Everyone got up and left, and the last half-immortal who left did not forget to close the door.

Xiao Banxian poured a cup of hot water and handed it over, Mo Yan took a sip and asked, "What's going on?"

The little half-immortal said: "It's the ice demon." ”

"Caught?"

"Killed by Xiao Mo. ”

Mo Yan frowned slightly: "Killed by Xiao Mo?"

Xiao Banxian smiled: "Why, it's very surprising, Xiao Mo is much more powerful than we thought, she is very good at fire resistance, and she happens to be the nemesis of the ice demon." ”

Mo Yan said: "I have long known that she is not an ordinary person, otherwise why would she not be able to calculate her fate." The moment I was frozen, I saw a place. ”

The little half-immortal asked, "Where is it?"

Mo Yan said: "Yangzhou." ”

The little half-immortal said in a deep voice: "Are you sure?"

Mo Yan nodded, and at that moment, the city tower of Yangzhou was clearly imprinted in his mind.

The little half-immortal said: "Then we will go to Yangzhou." "Little Half-Immortal has always had a very strange feeling, originally it was just vague, knowing that the ice demon was coming to sneak attack, that feeling finally became clear.

Although the other party wanted to kill him, he did not do his best. A big demon like Lin Zhusheng is just a hand, and the adult who can't confide in the ice demon until death is obviously a role that should not be underestimated.

The little half-immortal has limited ability to ask himself, if the other party really wants to kill him, it is not very difficult to get out of the nest, but they just provoke and even provoke themselves again and again, and it can even be said that they deliberately picked a few monsters to send them to death.

Now that Mo Yan sees Yangzhou, Xiao Banxian doesn't think it's an accident, it's more like the other party intends to let Mo Yan see it, and let him go to Yangzhou through Mo Yan's mouth.

Mo Yan said: "You're not afraid of traps?"

Dry goods are coming-the sense of expectation at the beginning of the online article (1) ||Pajama Bear Column ||The seventh anniversary of the founding of the Xuan School is about to begin

Original: Xuanpai Pajama Xiong Xuanpai 2018-12-05

I've already drawn two articles before the time to introduce the opening chapter.

Let's talk about the opening of the online article (I) ||Pajama Bear column

Let's talk about the precautions at the beginning of the online article||Pajama Bear column

Today's article is a summary.

Let's summarize the content of the previous two articles first, which can be summarized in one sentence:

The writer should control the "amount of information" in his opening sentence and try to highlight the most important information:

Who I Am – Introducing the Protagonist;

Where am I—introducing the world;

What I'm going to do – create anticipation.

The question of "who am I" and "where am I" has already been said in the previous two articles, and I will add the last paragraph here.

Although these two points are key pieces of information, they do not require much space.

Yes, but not more.

This is a key point, knocking on the blackboard, to be examined.

Here are two more negative examples.

1. Jumping out of the protagonist

This kind of protagonist has an overly lively personality, so that he is more jumpy, likes pranks, chatterbox, is a little clever, and has a lot of inner drama, etc......

This kind of protagonist, of course, there are successful examples.

Such as Wei Xiaobao written by Master Jin, and the little fish written by Master Gu.

But for novices, this kind of jumping protagonist is very difficult to write, and if you are not careful, it will create a lot of information, which will make readers confused.

So when you see the protagonists of the current online articles, many of them are relatively stable.

The main reason is that this kind of steady character is easier to write, the protagonist must have something to say, and he doesn't drag his shots at all......

You don't need to write a lot of useless information, and you can highlight the key information.

Here's one more thing, there is another important reason for the popularity of this kind of steady protagonist:

The protagonist of the steady and heavy is often IQ also online, and can calmly face some dangers and analyze the current form.

This is a big difference between online texts and anime, especially traditional Japanese comics.

In traditional Japanese comics, there are many "mindless" protagonists.

Or the kind of people who are more enthusiastic and like "reckless".

Or the kind of very, all relying on the golden finger, which will only cause trouble on its own - the most famous example naturally belongs to Nobita, the protagonist of "Doraemon".

But it is clear that this kind of protagonist is seriously unlikable from the eyes of adults.

Therefore, in online articles, there are very, very few protagonists in this category.

The protagonist of the online article can also be hot-blooded, but he can't be brainless, let alone rely on the help of a golden finger to lower his IQ and cause trouble without a brain.

So speaking of which, pulling hatred for the protagonist in the online article is a technical job.

2. Set at the beginning

I've said this before.

Some novice authors are particularly fond of tangled settings, and they often like to explain the settings at the beginning.

We've said this question many times.

To set this thing, it should be revealed little by little, and at the beginning, you only need to give the reader a general impression, and there is no need to explain everything in one go.

Combined with our "amount of information" above, everyone should also understand.

This kind of method of explaining all the settings is obviously equivalent to explaining a lot of information to the reader at one time, so that the reader is not clear about the key points and is easy to be confused.

So, to sum up.

The protagonist and the world are indeed two very important pieces of information in the opening chapter.

But these two pieces of information only need to tell the reader the part that needs to be known at the moment, and it is enough.

For example, creating an impression of the main character.

Make an impression of the world.

That's enough!

And the real point of the opening chapter, which is also the key point that attracts readers to follow, is always the third point:

Manufacturing expectations.

And this one is also the focus of our article today.

3. Create expectations

The sense of expectation is to look forward to the subsequent development of the plot, and there are many kinds of this sense of expectation, and the most common expectation in the online article is:

Expect the protagonist to become stronger.

Of course, there are some special types, and everyone's expectations are different.

For example, the exploration and decryption in some supernatural beings, and the expectations in some emotional flows, it depends on the emotional entanglement and progress between the male and female protagonists......

It can only be said that these two types do not belong to the professional scope of pajama bears, so they are omitted.

Becoming stronger, this is the most common expectation in online articles.

Of course, this "strong" has a lot of directions.

Force, knowledge, money, position, social status......

All belong to the category of "strong".

Before, in the Xuanpai Literature Club, a friend asked what are the elements that drive emotions, especially the elements of hatred, and what pain points are needed.

My answer is that the pain point is one word:

"Weak"!

Humans are social animals, and we are faced with ubiquitous competition and comparison from birth.

If you are not "someone else's child", then from childhood to adulthood, there will always be countless things that prove that you are "weak".

It's a pain point for all of us.

Poor grades are weak;

Long is not handsome enough / beauty is weak;

A bad figure is weak;

If you can't beat others, you're weak;

Not being able to catch up with the person you like in adolescence is also weak......

......

......

We have been competing all our lives, and there are always countless strongmen who have come forward to prove that we are "weak".

So.

"Weakness" is the original sin.

Any creature living in this world values two rights the most.

1. The right to life.

2. Mating/reproductive rights.

Of course, we, as the primates of all things, want more than these two rights.

To put it simply, the third point:

3. The right to life.

You should be able to understand the difference between the words "life" and "survival", so I won't explain too many terms here.

In today's society, everyone's right to life can basically be guaranteed at the most basic level.

But this is the most basic, and it can only guarantee the right to live under normal conditions.

For example, in the event of natural and man-made disasters, major diseases and other special circumstances, our right to life will still be threatened.

Here are a few common examples:

kidnapped by robbers, his life is in danger;

A loved one is seriously ill and urgently needs a large sum of money for treatment, but you don't have it;

A natural disaster comes, and life is as fragile as ants under the power of heaven;

Wait a minute......

All of the above, in the final analysis, is because we are "too weak".

If we are strong enough......

What is a robber?

When a loved one is seriously ill, we have the money to hire the best doctor and use the best medicine, even the elixir and miracle medicine that are not available in reality;

When a natural disaster comes, then the day it is opened with one punch, there will be another asteroid hitting the earth, and we can also beat that asteroid into powder with one punch......

Of course......

This is difficult, or impossible, in reality.

But in the middle of it, in the author's pen, it can be created at will.

Therefore, simply in terms of the current starting point male frequency, the types of books are roughly divided into two types.

1. Upgrade the stream

As the name suggests, the main line of the upgrade flow of the whole book is the upgrade of the main character, from an ordinary person to a god, this is the main line of the whole book.

Readers find a sense of substitution and coolness in following the growth of the protagonist.

2. Invincible flow

The protagonist of the invincible stream, whether it is absolutely invincible or relatively invincible, refers to the protagonist being born with a high starting point.

All of the above, in the final analysis, is because we are "too weak".

If we are strong enough......

What is a robber?

When a loved one is seriously ill, we have the money to hire the best doctor and use the best medicine, even the elixir and miracle medicine that are not available in reality;

When a natural disaster comes, then the day it is opened with one punch, there will be another asteroid hitting the earth, and we can also beat that asteroid into powder with one punch......

Of course......

This is difficult, or impossible, in reality.

But in the middle of it, in the author's pen, it can be created at will.

Therefore, simply in terms of the current starting point male frequency, the types of books are roughly divided into two types.

1. Upgrade the stream

As the name suggests, the main line of the upgrade flow of the whole book is the upgrade of the main character, from an ordinary person to a god, this is the main line of the whole book.

Readers find a sense of substitution and coolness in following the growth of the protagonist.

2. Invincible flow

The protagonist of the invincible stream, whether it is absolutely invincible or relatively invincible, refers to the protagonist being born with a high starting point.

This starting point satisfies the reader's imagination of the strong, so the plot is also very cool all the way.

Therefore, "becoming stronger" is a very common and commonly used routine in online articles.

And the meaning of the existence of the routine is that whether you like it or not, it exists there.

Moreover, the current market has been formed, and a considerable part of the readers in this market are here to see how your protagonist becomes stronger and how to bring refreshment in the process of becoming stronger.

So, as a novice author, if you want to get a piece of the pie in this market, the first thing you have to do is to respect this market.

Instead of going to veto it.

Let's get down to business:

How to create a sense of anticipation for the reader at the beginning.

Hmm, to be honest, this topic is really a bit big, I can only do my best, and what I am talking about is the experience I have summarized from reading online articles for many years, there must be some inappropriateness, as well as some omissions.

Please also correct.

Moreover, this proposition is very large, and it is estimated that it cannot be finished in one chapter.

How much can you say?

1. The world

One of the cool points in the online article is called "Exploration".

To put it bluntly, it's actually freshness.

Many readers want to see something in the book that they don't know about, or something relatively new.

And this freshness has a big direction, and that is the world.

Or rather, worldview.

The list goes on.

1. Historical traversal

Whether it is the pre-Qin or the Three Kingdoms, or the Tang, Song, Yuan, and Ming dynasties, the world shown by the author shows the characteristics of that era to the reader.

This is actually a way to learn history, at least, through these historical passages, so that some people have a certain understanding of the history of that period, and become interested, and then they may (for example, me) go to those professional books to really study the history of that period.

I have two of the strongest impressions about this.

The first one - "The Legend of Qin"

I watched "Searching for Qin" when I was in high school, and I was immediately conquered by Master Huang Yi's unbridled imagination at that time, and at the same time, I was also very curious, at the end of the Warring States Period, and even the establishment of the Qin Dynasty, was there really a guy named Xiang Shaolong who was stirring up in it?

The second - "Good Man of the Tang Dynasty"

In fact, most of the early historical themes revolved around the focus of dynastic hegemony, climbing science and technology trees, inventing and changing the world.

But "Tang Nan" can be regarded as the first book "Through the Flow of Life".

The life atmosphere of this book is very strong, the protagonist has no ambitions, and he doesn't want to change history, he makes small inventions and creations on weekdays, showing the IQ of the traverser, which makes people feel warm and interesting to watch.

It turns out that it is not so cool to go back to ancient times, if you want to go to the toilet comfortably, you have to make paper first, and if you want to take a bath, you have to get soap......

Oh, and the part where sanitary napkins were invented really blew me away at the time......

2. Fantasy, Xianxia and others

I'll talk about the rest together.

When I was a child, most of the strange worldviews that impressed me the most came from film and television - Hong Kong movies and TV series.

There are all kinds of funny zombie ghosts in "Zombie Dao Chief" and "Happy Ghost".

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