A Beginner's Guide to Fantasy Fiction Writing -- Squad Leader

1. Why write fantasy novels?

Since the emergence of Chinese online novels, fantasy and urban novels have been the two mainstream genres, and these two types of novels have become popular, on the one hand, because they have the largest readership audience, and on the other hand, because they have the lowest threshold for writing.

II. What is a fantasy novel?

For authors, maximizing the readership of fantasy novels means that creating them can bring the greatest benefit to authors, with more opportunities such as: publishing, anime film and television adaptations, game adaptations, etc.

Fantasy fiction is a genre novel, simply put, a fantasy novel with Chinese characteristics, based on Chinese oriental fantasy elements, integrated with Western magic, animation culture, etc., to form a Chinese-style fantasy novel.

The core of the three fantasy novels

Rich reading is a prerequisite, captainIn my long editorial career, I have met too many authors, I haven't read a few fantasy novels, but I confidently said, fantasy novels are just fantasy novels, very simple, I can!

As a result, I didn't even understand the basic structure of fantasy novels, and naturally most of them went to failure.

First of all, let's take a look at what is the core of fantasy novels.

aWhat is the main body of the structure of a fantasy novel?

After more than ten years of development, fantasy novels have shifted from the core of the plot to the core of upgrading, and the main body of fantasy novels is to upgrade absolutely.

The so-called absolutization of upgrades means that everything revolves around the protagonist to break through the next level or realm, whether it is the plot of the dungeon, the characters that appear, or the acquisition of various treasure materials, all firmly revolve around the word "upgrade".

bWhy should fantasy novels be upgraded to absolute?

The original main line of fantasy novels was mostly adventure, revenge, exploring life experience, and winning the hearts of beauties.

This is determined by the length of the novel, serialized and updated fantasy novels, often more than millions of words, any kind of main line on it, can hardly support such a long length.

Only the growth of level by level, and the breakthrough of one realm after another, can support the serialization of several years.

At the same time, the pursuit of rank and the persistence of becoming stronger are also the main lines that readers highly recognize.

In addition, the main lines such as revenge and exploration of life experience mentioned above can still be used as the main axis of the stage.

C-level system

The hierarchy has become the basis for all upgraded novels.

First of all, let's take a look at the name of the hierarchy system, first, we can refer to some classic grade settings, such as the hierarchy system of "The Journey of Piao", which has become the standard for almost all fantasy novels.

For example: refining qi - building a foundation - Jindan - Yuanying - turning into a god

The other is his own original level setting, which also requires learning and researching the setting of classic fantasy novels, and understanding the logic of the development of the hierarchy setting.

Here can provide a captain's original case for your reference, Lingsha Realm - Lingyan Realm - Lingqiu Realm - Lingfeng Realm, when the realm is in a state of development, it will be clearer and more hierarchical, you can try to draw inferences.

D Grade System 2

What's the biggest focus of the hierarchy?

Differentiate!

Differentiation means that the differences between different grades must be reflected, and the higher grades must be superior to the lower grades in all aspects.

Let's take a look at the specific setting.

A second-level martial artist is stronger than a first-level martial artist, and it can't be more than two to one just because of the change in the number on his level.

The first is the differentiation of forces.

For example, a first-level martial artist can punch three punches in one breath, and a second-level martial artist can punch thirty punches in one breath.

For another example, a first-level martial artist can have a hundred catties of strength in one punch, and a second-level martial artist can have a strength of five hundred catties in one punch.

Clear differentiation will make readers more eager for the protagonist to level up and become stronger.

In addition to the difference in power, there should also be a difference in economic environment and social status.

Let's use an exaggerated example:

For example, a first-level martial artist earns 100 gold coins a month, and a second-level martial artist earns 1,000 gold coins a month.

In terms of social status, a first-level warrior can only be a commoner forever, while a second-level warrior may become a prince of the territory.

Therefore, in the setting of ranks, after different titles, it is necessary to do a good job in the differentiation of power, economy, and social status.

If it's too difficult for a new author, then at least do a good job of differentiating the power.

e goldfinger

Goldfinger is actually not the real core of fantasy novels, but the upgrade system mentioned above is in the same vein, so let's briefly talk about it here, why does Goldfinger have to have it?

Goldfinger can be understood as a plug-in for the game, or a cheating modifier.

Why have cheatfingers?

Because the protagonist in fantasy novels, in the process of growing up, must surpass other characters, which is the basic law of fantasy novels.

At this time, Goldfinger is extremely important, because its existence is the fundamental reason why it can convince readers that the protagonist grows faster than others and is stronger than others.

The golden finger can be a mysterious exercise, or a sudden awakening ability, or even a nameless old man with great strength, or a great demon king who possesses the body. (For the design of the gold finger, see - V. Simple Template and Analysis of Fantasy Novels)

In short, after the protagonist gets the golden finger, he must have the help of God and begin to transform rapidly!

When it comes to Goldfinger, we can briefly talk about adventures, which are often preplots set up at the beginning of the novel in order to get Goldfinger.

There are 3 key points that must be mastered in fantasy novels

1. Rhythm - rhythm sounds like a very abstract thing, but it can determine the success or failure of a novel, so let's concretize it, and the captain simply summarizes it into four words, Zhang Chi suppressed!

A Zhang Chi

Zhang Chi refers to the tension and relief of the plot, Zhang Chi pays attention to one chi, and there is Zhang Youchi.

For example, in fantasy novels, after a tense and fierce battle, you can't immediately start another battle that makes the reader nervous, and there must be a light plot buffer in the middle, so that the reader can relax first before he can better meet the next tense battle.

This Zhang Chi's logic, the captain called it a thriller theory!

In thrillers, if it has always been a tense and terrifying plot, the audience will soon become numb, and between the thriller scenes, there must be a scene that makes the audience relax, so that the next tense plot can be more effectively unfolded.

Maybe some authors ask, what if I can't write a loose plot?

Our 314 classmates have given a good suggestion, then inject some water, in the middle of the two tense plots, even if you inject water to write a little bland and boring plot, it is better to make the reader tired and numb to give up your work.

b. Suppression

Suppression is a nirvana in novels and even in the entire commercial entertainment content, including film and television animation.

If you want to promote first suppress, first suppress and then raise, due to the limited space, suppress and Yang, the captain here is simply and rudely summarized, depressed and raised.

For example: Xiao A is a very strong swordsman, how can we show that Xiao A is very strong, then we can bring shock and surprise to the reader through the suppression.

First of all, we can suppress it first, for example, a group of NPC robbers despise and look down on Xiao A in various ways, and feel that Xiao A, who is thin and weak, has ordinary strength, and wants to bully Xiao A and snatch his weapons.

At this time, there are two possibilities, 1 reader already knows that Xiao A is strong through the previous plot, and 2 readers don't know anything about Xiao A.

At this time, we raised again, Xiao A shot at the robbers, a brilliant sword light burst out, the robbers were knocked down one after another, and one by one they watched Xiao A snatch their weapons away.

At this time, readers who didn't know Xiao A's strength would have a surprise, and readers who already knew that Xiao A's strength was strong at the beginning of Xiao A's crisis would enter the mode of 'expectation and satisfaction' waiting for Xiao A to clean up the robbers. (The reader's "expectation and satisfaction mode" in the novel is the core that drives the development of all novels. ）

Under the same logic, Xiao A can be a police officer, an athlete, NPCs can be international criminals, or athletes from other countries.

The mastery and skillful use of the modulation will bring great surprises, expectations and satisfaction to readers.

The same suppression can also be used for events, for example, we suppress first, the author creates a shocking crisis, everyone feels that no one can solve it, no one can solve it!

The suppression of events is also an amplification of the suppression of characters in the origin, but the creation of major events can make the plot and pattern of the novel bigger, and the reader's expectations will be higher.

2. Characters - Characters are the soul of fantasy novels, and in the world of fantasy novels, the portrayal and shaping of characters is the basis for readers' identification with novels.

To put it simply, characters are divided into two categories: protagonists and supporting roles

A protagonist

The fantasy protagonist can also be roughly divided into two routes, the strong protagonist and the blank paper protagonist

Strong protagonist: The common feature of the rebirth type and the strong soul crossing type is that they have a lot of cultivation experience and memory, which is equivalent to having their own golden finger, and such a protagonist will be stronger at the beginning of the novel

Blank Paper Protagonist: Such a protagonist is the complete opposite of a strong protagonist, most of them are teenagers with no experience, they often need adventures to get a golden finger, maybe the novel does not start as impactful as the strong type, but it has more room to open up than the strong type protagonist

Both types of protagonists have their own advantages and disadvantages, and how to choose depends on the author's final decision according to his own needs

As for what kind of protagonist is popular, or what kind of protagonist can make readers feel more immersed

Here the captain wants to use the two camps of American comic superheroes as an example, DC and Marvel, DC's protagonist is relatively perfect, and Marvel's protagonist mostly has one or another shortcoming

Hulk, Iron Man, Wolverine...... These flawed protagonists are significantly more down-to-earth.

Greedy, greedy, lustful, arrogant, and even ruthless...... You can find a good template from classic novels.

At the same time, everyone should also keep in mind that the shortcomings are only to make the protagonist have a distinct personality and increase the sense of substitution, but not all.

The personality and heart of the protagonist should conform to the moral bottom line of most readers in order to be recognized to the greatest extent.

This is also why some of the protagonists of fantasy gods always have hard work, hard work, and seriousness in their personalities, which is worth learning from.

b Supporting role

Supporting roles can be divided into two categories, heroines and supporting roles

a, the first principle of the heroine is that she is created to be liked by readers, no matter what her personality is, whether she is rude, arrogant, or charming, please remember this, so that there is a part of her personality that readers like, otherwise this character will not be successful.

The heroine is not only what the protagonist likes or is ambiguous, but also makes the reader like and agree, and a heroine with high popularity can often make the reader's loyalty to the novel rise a lot

Regarding the type of heroine, the captain decided to use Mr. Jin Yong's most classic novel "The Legend of Deer and Ding" as an example to list the templates.

Pure - Mu Jianping, the small county lord of Mu Wangfu

Infatuation - the girl assassin Zeng Rou

Charming - Shenlong Lady Su Quan

Tsundere - Ake

Gentle - a personal maid

Brutal - Princess Jianning

Please pay attention to the personality of the character and her identity background, because the heroine's personality cannot be formed out of thin air, and there must be different identities, careers and growth backgrounds to pave each other.

What if the rookie author continues to ask the captain, despite these classic template references, he still can't depict the female characters vividly?

The shaping of the character requires the accumulation of pen power, if the pen power is not enough, the essence of the essence can not be written, the captain suggested that the heroine can be face-painted first.

As for what is called facialization, to put it simply, it is to magnify and magnify one of the most prominent attributes of the character.

To take an extreme example:

For example, if a female character is cold, then she spends 80% of the time with a cold face, speaks coldly, and even her style of shooting is clean and cold. Such a relatively extreme facial operation can at least make readers have a vivid impression of the heroine's character.

b. Supporting roles, there is a saying that the protagonist is for the existence of the plot, and the supporting roles are used for the reader's appreciation, which may be an exaggeration.

But the strong personality and charm are one of the values of the supporting characters, but the greater value of their existence is to promote the plot and structure to enrich the world of the novel.

How to shape the supporting role, there are many ways, limited to limited space, if you want to write the important supporting role, the captain only puts forward a "golden principle of supporting role" here.

That is, the supporting characters should have their own goals in life.

Supporting characters are not just elements that drive the plot, they have to have their own life pursuits.

For example, the supporting actor of a basketball novel, his dream is to play in the NBA, and he has been working hard for it, so he lived!

For example, a certain pirate professional supporting role, his dream is to become the best swordsman in the world, and never give up for this, so he lived!

For example, so-and-so supporting character, he lived for revenge, and did whatever it took to do so, so he also lived!

An important supporting character is not just a puppet that exists to drive the plot, but also a puppet that has its own goals in life!

If you want to create a successful supporting role, give him soul and persistence.

3. The beginning

At the beginning of the novel, the captain first said that it was taboo.

It is absolutely not allowed to heat slowly, this is already common sense, so I won't repeat it

If you can attract the reader at once, the novel is half the success, and the slow-burning novel is not completely without a future, which requires the author to endure a long period of loneliness and creativity, and have a firm and strong heart.

Regarding the form and mode of the opening, there are definitely a lot of tricks, and the captain will briefly talk about it here, the most classic dilemma mode.

Dilemma mode is a regular opening mode in which the protagonist is caught in a predicament or crisis at the beginning of the novel, so that the reader has to expect the protagonist to solve the crisis and get out of the predicament.

This dilemma may be that the protagonist has been divorced, it may be that he has been collected for debts and is about to repay the money, or it may be that he has not cultivated to a certain level and will be expelled from the house, or it may be that he is not strong but immediately has to duel with the master.

The dilemma mode is turned on in order to firmly grasp the reader's attention from the beginning, and add tension to the starting plot.

In addition, the beginning of a successful novel is absolutely inseparable from three words, that is, "sense of expectation".

"Sense of expectation" is the infinite expectation of readers, the development and extension of the novel.

A book allows readers to look forward to the growth of the protagonist, the development of the plot, and the exploration of the unknown world by following the protagonist's gaze.

Then its start is basically invincible.

The creation of a sense of expectation is achieved on the basis of countless details and plots, and it is difficult for the captain to discuss this high-tech topic with you in a few words.

But this is a way to teach new authors a way to set up the identity of the protagonist and create a sense of anticipation.

It is to give the protagonist an identity that cannot be done, so that the reader expects the protagonist to make a difference.

For example, in a world of imperial examinations, the protagonist is a son-in-law who can never participate in the imperial examination.

For example, in a world of martial artists, the protagonist is a waste material who can't be cultivated by nature, which can also be regarded as a solution to the question of why so many protagonists of novels are waste materials.

In a world of doctors, the protagonist is never able to get on the operating table again because of an accident with his hand.

A simple template and analysis of Wu Xuan's fantasy novels

This article is aimed at newcomers who have never written fantasy novels before, or want to become fantasy authors, I hope you can understand the creation of fantasy novels through this simple-easy template analysis of fantasy novels.

But templates can't replace reading, and to create fantasy novels, everyone still has to read a lot of fantasy novels.

The captain of this article would like to thank May and Pidan for their friendship and assistance.

A blank paper type protagonist:

1. Types of the rise of waste materials: such as "Immortal Wuzun" and "Jiuyang Emperor"

This type of essay is written more by newcomers and gods, and it is also the most widely used subject.

The protagonist can be an ordinary earthling, who travels to the waste material, which will increase the sense of substitution, or it can be a waste material itself, and the baby rises against the sky, there is not much difference between the two, just look at the template process in a unified way.

A Initial Stage: The inhibition we mentioned in the rhythm earlier, you can set the protagonist's ability and identity to be relatively low. The setting of identity is the beginning of suppression, and the next focus is Yang.

At the beginning, it is recommended that the rookie author try to be within three chapters, so that the protagonist can get a golden finger, so that he has the ability and possibility of upward development. And give the reader a strong sense of anticipation.

(There are three points to note here: i. The degree of suppression: it can make the reader feel that the protagonist is suppressed, and it is necessary to write about being suppressed with very little space, and the protagonist cannot get it.)

Touching the substantial damage of the heroine and other aspects. For example, if the heroine is caught by the villain, it can arouse the reader's emotions, and there is no need to let the heroine be defiled, this is excessive

ii. The setting of the gold finger: concealment, uniqueness, and upgradeability.

iii. The use of the gold finger: The gold finger can solve troubles, and at the same time, because the protagonist's strength increases, it will also bring new troubles. New troubles can still be solved with a golden finger, and the cycle is repeated in turn to promote the development of the plot. ）

After B obtains the golden finger, the level and realm will be improved to a certain extent, and at this time, in the novice map, the protagonist's primary opponent will come to challenge.

The junior opponent is of a higher level than the protagonist, but it is best not to exceed two levels. The protagonist levels up faster than others.

Let's take a look at the process of dealing with hostile forces.

The appearance of the primary opponent - the protagonist's cultivation - defeat the primary opponent - the appearance of the intermediate opponent (usually the brother and division of the primary opponent) - the protagonist's re-cultivation - defeat the intermediate opponent - the appearance of the senior opponent (they are often the top of the family and the strong in the sect) - the protagonist re-cultivates - defeat the senior opponent.

In this way, the strategy of this novice map is completed.

C Speaking of maps, let's take a look at the map, the initial novice map is generally a small town, a small town, if you leave the novice map, the city or social scale of the next map will have a relative increase, and the highest-level people will also be higher than the characters on the previous map.

To put it simply, each map of different levels must be linked to the protagonist's cultivation level system, and the highest level on the map is the one that the protagonist has not reached so far, but it is not too much higher than the protagonist.

There should be a simple balance between the hierarchy and the map update system.

After D changes the map, the protagonist will meet the beginner, intermediate, and advanced opponents of this map.

And so on and so forth, and then to a new map.

If you think that this looks like fantasy novels should be easy to write, you are very wrong.

There is nothing new under the sun, and what readers want to see is not templates and formulas, templates and formulas only let you understand a basic logic of fantasy novels.

For a novel to be good, it is king to combine various elements to make readers look forward to it.

We need to know how to combine, but also how to decompose.

For example, the protagonist's cultivation alone can be broken down into many parts.

Before cultivation: The villain appears, portrays the strength of the villain, explains the shortcomings of the protagonist - points out the method that the protagonist can defeat - the protagonist follows the method to obtain the materials and resources needed for cultivation - the protagonist follows the method to place a dungeon, go hunting, go to adventure, go to the auction house, do tasks, and compete for resources.

Cultivation: Cultivation can be carried out anytime and anywhere, not only while obtaining resources, but also after retreat, you can devote yourself to cultivation, and at the same time, there are various ways to cultivate, you can refine **, you can also condense true qi, you can also open up acupoints, and you can even cultivate the soul.

After cultivating, the most important point is to defeat the opponents, monsters, and even heroines that were originally unattainable, get treasures that could not be obtained, practice advanced exercises that could not be cultivated, and catch pets that could not be obtained.

After the cultivation is completed, the battle begins: the protagonist takes advantage of the advantages he has accumulated before and wins unexpectedly.

After the battle: The protagonist's strength and social status are improved, and at the same time, because of the battle, a new promotion is obtained, and the foreshadowing clues for the next ** are buried here.

2. Indigenous growth type: You can refer to the work of the famous online fantasy artist "I Eat Tomatoes".

In this type of text, many cool points are similar to the rise of waste materials, and the design requirements of gold fingers are similar.

The main difference is that the scrap material rise type has a process of suppressing and re-promoting in the early stage, while the indigenous growth type is likely to focus on the process of growth, and may even start writing from the protagonist's childhood.

This genre requires more of the author's skills, and in terms of plot setting, it is roughly the same as the process of the Rise of Waste Materials.

B strong type protagonist:

3. Master reborn teenager type: You can refer to the works of the online fantasy master "Wind Dominates the World".

In this type of text, the protagonist generally has a lot of regrets and mistakes in his previous life, or he can't reach the peak in his cultivation because he took a wrong step, or his family can't protect him because of his own ability, or the person he loves doesn't dare to pursue because he can't reach it......

This kind of text, with a strong emotional rendering, has a strong appeal, and can make people quickly enter the plot.

The protagonist is usually reborn at a point where he failed in his previous life, using the experience or small achievements of the previous life to start turning things around in the initial stage.

Generally, they have the golden finger of their previous life, or they know the addresses of many magic weapons, or they know a lot of cheats and exercises that they can't practice in their previous lives, or they are reborn directly with a treasure when they are reincarnated.

At this time, the reader will look forward to the protagonist living again, to step on all the people who oppressed him in his previous life, to make up for all the regrets in his previous life, and to take care of the women who were missed in his previous life.

This kind of text,In terms of routines,The early stage is a process of re-cultivation,Step by step to sweep away the regrets of the previous life,**The first point is generally the collision of conflicts between the previous life and this life;In the middle period,It is the world you saw when you went the furthest in your previous life,At this time,The protagonist of the new realm can solve a lot of things that were unattainable in the previous life;The later stage is the invasion of the new world。

4. The type of waste materials that the master snatches: such as "The Supreme of the Ages"

In this type of text, the protagonist in the previous life must be a strong figure in a certain aspect or field, such as a master of alchemy, or a master of talisman making.

If the entire realm is divided into ten levels, the protagonist is equivalent to having cultivated to a level close to the tenth level, and at this time, his soul enters a waste body and lives again.

The biggest cool point of this kind of article is that the identity of the protagonist is originally a strong man and the current identity of the waste material, the identity of the waste material naturally has an element of repression, and his identity as a master in his previous life is the reason for him to raise it at any time, which can greatly facilitate him to come directly to pretend to be a pig and eat a tiger.

The protagonist uses the experience of his previous life to sweep all the way, and in the new world and new identity, he still needs to obtain resources to cultivate again.

5. Master of different vertical and horizontal types: You can refer to the works of the fantasy master "Wordboard".

This type of text mainly uses an information asymmetry to create a cool point.

The knowledge of the protagonist in the previous world, placed in the new world, is something that has never existed, and it also makes the protagonist seem unique.

Either the skills in the game are brought to another world, or the immortal cultivation system in Xianxia is brought to the magic world, or mathematics is applied to magic.

Through the collision of the knowledge systems of the two worlds, the protagonist has a unique knowledge system and ability.

Usually the protagonist's ability and knowledge system must be restrained and transformed against the system of the new world.

For example, the ancient martial arts of the East overwhelmed magic, and the Eastern immortal cultivation system overwhelmed the Western magic system.

Because of the reader's identity, the oriental elements carried by the protagonist will surely continue to sweep the new world.

Lu concluded

The creation of fantasy novels is a science, and with the continuous development of commercial entertainment novels, the technical content will be higher and higher, because of the relationship between the length, in fact, there are some such as how to write the outline, how to do the character design, how the plot should be developed, and the contradiction and conflict with the enemy.

This guide to the entry of fantasy novels is all relatively entry-level things, and I hope it will be of some help to new authors who want to create fantasy novels. I also hope that more potential authors, after reading this guide, have a flash of inspiration, and resolutely step into the writing of fantasy novels, maybe a few new fantasy gods can be born, and the captain's life will be sublimated, how gorgeous it is!

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