Preface

The author will complete the "Writing Guide" in the form of an interview. All questions about writing online novels are taken from online authors, and experts from all walks of life will be invited to answer them one by one. If you have writing questions, please come to the Writing Guide to find the answers.

When writing this article, the online writers continued to follow one after another, and the scene was as spectacular as millions of troops crossing the Yangtze River. If you want to stand out, it is difficult to take the general's head among all the troops.

But don't be afraid, the old saying goes: "Nothing is difficult in the world, I'm afraid of those who are determined; as long as you have a deep skill, you can grind an iron rod into a needle..."

Think about how sincere Zhang Liang became a disciple, and how hard he was when he thought about how hard he was. There is no success for no reason in the world, and success has rules to follow!

Success = wisdom + persistence + opportunity

A wise person does not mean that he can do nothing and get nothing without work. On the contrary, they even give more than anyone else.

Some people think that if you are busy writing books and become a code machine, you can succeed, but you don’t know that “not writing” is a higher level. Everything will be unsuspected, and if you are not, you will be abandoned. A wise man will be fully prepared before doing things and achieve confidence. He must remember that “reading thousands of books will take you as if you have a god”! Before painting bamboo, understand the bamboo first; before writing, read more books.

What is true wisdom? For example, it is completely different from each other. Everyone knows that a man takes a carriage to the state of Chu in the south, but he insists on going north, and he is unlucky. He said that because his carriage is very awesome...

In other words, even if your IQ is 250, but if your direction is wrong, you will not be able to reach the destination. A wise person must be able to grasp the right direction in addition to being flexible in his mind.

Persistence means walking down-to-earth, step by step until you move towards success. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, and you cannot reach a thousand miles without accumulating small steps. If success requires 1,000 steps, even if you take a step or stop, it will be a failure.

Without persistence, there will be no success. Persistence will last! For this reason, let’s give a more modern example: If you touch the lottery, touch it every day, but if you don’t win it every day, one day, you make a decision and never touch the lottery again, then you will never win the prize. But if you keep touching it, there will always be a chance to win 5 million. No one can be sure who will be the next 5 million winner, but it must not be the one who doesn’t have the lottery.

It depends on others and the success of things is in heaven. If you don’t use your brain and don’t work hard, you can’t blame yourself for your bad luck!

Come on, let's succeed together!

Q: Can you tell me about your views on online novels? (No.: 01)

Lou Xinyue: I think the novel is to put characters in a specific environment in the form of words to interpret the story. Simply put, it is to tell the story in words.

According to the length of the article, it is often divided into novels, novellas, and short stories.

Online novels have the following characteristics: 1. Long articles, 2. Strong interactivity, 3. Fast food literature, and 4. Low creative threshold.

1Popular online novels are usually novels, because online novels mainly rely on online VIP subscriptions to make money. As long as you can maintain a good subscription, the longer you write, the more money you make.

2 The reader voting function and storytelling area of ​​online novels are designed to strengthen the interaction between the author and the reader. Many authors will adjust the direction of the novel in a timely manner based on the readers' opinions, make it more popular with readers, increase subscriptions and higher income, which is incomparable to traditional novels.

3. The so-called fast food literature refers to fast updates, and secondly, the quality is not high. It does not cost to read the public version of Jiu Astronomy novels online. If you want to read it, you have to force the author to post it quickly. So the quality is mostly reduced. Some people ask, what should I do if I don’t write it quickly? Can’t you write it? No, you can save the manuscript first and then post it.

4 Nowadays, more and more people are surfing the Internet, and the mass base is becoming more extensive. Under the influence of online games, primary and secondary school students have much more refined online experience than those "old antiques" before the 70s. The current pattern of online novels is: the post-70s and post-80s read novels, college students read college students, middle school students read middle school students, primary school students read old antiques? No need to read... Online novels specially written for primary school students, you don't need to pretend to be a B, pretend to be profound, and your culture reaches the middle school level, and you can be a master in front of primary school students. After all, elementary school does not understand e=mc2, you just need to tell them nald\'s.

For example, you wrote that the protagonist eats McDonald's every day and feels very unhappy. When the primary school student readers look, beloved, brother, I only eat McDonald's once a month. You are really lucky and don't know how lucky you are. You are too yy. When talking to elementary school students about adult catering, clothing brands, etc., they may not have any feelings about such costumes. For example, Fenghuo's novels, I think they are not suitable for elementary school students.

Nowadays, it is common for minors to write online novels. Legends like "Xiao Ming Master" will become closer and closer to reality (I don't mean to belittle online novels, but only reflect objective phenomena). How to position the market for online novels depends on your own.

Conclusion: When writing online novels, you must grasp their characteristics and write them without going astray.

Salem: I think online novels are just a kind of entertainment and a leisure thing

Question: What are the elements involved in writing a novel? (No. 02)

Lou Xinyue: Usually there are three elements in novels: characters, storyline, environment (natural environment and social environment).

However, from a writing perspective, I suggest dividing novels into two major elements: setting and content.

If a novel is compared to a big tree, the setting of the novel is like the trunk of a big tree, and the content of the novel is like its lush branches and leaves.

The setting of the novel is also as important as laying the foundation, structure and materials when building a house. If the setting is not good, it will create a tofu project that cannot withstand the toss and troubles.

The novel settings mainly include: 1 story outline 2 character settings?? 3 environment settings

The content of the novel mainly includes: 4 story narrative 5 character portrayal? 6 environment description

Note: There are no fixed textbooks and nouns when it comes to writing novels. The above 6 categories are the division concepts I proposed, so they will be explained clearly one by one later.

Salem: First of all, I think, what we are talking about here must be what we usually call online novels on the market.

Under this premise, I think there are seven main elements of online novels in total.

1. A protagonist with personality.

Many authors with literary plots or high self-esteem always have a knot in their hearts - "I want to write an ordinary protagonist." "I want to write a protagonist who doesn't have so many adventures."

From my personal point of view, I think this is really unnecessary. To be honest, I have never seen many authors who can succeed.

The reason is very simple. Online literature is not a snowy day. It is essentially just a pastime, so there is no need to overestimate it. Since it is a pastime, then others come to the Jiu Astronomy Network Novels Station to find "Ordinary World".

Since that's the case, there is no need to add so-called twists and turns to the protagonist, and there is no need to deliberately portray him as ordinary. Of course, too much upgrade is not possible.

So how should we do it? I personally think that it is very simple. The protagonist must have special talents in some aspects or some kind of special capital. Otherwise, why should he be him? No one else is the protagonist? Then, we must give the protagonist a personality, a very strong personality. This personality characteristic is so strong that it can become a special symbol, such as being very rough, honest, and scheming. Anyway, it is OK. In short, it must have a strong personality.

Once this personality is established, it will be easier to deal with later. If you should take a chance, what should you do? As for setbacks, you can arrange them naturally according to the character's personality. Do not make frustrations for the sake of setbacks. Don't have the quirks that you must not guess how you write. It is not embarrassing to write the plot that readers guess.

The most important thing about popular literature is not surprising, but reasonable.

2. Love.

This is a very important element, but it is not absolutely necessary. There are a bunch of vases in many red articles, and love is just as red as it is.

However, if love is written well, it will also be very rewarding to readers' hearts.

What is love? I think, to put it bluntly, love is nothing more than a different way of being in one's own way.

Many authors believe that the more protagonist women, the better. In fact, this is just a manifestation.

Out of hormonal impulse, male possessiveness is certainly one aspect.

However, men are not weaker than women in their persistence in pure emotions. Otherwise, there would not be so many male fans in "Zhu Xian".

The protagonist can have many women and sleep with many women, but it is best to have only one person who truly loves.

Then again, the element of love is a background element. When writing about love, I suggest cherishing the ink and not writing too much, as it will rot if you write too much.

Think about "Dark War", there are two and a half love scenes in total, but how much tears did love earn?

3. Ambiguous relationship.

The reason why ambiguity and love are separated is that the two are still different.

Love is relatively single, and it should not be too much description and should not take up too much space.

Ambiguous is different. Ambiguousness can be used to close up capitals, occupying a lot of space and keeping up the number of words, and readers also pay for it.

Unlike love, ambiguity is the more the better.

Think about it, how many types of women should you meet in a person's life? Teachers, nurses, doctors, lawyers, bank counters, hotel lobby managers, traffic police, clerks, colleagues, bosses, and even taxi drivers. In ancient times, there were princesses, princesses, bodyguards, knights, etc.

What if every woman in this world is a beauty? How beautiful is this world? Even if you have a fight or just have a meeting, you will feel relaxed and happy, right?

If that's the case, why not put it in the book? If you can make readers feel this relaxed and happy, you will succeed.

However, there are two issues with writing ambiguity, and I think we should pay attention to it.

First, I think it is best to be infinitely close to getting, but it is best not to get it, because once you get it, the bright color of the character will be lost, and it will basically be difficult to write later.

Second, each ambiguous character must be different. No matter how different it is, it must always be different.

4. Friendship.

I think writing about friendship may be the weakest part of our industry. Because now everyone likes to write about personal heroism, the protagonist only has younger brothers and enemies, but no friends. I think this is a pity. In fact, a truly good friendship can also attract readers. However, it is difficult for friends to write because once it is not well written, it will snatch the protagonist's style and rob the main character.

I personally have three experiences on this issue;

First, what is the definition of a friend? It is a person who is truly equal to the protagonist. This equality is not simply verbal, but also a person who is close to social status and ability.

Second, the relationship between friends can be constantly transformed, not fixed, it is not to say that it is a friend, nor does it mean that it is an enemy, an opponent, and a relationship between friends is constantly transformed. Because once the relationship is fixed, it is difficult to write. Either kill him or become a younger brother, then you can't be a friend.

Third, when you are a friend, you must have your own best play. The best auxiliary line cannot just revolve around the protagonist.

5. Family affection.

There seem to be not many family dramas in our industry, and they usually try them out easily. However, this is normal because this thing is really difficult to write. Including myself, I don’t know how to write this.

The reason is very simple. Family affection is a natural emotion that does not need to be cultivated. The more natural the emotions are, the harder it is to write about. How can we describe how much we want to have supper?

However, I have a bold idea of ​​family affection.

That is to write in distortion. An ancient Western drama critic once said that the highest level of tragedy is the tragedy.

If you really want to write about family affection and write about it with great success, it is best to write about abnormal family affection. Simply put, it is the tragedy of father and son, and the tragedy of brothers.

However, this kind of perishment must be reasonable, in line with moral and ethical, and cannot be crazy. Moreover, I think in the end, the son is against the father, the younger brother is against the brother, in short, when this kind of lower-level confrontation, the perish can only be an impulse, a wish, and a rope that moves forward. At that moment, you cannot start. Once you start, the protagonist's position will be lost, which will shake the ethical concepts in the bones of us Chinese.

For example, the relationship between Hong Xuanji and Hong Yi in "Yang Shen" is a good example.

6. Your own growth.

This is easy to understand because this thing is very common.

Everyone who plays the fight in the nine astronomy novels should know, but the focus is on the speed and rhythm of upgrading. This really depends on talent and insight, and others cannot teach it.

As long as an author learns this, everything else will not be popular.

But I just can't give you a very clear opinion on this point, I'm really ashamed.

7. A sense of accomplishment in stages.

After a person becomes more skilled in martial arts, becomes rich, and becomes an official, should he do something?

Otherwise, wouldn’t it be the same as Xiang Yu said, walking in the night in brocade clothes?

Therefore, when the protagonist grows to a stage, it is necessary to create some environment for the protagonist, a setback or an opponent, to reflect the value of the protagonist's upgrade, and then the sense of accomplishment will come out.
To be continued...