How to Write a Romance Novel
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She has a very elegant and beautiful name, like Xiao Qian Mengting like eyebrows, and her appearance, figure, temperament, cultivation and demeanor, all doors are 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 compatible with her elegant temperament, she can be a secretary of a large company, or a teacher who is deeply loved by students, or she is simply a female student or dancer, but it is impossible to sweep the streets and transport dung, or the goddess in her career, just like her name can never be Zhang Xiugu Ma Chunhua. Sometimes the heroine is also a strong woman, a female entrepreneur and 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
- 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." "Mr. Yongshi is neither handsome and chic, nor has a lot of money, if he also paints a scoop according to the gourd, he will be beaten up for such a mouthful of girls. 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, there is a third party who is coming. If the third party is a woman, not glamorous, and has a fire-breathing body, the protagonist will drool and be ready to throw himself into his arms all the time, and if the third party is a man, he must be handsome and rich, suave, and chase the heroine so vigorously that he can 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 woman's incurable disease, in order to avoid dragging the man down, he left silently), sometimes it is a force majeure factor (such as cow dung lost in stock speculation, and he felt shameless to see flowers), in short, things are of course ever-changing, and the emotional world of the two is also consolidated up and down, and finally of course a tacit understanding, "I only love you".
-- 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 can't be worn away for a while, and they have to take care of their self-esteem, they speak with thorns, and even quarrel loudly, and the drama is **, the result is that both sides find that each other's words are tough on the surface, but they are affectionate inside. The book describes: "Although she had a thousand words to say, she couldn't say a single word, only stared at him in a daze, and he suddenly understood everything, opened his mouth wide, and kissed her deeply on her slightly trembling cherry lips." "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. Mr. Yongshi has no practical experience in this, and I don't know if he can solve the problem by opening the division in real life, so he can only ask the reader to verify it for himself.
-- Sex is not up to 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 trembling, and suddenly she used all her strength to push him away, and said, 'No, noโโ we can't do thisโโ' He hugged her tighter, gasping and said, 'We're going to get married tomorrow, okay?' She really didn't have any strength in her body this time, her mind was blank, and she said dreamily: 'Okayโโ' I only felt that his hand was reaching more and more towards the forbidden place of her virgin, and her heart was surprised and shy. The two slowly collapsed on the bed together. โ
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 height of flesh exchange, which is enough to show the best-selling nature, and some writers are even more talented, and when the two sides are upside down, the woman's sensibility is described in a subtle way, so that male readers such as Mr. Yongshi can have a good time, "I have never been a real person**", and I can entertain myself.
-- 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 have a real and virtual, virtual and real, focusing on the two waking up, it is already noon The sun is shining outside the window, and it is closed, without making people feel that the sun has begun to fall from the highest point. In addition, there is also a two-way of money and goods, so that the protagonist is already like the fox in "Aesop's Fables", with bones and flesh exposed, and that's it.
-- 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, the typical case is a handsome man and a beautiful woman hugging each other and half lying on the lawn, four lips if they are about to leave, and the rest of the props are dispensable, but you must avoid the following four things: glasses and hair, wedding bra.
A year ago, I was a newcomer to writing by feeling (though still very new). Almost every short story is pitted, and as soon as I get inspired, I quickly start writing, but I have no idea at all halfway through writing.
At that time, it was really painful, and I felt that writing was a very mysterious thing. You have to have talent, you have to have a good ability to make up stories.
In the past year, writing has stopped, and there are short stories that have been written with great difficulty, and they have all been killed without exception.
And the editor's reply is also very concise and to the point, for example: the writing is very good, but the story is not strong, or the plot is too weak to be suitable for our magazine...... Etcetera.
After that, after writing something, I first took it to my friends, and my friends gave a variety of opinions, not for the skills of the story but for their own preferences.
So, it still doesn't help me, it's still blind.
Later, I bought a lot of textbooks on writing, some of which are very specific, such as teaching you how to conceive a plot and how to practice dialogue...... Wait a minute. You'll feel really good, but when you actually write, you'll be at a loss. Although I will also think of the things that the book teaches you, I still don't think it is applicable, just like a person from the countryside who enters the city and can't touch the east, west, north and south at all.
In particular, when I learned many methods and still couldn't write, the frustration was indescribable. will question whether their persistence is right or not, whether it is the material to write something.
Around August, a year of stagnation finally ushered in a new turnaround.
In the same month, two manuscripts passed at once.
If you write it later, you will gain more or less. Still, there is a sense of insecurity.
Because, at that time, writing was still based on feelings.
I wonder what I would do if I didn't feel it anymore one day.
After that, I studied a lot of books, and then compared the novels that had been published, and tried to sum up the experience that I could use.
Although it feels like I understand something, it doesn't seem to be so exact.
I used to buy two books on writing on Taobao, one was "Let's Start Writing" and the other was "How to Write Fiction", and I put it on the shelf after a hasty release.
After I worked hard, I suddenly remembered it, and when I opened it again, I felt that there were a lot of things, and the writing hit the nail on the head. Those meaningless experiences that I used to think of as general are easy to understand.
At that time, it really felt like getting a martial arts cheats.
It taught me that no matter when, whether you have an outline or not, as long as you write, this article will never be pitted. And don't worry if your plot is too weak, or if your characters are unlikable and uninteresting to write.
To put it simply, the whole book explains five elements: the emotional display of the desire to impediment action.
I think many people who are engaged in writing are familiar with these elements, but when they are truly understood, these are the tools and skills that are essential for writing. The quality of writing depends on how proficient you are at using these tools.
And the most important point: modification.
An article, no matter how good the first draft is, is never perfect.
Hemingway once said in a typical manly tone: the first draft is always a pile of stinky shit.
Therefore, revision is essential, or necessary.
If you learn to use your writing skills, you'll be half the battle, and if you learn to revise your draft, you'll be the other half.
In fact, don't make writing complicated, only with a casual and peaceful mind, you can fully develop your own writing ability.