, fooling the ancients, bullying the ancients, so as to obtain a great sense of handsomeness.

If it is said that novels such as fantasy, fantasy, and fairy tales pursue plot twists and turns, the story background is grand, and the imagination is rich; In that historical novel, there are also some plot twists and turns, but more of them are the pursuit of that sense of blood, and at the moment when the nation is in danger, turn the tide and save the people.

Historical novels, without blood, are not called historical novels.

A good historical novel is equivalent to an excellent high school history textbook.

Just reading history textbooks is very boring; However, reading historical novels is extremely interesting, and you can learn historical knowledge, although some of them are somewhat distorted.

In the creation of online literature, there are two major difficulties in history.

The first difficulty lies in writing blood, not dog blood. Many authors are prone to writing about dog blood when they write about blood. And from blood to dog blood, it is only one step, and how to grasp the measurement is somewhat difficult.

The second difficulty is to write the truth of history, so as not to overdo it. A lot of historical novels are too cool, too cool, and lack a sense of reality; Of course, there are also many novels that pursue truth, because they are written too realistically, they seem extremely depressing, and the refreshment is insufficient.

It is very difficult to find a balance between authenticity and freshness, and to find the best fit.