Chapter 239: Prelude to "Origin World" 1
"There is a very classic plot in "Slam Dunk", when Xiangbei gathered five people for the first time, because of the previous fight, only one or two were allowed, and then they were pressed and beaten all the time, everyone felt that Xiangbei was going to die this time, and everyone was looking forward to it, Sakuragi Hanamichi and a few others tortured them to death on the field. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info This is a very typical pretend, just to bring out the kind of gritted teeth that make readers look at me, I dare to look down on me, wait, wait, I will torture you to death! β
For example, the other party has a group of people to provoke, the protagonist's sect is pressed and can't raise his head, and everyone is laughing at them, at this time, the reader expects the protagonist to save the world, and then the protagonist appears and defeats them all.
Suppressing the pig's feet in a crisis and looking forward to the pig's feet erupting, exploding, and slapping the face, this is what I used to say before, the routine flow of about pulling hatred, escalating, and slapping the face in the face of the steps of the slapping of the face.
After the previous pull hatred, after the upgrade, the protagonist has upgraded, so always find a way to show his upgrade.
You say you don't feel it when you level up.,You have to defeat the enemy to show the growth of the protagonist!
But you can't let the protagonist jump up and down like a clown to take the initiative, this is what I said before to be forced.
There is the contempt of the enemy, there is environmental public opinion, there is the need for survival interests, and the protagonist who is forced by various reasons has to appear.
If you pretend to be forced, how many chapters you write depends on your skills.
The number of well-written chapters is not a problem, and the more reasons for being persecuted, the more enjoyable it will be for the reader to watch.
On the one hand, I am looking for reasons for myself, you see, it's not that I want to be in the limelight and pretend to be forced, it's you who force it, on the other hand, the more reasons you have, the more suppressed you are in the early stage, and the more cool the outburst will be in the later stage.
In the hearts of this kind of readers, I think that I have to be a bitch and set up an archway, and I have to pretend to be forced, and I want to make people feel that I am forced.
3. Fu Da and Nanshan interpret the "three cycles" structure.
Let's no longer talk about pretending, but about architecture, which I call "three-cycle architecture"
First of all, we need to ask a question, what is the long-term writing.
The long-term writing method is how to pave the way for the larger BAOSS? This involves setting your goals. Personally, I divide the goals of the whole book into three types: long-term, medium-term, and short-term.
Short-term goals, for example, what you need to solve in a dozen chapters.
In the medium term, it may be dozens, hundreds, or even longer to be solved.
Long-term is the goal of the whole book, and in terms of long-term goals, Chen Dong's books have always done a good job, for example, the goal of immortality in "Covering the Sky" runs through from beginning to end.
No matter how the plot is scribbled, it is scattered and not messy, because all the plot serves this goal, and the short- and medium-term goals are honored by potatoes, there is no doubt about it.
For example, for example, in Breaking the Sky, at the beginning of the divorce, three years later, Nalan Yanran is the medium-term goal, and the short-term goal is the next family competition, and the medium-term includes the short-term goal.
In fact, it is a line, if you look closely, you will find that all the short-term goals set by Tudou after that are actually to accumulate enough strength to complete the medium-term goal of the Yunlan Sect. In other words, all the short-term goals are actually all for the Yun Lan Sect. Including going out to practice later, it was all for this matter, in order to accumulate enough strength.
It's actually a line, but there are 2 characters pulling hatred, which looks like 2 lines, but the goal is actually one, and if you say that a medium-term goal is the three routines I talked about before, it is also applicable.
At the beginning, the door-to-door divorce was to pull hatred, and he began to suppress it 3 times, and then Xiao Yan continued to grow in strength, it was leveling, and when he arrived in Yunlan Sect, he was slapped in the face. I call these three steps a cycle, a cycle of small goals with small goals, a cycle of medium-term goals with medium-term goals, and a long-term cycle with long-term goals.
It's the same with small goals, first pull hatred, first be looked down upon, then go to leveling, and then make a splash at the tournament, it's a small cycle. Then start the next mini-cycle, and when the number of these mini-cycles is enough, the protagonist has reached the strength requirement to complete the medium cycle. You can go and hit the face of the loop.
All stories are nothing more than that, but if the previous way of writing, it would be too long to set a medium-term goal, hundreds of chapters, so in this process, small loops are constantly arranged, so that readers can continue to experience the pleasure of pretending to be slapped in the face, so that they do not run away.
In short, "one trick is eaten all over the world", I feel that this is the author's aura, and readers will watch it if they like it, because your aura is unique.
The so-called three cycles, three chapters determine life and death, and three million words, all involve the number "3", just like "heaven, earth and man", just like "Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism", like "language and English", "physics and chemistry", just like "three teachings and nine streams", 3 and the multiple of 3 9, are the numbers and chapters that we need to pay special attention to when studying online articles. Take the "three cycles" structure as an example, as a newcomer, there must be a small climax in the third chapter! The routine is: pull hatred, turn around, and slap your face. By the ninth chapter, there needs to be the first big climax, and then when it comes to 300,000 words, this is a precursor before the shelves, and a big climax is needed to foreshadow and pull subscriptions.
The previous pretending rhythm can be summarized as a rhythm trilogy, and some people call it a "three-board axe", which simply put: pull hatred, gold finger, and use gold finger to slap the face; Or: suppression, escalation, counterattack. And this trilogy revolves around a tone, which is pretending. β
"Part I: What is a scene and a copy
Scene: The original meaning of scene refers to the scene in drama and movie, and generally refers to various scenes, such as the scene of eating, the scene of labor, etc.
Main Scene: The specific world, plane, space and other environments that unfold the main plot and the activities of the main characters, including the power system setting, sphere of influence, customs and other components.
In the novel, the main scene of the protagonist's activities may change at different stages such as the early, middle, and late stages, such as flying from the human world to the fairy world, and the main scene will be transferred from the human world to the fairy world.
Dungeon: A dungeon is a special kind of scene, which refers to a sub-scene attached to the main scene in which the player (protagonist) and his party are temporarily active outside the main scene. There are two types of replicas: narrow replicas and broad replicas.
Narrow dungeon: The origin of the term dungeon comes from the online game "World of Warcraft", in which the dungeon turned out to be a special copy prepared for the player and his team, which is the player and his team in this special copy activities, fighting monsters, etc., other players can not enter to disturb and destroy. Players individually or teams of players can fight monsters to obtain equipment, money, experience, materials, props, etc. in the dungeon, and of course, they may also be completely destroyed or even lose their experience level.
The emergence of dungeons has greatly enriched the gameplay of online games and increased the life cycle of online games.
In a novel, if it is an online game novel, its copy is generally still the original meaning of "copy", which is "copy" in the narrow sense.
If it is not an online game novel, such as Xiuzhen Xianxia, fantasy and other themes, the copy mentioned is a copy in a broad sense.
Generic dungeon: It actually refers to a special scene in which a group of people (usually the protagonist or the protagonist's team) temporarily leave the main scene and go on a group expedition that is relatively isolated from the main scene.
This group exploration process is called the next dungeon, the farm dungeon, etc.
For example, go to the burial places of historical celebrities, go to archaeological tombs, go to caves to hunt for treasures, and go to ancient ruins to find places for opportunities and other activities. In special cases, they even go directly to another world, such as the spirit world, the demon world, etc., to experience an adventure and come back.
The copy discussed below generally refers to the copy in a broad sense.
Classification of replicas: Replicas are classified differently according to their characteristics.
According to the closed nature of the copy, it is divided into independent copy, semi-independent copy, non-independent copy, secondary copy, subsidiary copy, serial copy, shallow copy, deep copy, etc.; According to the size, it is divided into large copies, medium copies, small copies, micro copies, etc.; According to stability, it is divided into ultra-stable copy, stable copy, unstable copy, changing copy, etc.; According to the time of the copy, it is divided into long-term copy, short-term copy, temporary copy, recurring copy, historical copy, etc.; According to the ownership of the copy, it can be divided into individual-owned copies, sect copies, family copies, etc.; According to the role of the dungeon, it can be divided into resource dungeons, legacy dungeons, and gold finger dungeons.
Part II: The role of the copy
The reason why the copy is set up is because the next copy has its own unique effect on enriching the plot of the work. The intersecting use of various different copies, the intersecting use of dungeons and the main scene, etc., have made countless works excellent and even classics.
In many genres of fiction, copies are even irreplaceable. Because in the dungeon, there can be characters, magic weapons, scenes, etc. that cannot appear in the main scene.
The role of the dungeon is first of all to appear magic weapons, equipment, secrets, inheritances, etc., which are impossible to appear in the main plot.
For example, in "The Legend of Mortal Immortal Cultivators", the Void Heaven Ding and the ancient treasures in the Void Heaven Ding can only be obtained in the Void Heaven Temple dungeon. For example, in "The Little Lord God Who Sells the Protagonist", various protagonist cards, equipment cards, supporting character cards, cannon fodder cards, root bone madness cards (depending on the player's roots, you have to teach the player their own mastery, etc.), living data cards, bloodline cards, etc., can only be obtained in each dungeon world. For example, in the "Xiuzhen Chat Group", only in the Holy Silence Pool of Wanshu Mountain, can you get the secrets and inheritance of the saints who have been lost.
Secondly, the role of the dungeon appears in some people, gods, spirit animals, remnant souls, etc., which cannot appear in the main plot. The unique environment, facilities, and origins of the dungeon can preserve the remnants of ancient monks and some ancient spirit beasts and beasts, or some giants hide here, and some races, ethnicities, and families take refuge here. There are even some novels, comics, movies and televisions in which a copy can be a fragment of history that has passed, and if you want to revisit history to understand the truth, you must even get some information and items from there.
For example, in "Demon Slayer", the Rift Ghost Country has Dinglan Ice Crystal, which can protect the powerful ghosts from dissipating, and the Mighty General can only move there after his death, and another ghost country also wants to capture the Rift Ghost Country at all times. For example, in "Dead High School", each experience dungeon is often a supercomputer-simulated historical battle scene.
Again, the dungeon can feature some scenes that are not possible with the main story.
For example, in "The Legend of Mortal Immortal Cultivation", several alliance sects, their own people can't usually kill each other, but in the blood forbidden trial copy, they can fight for various herbs, and about three-quarters of the disciples of each sect die in it.
For example, in tomb robbery and archaeological novels, it is naturally impossible to be full of all kinds of antiquities, cultural relics, etc., and the people in the novels can only go to the ancient places that are inaccessible or even have been annihilated, and underground copies to find opportunities. The nine-story demon tower and exquisite ancient city in "Ghost Blowing the Lantern", the tomb of King Lu of the Seven Stars in "Notes on Tomb Robbery", and the Genting Heavenly Palace.
Finally, there can be different settings in the dungeon, or special functions such as different timelines.
For example, in "Restricted Doomsday Syndrome", in the Las Vegas repeater copy, in addition to the power system such as the magic pattern messenger in the main scene of the doomsday fantasy, an electronic magic power system was also opened, and through different timelines, especially at the beginning of the repeater copy, it also made up for the regrets in the doomsday illusion, and even made a completely different interpretation of the entire world view.
In Japanese games, anime, and novels, this aspect is more prominent in the multi-story plot intersection genre. For example, in "Future Diary", the male protagonist is trapped in a fantasy by the heroine who came over from another week, and this illusion can come true, except that the heroine's name cannot be mentioned.
Disadvantages of the third part copy
Dungeons can make the characters, plots, environments, etc. richer and more exciting, and in a self-deprecating phrase, at least water. Many books have been upgraded with copies, and the content has been added. But why are there still many people talking about the color change of copies?
There must be a benefit and a disadvantage, just as the blessing of misfortune depends on, and the blessing and misfortune lie in waiting.
Copies are extremely important, essential or even the most important for some works, but they can also have quite serious side effects if used incorrectly. Many people's works are that once a copy appears, a large number of popularity will be lost, and even "the copy will die".
Here, the author also briefly analyzes the common drawbacks of copy creation.
First, after entering the dungeon, the original character relationship is gone.
Since it is a copy, it must have a certain isolation from the main scene, and it is impossible for the important characters in the original main scene to be in the copy together.
It turns out that the characters in the main scene are all described after a period of time, and it took a lot of effort by the author, some of whom may be very popular with readers, but if they are not available during the copy, those readers may feel dissatisfied and have a reduced desire to read them.
Second, there may be a large number of new characters in the dungeon that have not been foreshadowed before.
Describing characters has always been a difficult point in online novels and even traditional novels. The new characters, and most likely those that have little to do with the main scene, will take time for the reader to get used to and get to know them. This process will also cause readers to have a lower desire to read along.
Third, the abrupt change of the scene makes the reader uncomfortable.
Just like the changes in the characters that took a lot of effort to describe before, when you enter the copy, the scenes that the original author spent a lot of effort to describe have also changed.
Since the reader follows the work, he naturally likes the previous content, such as the scene. The scene that the original reader liked temporarily disappeared for a long time (large copy) and became a new copy scene. And the new copy scene is also natural for some readers to be uncomfortable and disliked.
For example, some infinite stream works, during this period of time, the fighting method in the cultivation scene is extremely exciting, and readers like it very much. The next copy went to the zombie world, and it was not properly described, only all kinds of rotting corpses, foul smells, etc., which made the reader seem to be sent from the gate of the fairy world, and suddenly went to the toilet of the human world, and it was normal for readers to leave in disgust.
Fourth, when you enter the dungeon, the characters' behavior style changes drastically.
Because of the difference between the copy and the main scene, it makes sense that the protagonist's line or other characters have changed their acting style. But if you don't control it well and do it bluntly, it's easy to get into a minefield.
For example, the main scene was originally a brother and a friend, and the protagonist is also a righteous gentleman, fighting to the death with the villain to uphold justice. When I got to the dungeon, I found that there was a treasure, and everyone suddenly became calculating with each other, including the protagonist who also made the first move, killing the same door and killing the master, etc.
This will make some readers confused, thinking that the author treats the characters in the book as marionettes and handles them casually, which is a jump, or even a change of author, and the loss of popularity is natural.
Fifth, the new copy is set in a hasty and inconsistent manner.
Online writers write books, generally write while thinking, the main scene because of the long time to write, thinking time may be longer, there is a relatively mature setting, more complete thinking, rationality, logic will be better.
But new copies tend to be relatively rushed. Sometimes when I was writing the main scene, I had an idea and thought of a new copy, and before I could figure out the content, I started writing it first. In this way, there will be places where the setting is not rigorous and the logic is not consistent.
For example, different dungeon settings conflict, dungeons and the main scene conflict, and even the main scene settings are destroyed in order to make up for the dungeon problem.
Small flaws are fine, sometimes there will be big mistakes that are enough to tear down the whole book, which will also make many people look down on the author, because the pleasure of reading is ruined, and abandon the book.
Sixth, the length of the copy is not properly controlled, the number of copies is not properly arranged, and the time of the copy cut-in is wrong.
These situations make the reader feel too watery and dissatisfied. More loyal readers will also urge the progress, let the protagonist level up quickly, complete a certain task in the main scene, don't always go to the copy to mix the number of words. More readers will change from enthusiastically watching to casually watching until they don't read.
For example, "The Legend of Mortal Cultivation of Immortals" is a cattle book that opened up the flow of mortals, and it is almost a benchmark work in terms of fighting monsters and upgrading. And because of the slow progress in the early days, readers who can keep up with it are already more tolerant of loneliness. Even so, he said that he deleted a few copies of the original plan in order to catch up with the schedule and satisfy the readers.
Seventh, not enough attention is paid to the beginning of the copy, which is not attractive enough.
The above is just the tip of the iceberg of the copy problem, the improper use of the copy, the damage to the popularity of the work, to exaggerate, it is difficult to write.
Some conservative authors, even felt, were able not to write copies, and tried not to write them. If you don't write a copy, at least you won't lose popularity. Don't seek merit, but seek no fault?
Part 4: How to set up a copy
So, how do you design and use copies to ensure that you don't lose popularity as much as possible, and even increase some popularity? That's the whole point of copy setup, which is the art of copy setup and transformation.
First, to make good use of the copy, you must first understand the purpose of setting up the copy. Any copy that is inconsistent with or even contradicts this purpose should not be set up as much as possible, and if it is really necessary to set it, it should also be diluted.
(1) Many writers, especially new writers, tend to transition to self-aggrandizement, regardless of whether it is necessary for the subject or not, they have to write all kinds of content into a book, not only a book is a god, but also a book to surpass everyone. In fact, not only the pen power is not up to it, but also the overly complicated content destroys the integrity and purity of the work, making the work chaotic.
Well, I'm ashamed that the author was like this at the beginning, a book has to combine magic, occultism, spirituality and other systems, the demon world, the human world, the underworld, and the fairy world to write a big cow book. Later, I found that the level was not enough, so I only wrote a world in the underworld, a system, which was the best book I wrote in the early days, "Spring and Autumn of the Underworld" (full name "Fantasy History Series of the Spring and Autumn of the Underworld"), although the level is not very high, but compared to my initial work, the quality has risen a few notches.
In fact, "deleting the complicated and simplifying the three autumn trees, and leading the new February flowers with different standards" is the king.
For example, in "The Legend of Mortal Cultivation of Immortals", there are many copies and each with its own characteristics, but they are all subordinate to the immortal cultivation system, and there are no angels, wise angels, and earth, water, fire, and wind magic in all the dungeons. And the copy in the Western fantasy "Aristocratic Crest" will not appear in the immortal cultivation system. In "Ghost Blowing the Lamp", the immortal cultivation system and the magic system do not appear.
(2) Except for the type of work that is specifically aimed at a specific group of people, do not appear content that is disliked by the majority of readers, especially those who like their own works.
For example, some episodes that are too disgusting, and pee farts run through the dungeon, thinking they are funny, but they are actually disgusting. This disgusting copy, try not to use.
There are also some copies that violate basic human ethics and morality, etc., and even the copies are disabled.
(3) Write as little or no copy that is unrelated to the main plot or has little to do with it.
At the end of the day, dungeons are in the service of the main plot and can't dominate the story.
Even if it is "Infinite Horror", the pioneering work of infinite streaming, the copy is the main content, the superposition of different copies is the main scene, the main god space and the present world are just transitions, and the copy is also to make the protagonist team stronger, and finally become the strongest person in the reincarnation team. There is no situation in it such as the protagonist going to a certain dungeon to fall in love, leaving the dungeon after a volume has passed, and there is no change in the strength of the protagonist's team.
Second, the overall setting of replicas should be from low-level replicas to high-level replicas, from simple replicas to complex replicas, from short-term to long-term replicas, rather than the other way around.
On the one hand, it corresponds to the shaping process of the novel from point to line, from line to surface, from plane to three-dimensional, and readers have never had to spend their brains to be able to consume some brain power to remember, understand, and analyze.
On the other hand, it is also in the process of the development of the novel, constantly upgrading and fighting monsters, and constantly satisfying the needs of readers' appetites. At the beginning, there was a high-level dungeon.,Let the protagonist and his party have a good time with the high-level monster.,Later, in the low-level dungeon.,Fight with low-level monsters.,Readers have no sense of expectation.,There's no reading pleasure.γ
Third, to write a good copy, the most fundamental place is to set the copy according to the needs of the content.
It's not like casually entering a new dungeon, and then just wandering around it and coming out. That's the number of words, not normal writing.
There are multiple points to a good copy setup.
(1) The first point of the copy is its importance, in order to have a relatively large impact in the book, it is best that each copy has its irreplaceable role.
If a copy is not necessary, and cutting it has no effect, then it means that the usable value of the copy does not exist, and the copy can be chopped down.
In the same way, if a copy is necessary, but the impact is not large enough, and the reader's expectations are not high, then the content of the copy should be appropriately reduced, and some of the settings can be transferred to more important copies.
(2) The second important point of the dungeon is uniqueness, which distinguishes it from the main scene and other dungeons.
Although copies are important, it is easy for readers to get tired of producing several identical copies in a row.
Ordinary people look at the sea magnificently, but seafarers look at the sea for a long time and want to vomit. As soon as you have the opportunity to dock, you want to go ashore as soon as possible. Ordinary people see the beautiful snow scene and linger. People who trek long distances in snowy mountains may develop snow blindness.
Each copy has to be a little different, or the scene inside is different, or the characters in it are different, or the settings in it are different. For example, here there is a lack of gold in the five elements, and there is a gold element and fire element or something; Or it's full of monsters, or even the races in this copy aren't Terrans, and so on, which means that each copy is unique.
(3) The third point is fit, which is consistent with the novel as a whole and with the protagonist.
Since this copy is set, this copy must not only have an impact on the plot in the book, but also have a fit with the protagonist. If it's just a fit with other people, and it's useless for the protagonist to go in, then you don't need to set up this copy. Even if it is important to the plot and important to others, it needs to be watered down, and a relatively simple description can be made.
The so-called compatibility with the protagonist, that is, there must be a reason why the protagonist must enter this copy. But this reason can be subjective, to convince the protagonist that something exists in this quest, that this quest is important to him, so he is going. It can also be objective, the protagonist does not know that this copy is important, but the overall plot of the novel requires that the author arrange for the protagonist to enter this copy through various means, such as coercion, abduction, and mistakes.
(4) The fourth point is that copies should have a certain degree of privacy, and in principle, they should not be completely unguarded.
This copy may be known to people all over the world, but not all over the world, and anyone can enter it casually. Otherwise, the benefits of this dungeon are shared by people all over the world, and it is not easy for the protagonist to get unique benefits in the dungeon, and it is not easy to overtake in corners.
Even if anyone can get in, there must be a special place inside, that is, a deep dungeon, a dungeon within a dungeon, and a derivative dungeon within a dungeon, so that the protagonist can get more opportunities, and the trip to the dungeon can be more attractive.
For example, setting up a copy requires a key to unlock the lock, and it may even require several people to open it together. For example, there should be a password slogan to go in and something like that. Some also need bloodlines, and if you have a specific lineage, you can open it and so on. Others need a map, and the map is sometimes divided into several pieces and merged before they can be entered. For example, the copy of the Golden Lotus Holy Flame in "Yipin Xianjiao" is that after multiple maps are put together, you still have to have the ability to see the essence of the phenomenon in order to find the place.
Or this copy is placed here, but it can't be opened at ordinary times, and it takes a certain time for several major factions to come over together to open this copy and so on.
Some are special places that require flying in the wind, or diving into poisonous water, or fighting fires to enter.
Part 5: Pre- and post-entry control of the copy
First of all, the way to enter the dungeon, although it may not be completely different every time, try to set it up differently each time.
Sometimes you have to force your way into it through a magic array or something, sometimes you are kicked into a dungeon, and sometimes you enter it in a group, such as the first few times you enter the dream plane dungeon in "Abnormal Creature Observations", the protagonist enters it in a dream.
Second, it's important to get to the beginning of the copy, and write it as if it were the beginning of a new novel.
After all, entering the copy is a fresh experience compared to the main scene, and if it gives the reader a bad impression, then it is similar to the bad beginning of a book, which has a similar effect on the reader.
There should be uncertainty at the beginning of the copy, giving the reader a sense of crisis, and it should be reasonable and unexpected.
Even if the protagonist is a person who is afraid of death, he has done a lot of work before entering and is prepared for everything, but there will be a reasonable change, so that the protagonist's preparation will fail, and even from being certain to nothing, to dying for a lifetime.
Paying as much attention to the beginning of the copy as the three golden chapters, or even the first three facades, and working hard to manage and write, can naturally reduce the loss rate of readers and attract more readers to follow the reading.
For example, the protagonist of "Moving Mountains" saw a group of people fighting a powerful monster in the dungeon, and the protagonist went to help, but he did the opposite and almost killed the group of people, which caused a conflict with the protagonist, which is the discovery and solution of problems in the dungeon.
Here, the author uses the technique of copy misdirection, which is also an effective technique at the beginning of the copy.
Part 6: The connection between the dungeon and the main scene
The reason why a replica is a replica is because it is somewhat isolated from the main scene. Even if some copies are part of the main scene, they are somewhat independent of the rest of the main scene.
However, a good way to write a copy is to try to establish more connections with the main scene while the copy is unique, compatible, and private. The larger the dungeon, the longer the main plot is in the dungeon, and the more you need to connect with the main scene. The benefit is that the reader can get used to the copy better and not forget the main scene.
So, how does the dungeon establish more connections with the main scene?
First, under normal circumstances, before the protagonist and his party enter the dungeon, they must do a certain amount of foreshadowing to show the importance and even urgency of the dungeon. Don't suddenly throw the protagonist into a new copy on a whim.
A successful copy should be made into a high point of a novel, or a low point, a foreshadowing method. Although it is not necessary to foreshadow the gray line of the snake, it is necessary to carry out some foreshadowing before entering the copy, so that the reader has expectations for this copy.
For example, in the course of the previous article, I mentioned this copy many times, and the importance of this copy has been revealed, which has deepened the impression of the protagonist and the reader.
Then use different ways to reinforce it, for example, when the protagonist eats in a restaurant, there are always people who say, what and where, and how to do it after entering...... At that time, the protagonist thought that he didn't have the ability to enter this dungeon, so he put it down. But the reader knows that the protagonist will definitely go in eventually.
Or it is said by some masters or elders, please go into a certain place, for example, you can only enter below the ninth level of Qi training, I can't enter during the foundation building period, but the things inside are very important, and you need to go in and get it for me.
Or, if the protagonist's friend is injured and needs some medicine to treat it, this medicine can only be found in the dungeon.
Or maybe it's one of the protagonist's harems, or maybe it's the protagonist's enemies or antagonists who are trying to trick the protagonist into entering this quest.
Or maybe the protagonist finds that he needs something important, which is only available in the dungeon.
Second, before entering a specific dungeon, get the equipment, keys, intelligence, team members, etc. related to this specific dungeon in the main scene or even in the previous dungeon, and give the reader a hint of the specific dungeon many times, so that the reader can be familiar with the dungeon and eliminate the sense of alienation from the dungeon.
For example, someone and the protagonist come to form a group, a typical example is "The Legend of Mortal Immortals", where others always find the protagonist to form a group, and in the end, the whole team often dies so that only the protagonist is left, creating the name of the team to destroy the old demon of Han.
Before entering the dungeon, a fairly typical work of foreshadowing was "Moving the Mountain", which was caused by beans.
Before the protagonist goes to the Ascension Land, there is a lot of foreshadowing in the book. For example, the extremely terrifying "Holocaust from the East" that has been learned from multiple sources will destroy the entire world, and its ultimate solution is to go to the Ascension Land. The monk's ascension makes the protagonist intuitively feel the ascension, but whether the monk succeeds or fails in his ascension has become a suspense. Later, the rising sun soars, and the protagonist goes to stop it, reinforcing the ascension again. The legend of the immortal phase, the appearance of several immortal phases, again and again makes people have a strong interest in the real situation of the ascension land.
In this way, after different foreshadowing, the reader's expectations for this particular copy are getting higher and higher. The constant seduction is to link by link, so that the reader can't stop, and will think "why don't you enter this copy, why don't you enter this copy", at this time, drag it in the back and then enter, or when the reader thinks it will be delayed, there is a sudden change, and the protagonist is put into the copy in advance......
For example, a teammate is injured, or a team with the protagonist to farm a dungeon. In "The Legend of Mortal Immortals", before the protagonist entered the monster's body, he first caught the strange thing in the black forest, and later learned that it was the one who could get something from the copy and use it.
Another example is to find a dungeon, this dungeon is located in a special location, or it is more secret, and an individual or team takes the initiative to find the location of the dungeon.
Third, according to the needs of the main story and the side plots subordinate to the main line, the content in the dungeon is a supplement and enhancement of the content of the main scene.
In the creation of online novels, there is a technique that is used by many people, which is the nine-line method.
1. The protagonist's intelligent character
2. Supporting role cannon fodder
3. Skills
4. Partners
5. Equipment
6. Adventure
7. Life experience
8. Forces
9. Harem
In these nine lines, the protagonist's wisdom and character line are the main line, and the other eight lines are branch lines. The main scene naturally arranges the plot development around these nine lines, and the same is true in the dungeon. Each dungeon must be related to at least one of the nine lines, and in this way, establish a connection with the main scene.
For example, in the dungeon, the protagonist's intelligent character has been transformed compared to the main scene, and this transformation, after the dungeon, seriously affects the development of the protagonist in the main scene.
For example, someone designs a conspiracy in the main scene, preparing to frame or kill the protagonist in the dungeon, and get various benefits. It is necessary for the protagonist to crack the conspiracy in the dungeon, and even counter-kill, but get the good things of the other party.
For example, the protagonist wants to fight an enemy in the main scene, but because of lack of strength, then get the secret tips in the dungeon, improve the skills, or get some important equipment, or the equipment can be upgraded in the dungeon, and complete the goal after going out.
For example, the protagonist is hunted down, forced or mistakenly entered a certain dungeon, and in the dungeon encounters a master who has been sealed and cultivated or cultivated in the dungeon because of serious injuries, and the protagonist helps this person, and this person becomes the protagonist's partner, and after going out, they will kill the person who pursues the protagonist together.
The quest itself is an adventure line, and this adventure line can also be integrated with the main scene before and after entering the quest.
Some dungeons can also find information related to the protagonist's life experience, especially if you enter this dungeon, the protagonist's bloodline plays a role, and it is best to find some clues in the dungeon, or the truth (even if it is a fake), so that the protagonist's life experience line can be pushed one step further.
Sometimes the things in the set copy are more important, for example, like the Void Heaven Ding obtained in the Void Heaven Temple, the power that the original Void Heaven Ding once had, etc., can be drawn out, this is the power line.
Many times there will naturally be a harem in the dungeon, and the hero saves the beauty in the dungeon, and there can be a new development later.
In general, if there is some dungeon-related foreshadowing in the front, in the dungeon, it needs to be resolved.
Before entering the dungeon, some of the things that the protagonist needs, and then to the dungeon, must also explain the role of these things or something, that is to say, the various pits that were paved before are solved in the dungeon, even if they can't be filled, leave it to continue to fill in next time, and fill it in.
Fourth, there should be a good interval between dungeons, and it is best to make certain adjustments and developments in the main scene before entering a new dungeon.
After the end of a dungeon, no matter how wonderful the dungeon is written and how much the reader likes it, even if the next dungeon is closely related to this dungeon, it is best to let the protagonist jump out of the dungeon, and develop the main line and necessary subplots in the main scene, so as not to tire the reader, and let the reader not forget the main scene. Of course, one piece and one relaxation, the way of civil and martial arts, the protagonist also needs to rest.
In the main scene, digest the gains of the protagonist of the previous dungeon, such as stabilizing the realm broken through in the previous dungeon, doing some communication with the new partners and harems you met in the dungeon, and even repairing the damaged equipment of the previous dungeon, and healing the injuries received in the previous dungeon.
After the main scene has digested the gains of the previous or even the previous dungeon to a certain extent, and moderately promoted the development of the main line and appropriate branch lines of the main scene, then use some of the previous methods to pave a new dungeon, and so on.
Of course, as mentioned earlier, every copy must have its own importance, its uniqueness, its compatibility, its privacy, etc.
Part VII: Scene Transitions
As mentioned before, copies are special scenes. Then about the conversion skills of the copy, you can also refer to it in the scene transformation.
Whether it is a male or female novel, a fast food novel or a so-called in-depth novel, a supernatural reasoning or a fantasy fairytale, scene transformation will be used, and even the main scene transformation.
Before the scene transition, the new scene will be gone in advance, through various means to do some foreshadowing, and even set up some traps for the protagonist, so that readers have a strong interest in the situation of the new scene, which can also effectively improve the stickiness of the work.
In "The Legend of Miyue", the protagonist Miyue wants to stay away from Qin and go to Yan. Not only did I do some foreshadowing a long time ago, but I also arranged a few hands before I was about to go.
The relationship between the enemy's wife and Mi Yue is more and less auspicious after the past.
Hui Wen later sent a letter to the wife of the Prime Minister of Yan Guoguo, asking to kill Mi Yue, which was to put another nail on Mi Yue's coffin, making her future after passing vicious and abnormal.
At the same time, the protagonist's allies and close characters also appeared, such as the tentacles of King Yiqu, who loved Miyue deeply, and penetrated into the Yan Kingdom. For example, Su Qin to Yan State, such as the country that understands righteousness.
Many previous acquaintances, coupled with the son and maid brought by Miyue when she went to Yan Kingdom, made Yan Kingdom a continuation of the old scene although it was a new scene, not only with the freshness of the new scene, but also with the intimacy of the old scene.
Conclusion: The transformation of copies and scenes, as a double-edged sword, cannot be overemphasized. If you write well, you will greatly expand the depth and length of your work, and if you don't write well, you will write it down.
In general, it is to do a good job of foreshadowing and emphasizing, and try to be as natural as possible for each transition; Each transformation has the necessity, uniqueness, and fit of transformation, which further promotes the development of the work; Before and when the conversion is just made, it is written as a wonderful dragon head at the beginning of the novel; When you return to the main scene after the conversion, you should digest the previous gains, and don't just switch multiple times. β
"Of course, based on my experience of studying novels and analyzing novels for many years, I have written the above content, hoping to have a certain effect on the children's shoes who wrote novels. Deficiencies are inevitable, and please forgive me. β
Qin Kai smiled.
"Recently, a new 'starting point' has just been established, and the female frequency seems to be very popular, so I will tell you about it carefully."
Qin Kai seemed to be interested, and continued to talk.
"The hero and heroine. She has a very elegant and beautiful name, like Xiaoqian, Mengting, Liqing, etc., and her appearance, figure, temperament, cultivation, and demeanor are all scored 100 points, and she will never live up to such a poetic name. Her eyes are particularly outstanding, smiling shyly, as if she is drunk, not only charming and moving, but can almost speak. And her profession is also in line with her elegant temperament, she can be a secretary of a large company, a teacher who is loved by students, or simply a female student or a dance lady, but it is impossible to sweep the streets and carry dung, or to a goddess in the red light district, just like her name can never be Zhang Xiugu and Ma Chunhua. Sometimes the heroine is also a strong woman, a female entrepreneur, a female president, and the threshold for making money is better than that of men, but she is still a soft and charming little woman in her bones. β
"The strong woman is proud of the rivers and lakes, and like the seventeen-year-old of the aforementioned innocent faction, she can't help but feel empty in her heart, thinking about half of the price all day long. Then there are male protagonists such as E . T aliens, stabbing inside and breaking into her life. (Everyone immediately understood that there would be a Star Wars show in the future.) The stinky boy is handsome and tall? Either the family has a lot of money, and they are distressed that they can't find a true person, thinking that women are all money, or they are forced to marry by their families, or although the son is in trouble, one day he will open like a stock market, and the poor painter becomes famous overnight, and the poor boy becomes rich overnight (of course, not by winning the lottery), and the old eight shares of the fallen son is the same as the champion, otherwise there is no candle in the hole. Otherwise, the male protagonist is very ordinary, thin and deflated, working as a small clerk in the bank, handling other people's money all his life, neither big ideals, nor big action (it's not bad to be able to abscond with money), there is no interest at all, Miss Reader saw that the heroine was a big beauty little swan, and she actually followed a gray autumn toad, shouldn't you scold the author for having bad intentions?
- Love at first sight. At the beginning of the story, the heroine's quiet life is suddenly turbulent, and she suddenly faces a major turning point in her life, it may be leukemia, it may be the death of her mother, or the career crisis of a strong woman, or she is engaged to a man she doesn't love. And the man was already amazing at a glance, and after a deeper conversation, I found that this girl was soft and pretty, empathetic, and very nutritious. When girls listen to men talk about their ambitions to conquer America in the future, they can't help but have straight eyes and be obsessed.
Then immediately pick out the relationship, which is generally always the man takes the initiative, if necessary, you can also use rude means, the most is a strong kiss, I can't help but pull the woman over, hold the face and kiss. And the woman's struggle refuses to be a child, and once she gives in, she suddenly stops, obediently accepts the other party's big moves, and "revelsed in the wonderful atmosphere of love." "If a certain gentleman is neither handsome and chic, nor has a lot of money, if he also draws a scoop according to the gourd, and treats the girl like this, I am afraid that he will be beaten. Now there are also girls in romance novels who take the initiative to snuggle up, and if they leave, Ying Ying is shy, and it makes stinky men's hearts itch and scratch, which is by no means the hot and hot way of the modern women's liberation movement.
- Ever-changing. If the hero and heroine are smooth sailing, they both join hands and enter the cave room, it will be too ordinary. So in the middle of the flat, the author set up infinite turmoil. For example, a third party has stepped in. If the third party is a woman, she is not glamorous, her body is fire-breathing, she drools when she sees the male protagonist, and she is always ready to throw herself into her arms; And if the third party is a man, he must be handsome and rich, suave, and chase the heroine with great vigor to make the rooster lay eggs.
Of course, there is only one him in the heart of the hero and heroine, and there is a sacred obsession with love, chastity swears, how can he eat his leg, so the love between the two sides is even deeper. But just when the love between the two parties hit a new high, suddenly there was a thunderbolt on a sunny day, the general trend reversed, and the relationship collapsed. There are many reasons for the collapse of this relationship, sometimes it is the villain who destroys it, sometimes it is a misunderstanding between the two parties, sometimes it is force majeure factors (such as the incurable disease of the woman, in order to avoid dragging down the man, he left silently), sometimes it is a majeure factor (such as cow dung lost in stock speculation, and he felt shameless to see flowers), in short, things are ever-changing, and the emotional world of the two is also consolidated up and down, and finally when
However, to reach a tacit understanding, "I only love you one".
- Eventually married. Although the two protagonists have reached a consensus in their hearts, they are in fact in a situation of life and death, and at this time, it depends on the author to see the injustice and draw a knife to help. or let the United States invent new anti-cancer drugs, or let the bad guys find out with their conscience, in short, they will eliminate all difficulties and stick a knife in the ribs of the hero and heroine. Then, in a very delicate and awkward situation, arrange for two people to be alone.
Although the misunderstanding has been eliminated, the tender faces of the two young men and women cannot be worn away for a while, and they have to take care of their self-esteem, they speak with prickliness, and even quarrel loudly, and the drama reaches a climax, and the result is that both parties find that the other person's words are tough on the surface but affectionate on the inside. The book describes: "Although she wants to say a thousand words, she can't say a word, only staring at him in a daze, he suddenly understands everything, opens his mouth wide and is speechless, why do you need words at this moment?" , towards her slightly trembling cherry lips, kissed deeply. "Okay, this kiss is described later, of course, it is its own stunt, each has its own secret, or heavier than Mount Tai, or lighter than a feather.
- Sex is not sex by you. If you are an old-school romance novelist, even if you write about the hero and heroine such a great, glorious and correct kiss, it is enough to predict the happy life of the two in the future, and you can also put it on hold, but now it is the nineties, romance novels should not only emphasize romance and warmth, but also highlight fragrance and strangeness. So a trendy writer wrote that the two kissed and kissed, and the man reached over and pulled the zipper on the woman's clothes. "She was hot and shivering, and suddenly she tried with all her strength to push him away, and said, 'No, noββ we can't do thisββ' He hugged her tighter, gasped and said, 'Let's get married tomorrow, okay?' She really didn't have any strength in her body this time, her mind was blank, and she said dreamily: "Okay, I only felt that his hand was reaching out more and more to the forbidden place of her virgin, and her heart was surprised and shy. The two slowly collapsed on the bed together. β ......
The following large paragraphs describe the heroes and heroines like this, this and that, and finally achieve a high degree of integration of spirit and body. One of the great tricks of romance novels is to be spotless when they are spiritual, and to be numb when they are fleshy. The beautiful love affair of the hero and heroine is raised to a new level of flesh exchange, which is enough to show the true nature of the bestseller, and some writers are even more talented, and when the dogskin of the two parties is turned upside down, the woman's sensibility is described in a nuanced way, so that male readers can see the blood and blood, "never really ecstasy", and can entertain themselves.
- Epilogue. After embedding a piece of mold Clough's real writing in the dreamlike depiction of love, the love story is finally going to be relegated to the married life of firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea, which is really a big kill, so it is necessary to come to a real and virtual, virtual and real, focusing on the two woke up, it was already noon and the sun was shining outside the window, and it closed without making people feel that the sun had begun to fall from the highest point. In addition, there is also a method of silver and goods, so that everyone can see that the heroine is already like the fox in "Aesop's Fables", with bones and flesh exposed, and it is okay.
- Cover packaging. Highlighting the dreamy atmosphere is the focus, and according to international practice, the cover packaging can be divided into single women's or double style. Needless to say, the single women's style only needs a cute girl with a hazy image on the side, and the double style is the latest popular style, and its typical case is that handsome men and beautiful women hug each other and half lie on the lawn, and the four lips are separated, and the rest of the props are dispensable......
You see, it's too easy to write romance novels, you can have seven or eight secondary plots, three or four main plots, arrange and combine large platters, and work on the job assembly line, enough to write forty or fifty romance novels, so that a little girl in the rainy season is heartbroken more than a dozen times, and has eight or nine love dreams, just keep in mind the eight-character secret of "clothes and sideburns, joys and sorrows".
The story framework, characters and storyline of time-traveling romance novels have in common:
Story framework: 1, the vast majority of the heroines return to ancient times, there are also male protagonists who return to ancient times (but rarely), and even fewer return to modern times from ancient times, close to none;
Character image: 2, the heroine who goes back to ancient times basically has a certain personality and has her own ideas in real life, many of which are not at the mercy of others, and most of them are very beautiful and have personalities;
3, most of the male protagonists have tough personalities, are cold, and even cold and extreme, either they are not smiling, or they are not serious, but after falling in love with the heroine and confessing, they will become a completely different person, which impresses the people around them, and there will usually be a sentence from others: Is this the so-and-so we knew before? to increase the effect;
Storyline: 4, after returning to ancient times, either to join a big family, or to get involved with the male protagonist of a big family in the future, whether it is a marriage or a mistress, in short, it will not be mixed in the lower level, and the final ending is definitely that the male protagonist is dead set on her, until death;
5, the heroine attracts the male protagonist largely by her thinking mode and behavior habits in modern society, that is, in ancient society, women will never have a performance, for example, dare to look directly at the male protagonist with a very bad temper, dare to reprimand him loudly, dare to refuse him (in this case, the male protagonist usually thinks in his heart, other women dream of the opportunity, this woman actually refuses, and then, there will be a lot of interest in the heroine);
6, the male protagonist usually has a woman who likes him for a long time. The male protagonist knows her love, but generally pretends not to know, when the male protagonist falls in love with the heroine, the woman will also be the one who will soon find out, at this time, there are usually two possibilities, one is that the woman used improper means, or used the power of the opponents in the family, or used the power of a third person to create an ambiguous misunderstanding between the male and female protagonists, this kind of woman is either repaired by the male protagonist in the end, and leaves with hatred, or she is enlightened and leaves calmly; The second is that this woman belongs to the gentle type, and will only cry silently when things happen, and the heroine usually leaves because of pity, causing the pain of the hero and the woman, this kind of woman must have an admirer by her side, and will eventually slowly find that she has a good person around her, and finally get along with him, and then she usually persuades the heroine to turn back (of course, there is also a category where the heroine guides her to discover and guide her out of her infatuation with her man);
7, the male protagonist usually has a very good male ** person, and the male protagonist will not admit that he loves her at the beginning, and the male ** person will definitely find out one step earlier than him, at this time, there are usually two possibilities, one is to watch the excitement, to see when the male protagonist finds out that he loves her, and the other will promote their affairs, but usually have the mentality of playing the male protagonist, for example, using the ambiguity with the female protagonist to stimulate the male protagonist;
8, if the hero's family members have a good relationship, then in the end the heroine will also have a good relationship with them; If the hero's family relationship is average, for example, the old lady doesn't like the heroine, then the heroine will definitely take some actions to win love, but if she does something very bad for the heroine, then there are usually two endings, one is that the hero is split from the family (but in this case, the man is generally the pillar of the family, and the rest of the family regrets it after the split), and the other is that the male protagonist wants to split, but the woman will not let it, and will persuade the hero, the family is grateful, and the family is reconciled; 9, at the beginning of the story, the male protagonist will not admit to liking the heroine, usually because of the reason that plot 1 says that he has an interest in the heroine, has a possessive desire, and finally slowly discovers that the heroine is the same, and it is rare for love at first sight to happen, but, even if the heroine is very characterful, when she sees the male protagonist for the first time, she will definitely be bewitched by his handsome appearance, and there will be a moment of distraction, and then secretly scold yourself for being useless, the male protagonist will use the "beautiful male trick" under certain circumstances, and, There must have been at least one misunderstanding between them, usually by their admirers or opponents;
10, at the end of the story, the hero and heroine will love to the death, and stage a beautiful love story of the prince and princess;
11, the heroine will give up the chance to go back because of him;
Because most of the heroines travel back to ancient times, why is it popular to take this as an example:
1. This kind of online text can meet the plots that we can't get satisfied in real life, and can get the missing blending parts that specifically describe modern love or ancient love;
2. Because this kind of online essay is relatively easy to write, so many writers now prefer this kind of article, you can take a look at several famous websites, most of them are of this type, then, if we can't write ourselves, we can only, what you write I see! Fashion has become a trend;
3, the reason why it is popular is also because in modern society, many people will feel bored, unmotivated, disappointed in real life, read this kind of text to solve, the result is usually more and more boring, boring to watch, boring not to read, and not so easy to put, this is also one of the influences, not repeated below;
Advantages: 1. The biggest advantage of this type of web article is its freedom. Writers can make up a society of their own, and all the rules of this society can be imagined by the writer himself. I would even go so far as to say that coal is white in this society. In the real ancient China, where men were inferior to women, and there were three wives and four concubines, I wanted to write that women were inferior to men, and men loved women until death. Moreover, the requirements for facts are low, so there is a lot of room for writing and a small amount of knowledge required, which is quite popular with writers;
2, because it's popular enough, you write and I write and everyone writes;
Impact: 1. The more people who write, the more popular this kind of online article becomes;
2. It can make readers have their own imagination space, and can meet everyone's needs for fantasy to a certain extent;
3, make the article type single, no matter which website, I mean romance sites, the vast majority of them are like this, it looks like the mold is the same, I don't read this kind of online text, or even hate it; β
4. Why is it popular, in fact, it is like a fairy tale. Hey. β
"After talking about the female frequency, let's talk about the beginning of the article again and again. You've probably already started writing, right? This is your last chance! β
Why do many people's books not have a good collection? This is because they are all writing books for the first time, and since they have never been involved in online literature, they don't know some of the writing skills of online literature. Most of the authors died at the foundation level; Secondly, the most, is the first 30,000 words, which are not well written.
To write a novel, there must be an outline. Therefore, even the lazy writer should write an outline of the first 30,000 words.
This outline should be at least 50% longer than the main character. It is necessary to strengthen the presence of the protagonist, so that the reader can quickly substitute for the character, and then indulge in the work.
First of all, it is the role of the protagonist.
Think about it: there is a book with 30,000 words at the beginning, and the main character is only 35,000 words long, would you read such a book?
Considering that people nowadays read novels for leisure and pastime, things that are too complicated, never put them at the beginning, the simpler the better. The really best-selling and popular ones are the protagonist's appearance at the beginning, and there are few other supporting roles, which affects the protagonist's sense of existence.
To sum up: in the first 30,000 words, if you can make the reader feel good about the protagonist, then you have succeeded. And if there are more than a dozen character names to compete with the protagonist for impression, the success rate of such a novel will be much lower. Then, it is the setting and background to write the web novel, and the most feared thing is to put the setting and background in front of the work. How important is 30,000 words? It can be said that whether the reader likes a book or not, only read the first 30,000 words.
It's not a good idea to put the setting and background in such an important place, and the advice is: wait until your readers like your book before telling them about your setting. The following aspects should be integrated into the setting and background:
First, the sense of substitution of the protagonist.
Second, lead the foreshadowing and pitfalls of the whole text.
Third, an appealing beginning.
Fourth, have a good gold finger.
In the case of old bookworms, they like to put wedges when writing. The main role of this wedge is to lay the groundwork.
In the case of Mengling, the protagonist blew himself up in Beichen Mountain, and the author buried: why did he blow himself up, what are the consequences after the self-explosion, how to make a comeback, and who is the voice of the woman who stopped it. How the story unfolds. If these questions continue, readers will naturally be tempted to catch up. A wedge, generally five hundred to a thousand words.
At the beginning, it is the protagonist who appears, grabbing a characteristic thing and strengthening the protagonist's presence. That's a thousand or two thousand words. Let's advance the plot again, point out the golden finger, lead the full text, and the 10,000 words will go. Then, throw some more points and set it up. Background, one or two thousand words, so that the reader has a rough impression of the world as a whole. Wait until the reader has a certain good impression of the protagonist, and you can write whatever you want in the future. Why is it that some bestsellers now use gunslingers, but readers won't stop reading them? Because the beginning is well written and the characters have a sense of belonging, it doesn't matter who wrote the plot later.
Therefore, if you like to write plot settings, you might as well put it in 30,000 words and then explain it in detail, so that it will not affect the cultivation of readers' sense of belonging and substitution to the protagonist.
So, hundreds of thousands of words have been written, how to revise or make up for it?
First, modify the beginning. To be sure, no matter who wrote hundreds of thousands of words, it would be helpful to revise the beginning. How to modify it?
The first is the basic error, which is not much to say.
secondly, it is to increase the wedge and strengthen the protagonist's sense of presence; Or set up foreshadowing, and connect it with the plot we have already written about later.
The third is slimming.
Slimming is to delete things that are useless. How can you tell if something is useless? In fact, it is very simple, we can write a detailed outline of about 100 words again based on the article that has already been written.
Then all the plots revolve around this outline, and all unnecessary adjectives, character descriptions, and background details of the scene are deleted.
This slimming surgery is only limited to the first 30,000 words. There are too many, there is no need, and it is a waste of time and energy, and there is so much time to revise, it is better to write a new book.
All in all, the slimming of the beginning of the novel is to revise the basic mistakes based on the original storyline: such as typos, punctuation paragraphs, long sentences, etc., to reduce cumbersome sentences; Reduce unnecessary details, such as non-key characters; Instead of tearing down and starting over, that would have killed people.
After listening to this lesson, you can make a statistic after you go back: 1. The length of the protagonist's appearance; 2. Whether there is an unrelated one-time supporting role; 3. Paragraphs with more than three lines, sentences with more than eight commas; 4. Is there too much background setting; 5. Whether there are unnecessary details to describe; 6. Is there anything that is completely out of tune with the outline and can be deleted; 7. Please delete all your author's words, author's testimonials and other things.
"So, how can you create a sense of picture when you write at the beginning? The author of a certain street book "The Strongest Old Man in the Plane" has summarized many of his shortcomings, and I will repeat his original words. β
Qin Kai cleared his throat.
ββ¦β¦ First of all, I want to say that an excellent author must also be a diligent reader, and if you want to write well, you can't do without reading and accumulating. At a deeper level, in addition to learning to accumulate, good authors also need to learn how to appreciate works in reading, distinguish between good and bad, remove the chaff, and learn from the strengths of others to make up for their own shortcomings. β
And when everyone is reading the text, has it ever happened that some books are unforgettable after reading them once! Some scenes are once seen and remembered for a long time.
And some books are just read, and maybe the moment you turn the page, you start to forget the content in front of you, and you can't explain the scenes, characters, or anything clearly.
Perhaps once you put a book like this down, you won't want to find it anymore, and you won't even have the occasional memory. This kind of text, let's put it mildly, is called poor writing, insufficient texture, to put it bluntly, it is actually wood veneer dregs, tasteless in the mouth, of course, it is more difficult to chase down.
Therefore, in order to make the novel a delicious meal and make the reader want to stop, it is necessary to emphasize the picture sense of a novel here! So, authors, seduce your readers with all kinds of vivid scenes in your novels!
So what is a sense of picture?
To put it simply, when readers read your text, they can substitute the current situation of the story, fall in love with your penmanship, fall in love with your characters, fall in love with your story, and fall in love with you as an author......
In fact, there are sounds and colors, layers, light and shadow, and distances, which can let readers clearly know when it is, what place, and what characters are doing what the scene is called a sense of picture.
So, how do you reflect the picture sense of the novel? You can start from the following aspects:
perspective, background;
It's like making a movie, the angle is good, the talent is beautiful, the background is harmonious, and the audience is harmonious.
This can be explained with a very simple example.
In Liu Zongyuan's "Jiang Xue" (Thousands of mountains and birds fly away, and thousands of people disappear. Lonely boat, fishing alone in the cold river and snow. In a simple four sentences, twenty words, clean, clear and clear, everyone knows, it's winter, the location is a mountain, there are many birds, and all the people are missing, oh, all the people are missing, there is still one left......
The only man, he was alone, with an old boat, and an old coat, fished in a place where even the fish might die...... Oh, no, it's snow fishing!
Why doesn't he fish, but snow? Because this is loneliness, because Uncle is not fishing, but loneliness! This is the artistic conception, this is the picture, this is the beauty! That's beautiful enough, isn't it? That's enough angle to catch your eye, right?
And if it is made into a movie, let's look at it from the camera, the first thing that appears in front of everyone's eyes is the white and desolate land of the ice and snow, and then the camera zooms in, and finally the protagonist comes out - that is, fishing alone on the frozen and snowy river - wearing a robe...... Old man.
From far to near, from scenery to people, from big to small, from picture to artistic conception, you don't admire it, you can't forget it!
This kind of writing, it is recommended that the author who usually does not pay attention to the scene, only writes character dialogues or only knows dry narration should not forget to try, this is a magic weapon that can directly bring readers a specific visual experience! Of course, the author who usually pays attention to this should not forget to make persistent efforts to make your text a delicious meal with color, fragrance and taste!
Two. time, space;
Continuing with examples, such as the beginning of "Xiandu":
ββThe golden wuxi hangs, and the sunset in the sky paints a large sea of gorgeous clouds.
The majestic Kunlun Mountains meander away in the sea of clouds, and the ancient city at the foot of the West Mountain is bathed in this slanting sun, condensed and noisy.
This beginning, two sentences, tells the reader that it is evening, the place is at the foot of Kunlun Mountain, and the city we see is very ancient, and the appearance is dignified, and the inside is lively, referred to as sullen.
Of course, this kind of description should not be too much, one or two sentences are just right, and if there are too many words, it will be too much, not only can not make the reader feel beautiful, but will make the reader dizzy, his eyes are glazed, and he feels very cumbersome and wants to skip it directly.
After all, what we want to talk about is the way to write online novels.
In this high-speed, fast-paced Internet era, wasting time is wasting life, and wasting words, you know......
Therefore, the suggestion is to tell the reader directly at the beginning whether the time is morning or night, whether the space is on the mountain or on the tree, inside the house or outside the house, in front of the bed or at the table, nothingness or concreteness, and then the reader will go to the brain to make up what will happen at this point in time, for example, at one o'clock in the morning, in a single apartment, two lonely men and women......
Let's think about it! Not explained.
3. Characters' clothing, expressions, and voices;
Novels are inseparable from writers, and character creation is inseparable from expressions, voices, costumes, etc., and a smarter author knows how to use various angles to release this information little by little in different scenes, rather than stuffing all these things into the reader.
For example, in "The Big Girl", the author's description of Liu Che's appearance - first through Dou Hua's sudden departure, then through Zhong Ji's hint to the heroine (let them get acquainted with the powerful), and then to the teenager's appearance, the nervousness of others to the teenager, the tone of the teenager's own speech, and other chapters of description, slowly give readers an impression, telling everyone that this teenager's identity is not ordinary, and he is above 10,000 people...... At this time, even if the author did not explicitly say that the young man was the emperor, everyone naturally understood.
In this way, it does not seem cumbersome, but also produces a sense of various shots and sound contrasts, so that readers can have a specific and distinct concept of the character's words and deeds, internal and external character, and identity and status.
4. Body language;
The most direct reaction to the use of body language to convey the sense of the picture may be the battle.
In fact, the frowns and bends the lips of the characters, raises their hands and throws their feet, turns around and retreats, and moves forward with their heads held high, all of which are body language.
This thing is referred to as "behavioral charm", and to put it more complicatedly, it is called "behavioral suggestion".
What's the horse? You say it's all four words, what's the difference between simple and complex? This is what you don't understand, in many cases, the charm is just an intuitive HC reaction, and the hint is difficult, full of confrontation and tension, and you need to eyebrow and eyebrow, you fly the eye knife and I fly the eye sword!
Well, moving on to the example. For example, on the wedding night of "Happy Events", at the beginning, the two did not roll the sheets directly, cough cough, harmony......
continued, in that small room, the red candles were shaking, the gauze tent was ambiguous, the carving of the bed frame was very good, the wedding dress was very heavy, the embroidery was very exquisite, and the male and female protagonists were silent, and then they looked at each other tentatively, moved on offense and defense, and turned a happy rivalry without gunsmoke into a powerful confrontation full of tension.
So the reader's feelings are sublimated, the reader's vision is impacted, and the reader's silver is rewarded......
5. In summary.
The sense of picture is not equal to complicated writing and gorgeous stacking, but just the right information release.
In this world, there is no best, there is always only the most suitable, especially compared to online articles, if you are gorgeous enough to make readers unintelligible, then even if you are full of ink, you will fail in the end.
Of course, it should not be so concise that the reader will not understand anything, or find it boring.
What we want to do is to write the clearest picture in the most simple language, so that every reader can become a brain emperor!
Finally, a nagging sentence, the skill of reading a hundred times, it is better to write a hundred words in a down-to-earth manner, and the easiest way to improve the text is to write more and read more~
Let's talk about excess, in fact, it is never difficult to overachieve
About two or three years ago, some authors would add "==== I am the dividing line of XX ==== " (XX is an adjective) to the plot that needed a transition, in such a way to make the transition.
At the time, it was new and fun, but after a few years, it became obsolete.
You can imagine that when reading the text, when the reader is substituting into it, when you see a plot going on to the point of being hot, there is suddenly a 'I am a lovely dividing line', then it will suddenly be embarrassed, like a basin of cold water rushing towards you, like a dream, messy in the wind......
In fact, the transition or something, it's not that complicated, to put it bluntly, it's the transition of the plot. β
And the plot transition or something, in fact, there are some tricks, for example, two scenes in a 3,000-word chapter are enough, too much will be a little confusing, the following will be a specific analysis of the way of transitionββ"