Zhang Shaojie returned home in high spirits.

Shaohuai was like a primary school student seeing a teacher, and handed a stack of manuscript paper to Zhang Shaojie with a twist.

"The novel you wrote?" Zhang Shaojie asked.

"Yes! It's been written for five days and has about 10,000 words at the beginning. Shaohuai bit his lip, his eyes were a little timid, and he looked a little unconfident.

When Zhang Shaojie heard this, he took the manuscript without saying a word and slowly turned the first page

If there is an advantage, the amount of reading is amazing, which may be a big advantage of Zhang Shaojie!

Before he was reborn, Zhang Shaojie lay on the hospital bed and read all day long, and he had been reading for 30 years.

There are all kinds of novels, even professional editors may not be able to read as amazingly as him.

Thirty years of reading also allowed him to taste the elements of the article's popularity.

Whether a popular novel can cater to the mainstream market, Zhang Shaojie can see it at a glance.

Shaohuai's novel, as soon as he started reading it, Zhang Shaojie's brows tightened.

The title of the novel is "The Legend of the Heroes of the Late Yuan Dynasty".

The title alone seems a bit cold and does not arouse the reader's curiosity.

Perhaps Shaohuai is selling historical knowledge, and the novel begins with a large introduction to the historical materials of the Yuan Dynasty. The description of the background of this historical material uses more than 1,000 words.

Next, there is a description of the scenery that is seven or eight hundred words long.

It wasn't until after 2000 words that the characters and plot began to appear. However, within 5,000 words of the opening scene alone, there are more than 10 characters.

The precious beginning, completely wasted by these garbage descriptions!

Zhang Shaojie was dizzy when he saw it, and he didn't recognize who was the protagonist among so many names!

No!

Shaohuai's writing is there, but for the comprehensive literacy of writing novels, it is still a little tender!

It is important to know that first-rate authors make money by telling stories, second-rate authors make money by being unconventional, and third-rate authors make money by selling words.

As Shaohuai's elder brother, although he supports his writing ideals. But in order for Shaohuai to establish a correct concept of writing, it is still necessary to knock and knock!

At this time, although Shaohuai was full of words and words, he still didn't know some correct skills, and he didn't know how to write a novel for readers from the reader's standpoint.

"Do you think this one can be called a novel?" Zhang Shaojie said with a cold face.

Shaohuai was stunned for a moment and said: "Brother, of course this is a novel, this is a martial arts novel from the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty." I want to describe a man in troubled times, martial arts, and ambition. On the rivers and lakes, he fought openly and secretly with forces such as the White Lotus Sect and the Zoroastrian Sect. Militarily, compete for the world with Zhu Yuanzhang and other heroes"

"Enough! What you say only exists in your mind, and the reader can't see it! If you think it's exciting, it's because it exists in your head, but you haven't been able to successfully write a plot that makes you hallucinate wonderful! If, from the perspective of a reader, or from the perspective of an editor, this is not a qualified novel at all. Zhang Shaojie said, "Tell me, do you know the three elements of fiction!" ”

Shaohuai was stunned for a moment, thought about it carefully, and said: "It seems to be - characters, plots, and environments."

"Okay, now that you know. So, let me explain! What is a character - in a nutshell, it's the protagonist! If you don't have a master's level, it's best to let the reader know who the main character is in the first chapter, the first paragraph, or even the first line. And write the story from the perspective of the protagonist, so that the reader can substitute the protagonist and enter the reading state! As for the other characters in the novel, they all serve to set off the protagonist of the novel, and if those characters can't set off the protagonist and can't have a plot with the protagonist, then the character is a character that is completely unnecessary."

Shaohuai was dumbfounded - the "character" in the three elements of the novel was misinterpreted by his brother as the protagonist?

And the other characters are completely in the service of setting off the protagonist?

Could it be that the protagonist is considered a "character" and the other characters are not?

This seems to be completely contrary to the purpose of literature and art, and if it is allowed to be evaluated by the mainstream, this theory is almost "heresy".

Several times, Shaohuai wanted to argue with the theories in the textbook.

But Zhang Shaojie interrupted rudely: "Textbooks? Are all textbooks teaching correct? That's all old-fashioned nonsense, and it's useless for how to write a best-selling novel! ”

"So, what's the most important thing about a bestseller?" Shaohuai looked a little curious!

Zhang Shaojie pondered for a long time and said, "As a novel writing for the purpose of making money, the most important thing is to let readers have a sense of 'substitution'!" ”

"A sense of substitution? What is Immersion? Shaohuai heard the unfamiliar term again, and thought for a long time before asking.

"It is to make the reader identify with the protagonist, will be happy because the protagonist has benefited, and will be depressed because the protagonist has been hurt!"

Zhang Shaojie thought for a moment and explained, "Ordinary readers, reading stories, not to pursue literacy, nor to gain ideological depth from the article, just to read a good-looking story. In layman's terms, most readers read novels for entertainment and to kill time, which is the same as watching TV series, movies, and playing cards! The reason that supports readers to read is that the fate trajectory of the protagonist serves the protagonist, in fact, it serves the reader! Authors who do not provide quality services to their readers will inevitably be abandoned by their readers! ”

Zhang Shaojie gushed about these "crooked ways", the purpose of this preaching, simply put, is to make a younger brother completely aware of -

A novelist is actually just a person in the entertainment industry who writes stories, and he can't think of himself very high just because he can write a few novels, thinking that he is a so-called "literati".

In the new era, there is no need for fiction writers to be educators and thinkers!

What's more, those "literati" who are detached from the aesthetic tastes of the masses are not qualified to "educate" readers!

"This is like a writing course, the teacher didn't talk about it at all, and he didn't even mention it in the textbook!" Shaohuai hesitated.

"Because there are not many Chinese teachers who can write good novels. There are also few Chinese teachers who can know how to write novels that are recognized by the market. If the theories in the classroom can teach popular writers, then the profession of writers can be continuously trained like technical workers! Zhang Shaojie said with a smile.

Next, Zhang Shaojie began to give careful guidance, and continued to brainwash Shaohuai, instilling these writing theories for the purpose of catering to the market.

These theories are unprecedented, and Shaohuai can't help but be a little refreshing.

"What's next, how do you change that?" Zhang Shaojie asked.

"I'm going to cut out the first 8,000 words and rewrite them. The first noun in the first paragraph of the first line is the name of the main character. And the first plot is described from the perspective of the protagonist, "Shaohuai is very clever to tell the main points he understands."

Zhang Shaojie couldn't help but admire his brother's cleverness, and said: "Let's write another one, so that ordinary readers can substitute for the protagonist's work!" ”

Saying that, Zhang Shaojie pondered slightly, and greatly revised the plot and setting of Shaohuai's article, and said: "The title of "The Legend of Heroes at the End of the Yuan Dynasty", as well as the subject matter, feels very ordinary, at least Jin Yong's "Heaven and Dragon Slayer" is in front of the jade, and it is difficult to surpass. It's better to move the time to the end of the Song Dynasty, as for the title of the book, it can be called "Broken Void", martial arts setting, you can use part of "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty"

"Okay, just 'Shattered Void'!" Shaohuai gritted his teeth and put pen to paper.

Seeing that Shaohuai was a little enlightened, Zhang Shaojie showed a smile of "the child can be taught".

With Zhang Shaojie's step-by-step guidance, Shaohuai has admired his brother Zhang Shaojie's writing level to the ground.

However, no matter what, Shaohuai will not know that the setting of "Broken Void" is to "copy" the future Huang Yi!

In fact, after copying "Datang", the "Broken Void", "Raining Clouds", and "Legend of the Border Wilderness" series, which are in the same vein as the setting of "Datang", Huang Yi himself in this time and space should not write again.

Of course, Huang Yi's debut pen practice work "Xuanxia Ling Duyu" series, Zhang Shaojie did not plagiarize.

There are also masterpieces such as "Xun Qin", "Interstellar Prodigal Son", "The Legend of the Great Sword Master", and Zhang Shaojie will not copy it again. These works are left to Huang Yi himself to create!

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PS: Thanks to "ouhaodong" for the tip.