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Creative Guide to Scripts and Novels
The junior tutorial of the script/novel writing, introduces the content you need to understand from seven aspects, clearly and clear! Help writers better conceive, create and improve their own script and novel stories.
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"Script and Novel Creation Methods" Story Creativity Guide
Chapter 1 Essential psychological qualities for writers
How to write a good story
How to conceive
How to cut in
How to describe
How to create a character image
There is an author in the work own view of love, outlook on life, world view, Concept of money and ethics
Disdain the theory of talent, study hard and practice hard
1. Believe that things can be achieved by studying hard
2. Ask yourself whether you love it enough
3. Before you read a hundred writers’ books, you are not qualified to say which writer you like.
4. Before you write a 3 million-word manuscript, you have no right to say that you have no writing talent.
Correct understanding of the novel writing process
1. Correct your mentality and treat it with the mentality of running a marathon.
2. Return on investment is relatively slow
3. If you love it enough, you will find a thousand reasons to persist.
4. Famous masters have also gone through many times of self-doubt.
Writer's self-identity
1. Change your positioning and identity. You are a writer.
2. Demand yourself according to the standards of a writer and keep writing every day.
3. Observe life carefully, understand society, and collect materials.
4. Consider yourself a writer and demand yourself according to the code of conduct of a professional writer.
First of all, writers must have a moral bottom line
Secondly, read a lot and write constantly
Only when you feel you are a poet can you write poetry; Only when you feel like a director can you make a movie; It is not the work that makes a writer a writer; It’s not the movies that make directors become directors; It is not poetry that makes a poet a poet; But the writer makes words become works, The director makes the image become a movie, The poet makes the sentences become poetry.
Elements of a successful novel, story
the first element, The protagonist's problem
Stories are "accidents" and "accidents"
The protagonist encounters some kind of sudden accident, This accident will cause serious trouble in the protagonist's life
In order to solve this problem, the protagonist has to do something,
In the process of doing this, the protagonist will encounter various Resistance, called a "hard problem"
Characteristics of the puzzle
1. Each problem is bigger than the last. The story’s problems escalate layer by layer. The final puzzle reaches its pinnacle
2. The problems are intertwined. Every two adjacent puzzles are intertwined. not independent
The second element, Character structure
How the characters in the story are composed
positive person
The protagonist, the character throughout the text, presents the story step by step
Protagonist's friend
Help the protagonist
villain
The villain, the driving force of the entire story
Strong enough, stronger than the protagonist
villain's friend
Help the villain
multi-faceted character
Uncertain personality, either good or evil
Good guys in the bad guys camp
Any role has a role, Promote storyline development
Chapter 2 Commonly used story ideas
Why Storytelling Ideas
1. The quality of story conception directly affects the readability of the story.
2. The thickness of the story concept directly affects whether the work can be successfully completed.
3. Whether the story concept is perfect or not directly affects the success of your work.
How to conceive a story
The first step, problem framing
Set the framework
what kind of story
who is the protagonist
What is conflict?
What's the ending like?
Five Questions on Problem Formulation
1.Who is he? (Character) *Add frustration
Identify the protagonist of the story
Identity affects subsequent events and scenes
There are no good or bad identity settings and choices. It’s just that there are advantages and disadvantages to giving them stories.
2. What does he want that to do (event)
Determine the protagonist’s action tasks
The bigger the task assigned to the protagonist, It will be easier to come up with the next story
Task size is relative, Depends on the identity of the protagonist
The stronger the protagonist, the more difficult the task will be.
3. Why did he do this (motivation)
Find the character’s motivations for doing things, and the reasons are sufficient.
If both parties are recognized natural enemies, there is no need for a reason. Police and bad guys, People's Liberation Army and disaster, cats and mice...
4. What is he going to do (plan)
Develop a rough plot of the story
Have a complete plan before taking action. The general plot of the story, the protagonist General things to do
5. What is the result of his doing this (result)
What happens to the characters after they do what they planned?
Finding the ending of the story is the goal of the story Character’s goals, author’s goals
The second step, problem thinking
Develop a specific storyline It is the fourth step of the problem formulation method.
what happens in the story what is he going to do Develop the storyline in detail
1. Summarize your story in one sentence
Extract the story line and genre
"Flower Thousand Bone": The main line is a female apprentice and a master The process of abuse, the type is "abuse"
"Nirvana in Fire": The revenge of the survivors of the main line Red Flame Army, The genre is "Machiavellian" and all the protagonist's decisions are for revenge.
Story=Characters Mission Ending
2. Find the ending of your story
The ending of the story is the author’s purpose, the designed scenes and events, They all serve the ending
The ending of "Flower Thousand Bones" is that Bai Zihua lives in seclusion with Hua Qiangu
The ending of "Nirvana in Fire" is that Mei Changsu successfully vindicated the Red Flame Army
3. Identify the main heroes and villains in your story
decent person
The protagonist and the protagonist's friends
villain
People, natural and man-made disasters, wild beasts, monsters Those who oppose the protagonist and prevent the protagonist achieve the goal
Make a plan for good to defeat the bad guys
4. Design several big problems for your protagonist
Design a series of problems and obstacles for the protagonist, each one getting bigger than the last
Chapter 3 Four steps to create a story with ups and downs
Condensate disorganized thoughts Condensed into a sequenced idea
1. Determine the story type: suspense, fantasy, romance
2. Find the protagonist of the story: the identity at the beginning of the story, As the story develops, the identity of the protagonist changes
3. Determine the protagonist’s task: what the protagonist does to achieve the goal The process of something, all the plots revolve around this event
Bildungsroman: the protagonist grows into someone
Task-based novel: the protagonist completes a certain task
4. Find the ending of the story: The ending is the goal! All designed scenes, Events all serve the ending
5. Summarize the story in one sentence: story type, characters, tasks, story ending, There must be a protagonist, story background, main conflict, story type, and story ending.
Divide the story into segments and use stories Structure solves story beats
Cause: The reason why the protagonist and the enemy fight to the death
Some kind of accident happened in the protagonist's life, causing the protagonist to enter the second stage of a life-and-death struggle with the enemy. The accident does not specifically refer to "life or death", it can be Any episode that breaks the protagonist's life trajectory
Process: The process of the protagonist performing the task
The process of competition involves multiple competitions. It is best to have a big duel, success or failure.
The battle is not only with bad people, but also with good people, nature, and diseases.
Interlocking: The contests are not independent of each other, but are related in some way.
Step by step: The danger of the competition continues to escalate, and the situation becomes more and more difficult.
Result: After many battles between the protagonist and the enemy, there must be a result
It must be a life-and-death struggle
Focus on constructing the content of the second paragraph Construct the main plot, identifying e.g. How to introduce characters
1. Find the protagonist’s enemy
The enemy can be human beings, earthquakes, fires, floods, thunder and lightning, wild beasts, monsters. As long as it is against the protagonist, the villain is the one who prevents the protagonist from achieving his goal.
2. Design several life and death levels for the protagonist
To pass five levels and kill six generals, the levels must be designed to be impossible to pass based on the strength of the protagonist.
The levels are bigger and more difficult than the last, and even "death" is a bet.
3. Help the protagonist find a way to pass the level
The process of designing a problem and finding a solution is the process of designing a storyline.
Problem Solution = Storyline
Yibo: refers to a level
Three folds: refers to the reversal of events. There are at least two reversals in a level.
The construction of the first and third paragraphs, The beginning and end of the story
first paragraph
The first point is to find the change in the story, that is, the accident that happened to the protagonist
The second point is to find the opportunity event for the protagonist to enter the second paragraph.
Characters with positive energy are generally proactive, while small people who become heroes are generally passive.
The third point is to make the audience like the protagonist during cutscenes such as accidents and changes in the protagonist.
Paragraph 3
The protagonist and the enemy engage in the final duel stage
This result does not necessarily mean a winner, but it must settle all the grudges between the protagonist and the enemy.
Write down the entire story idea (outline)
Write a biography for each character who appears
Chapter 4 Novel writing, how to write vivid characters
Why talk about characters and what will you learn?
What is a biography
Detailed introduction of the character and the process of shaping the character image
The role of biographies
1. Help the author understand the characters
Personality, abilities, appearance, specialties
2. Create characters with distinctive personalities
Values, money, love, family relationships
3. Check our synopsis
Discover areas in the synopsis that do not fit the character's personality
Elements included in biographies
1. Character: core character
Funny, introverted, cowardly, smart, resourceful, strong, honest
2. Character’s gender, job, physical condition
It will affect the character's personality and the way he handles things, including inconvenience in legs and feet and unclear speech.
3. Character’s family background and education
4. Major events that happened to the characters
Character background, likeable or annoying aspects, and comments from people around you
How to get the core personality of a character
The first step is to choose a core character
Enneagram personality analysis
1. Perfect type
2. Helping type
3. Achievement type
4. Self-type
5. Rational type
6. Doubt type
7. Active type
8. Leader type
9. Peaceful
Understand the physical attributes and natural attributes of characters
First point, why should we talk about physiological attributes and natural attributes?
List all the good personal factors that may affect the character in his life.
Second point, physiological attributes and natural attributes
Physiological properties
1. The gender and occupation of the character. What benefits does this choice bring to the story?
2. Determine the character’s physical attractiveness, height, weight, facial appearance, and hairstyle, How he sits, stands, and walks, what he wears, his birthmark, and how others evaluate his appearance.
natural properties
1. The character’s family of origin
Multi-child family or single-parent family
Who did you grow up with? Superborn?
Are parents looking forward to it? Married? Reorganize the family? Growing Parental Relationships
Household income? Poor or rich?
Did you go astray while growing up? Attending school?
2. The character’s education and IQ level
Junior high school or graduate school?
Does the character learn expertise or knowledge?
What does the character hope to achieve?
3. Talents and talents of characters
What are you good at? Gifts and talents?
What do you like to do? Hobby?
How good is he in his field?
4. The character has good self-esteem
What is the character’s self-perception? Arrogant or extremely unsure? Strong or extremely sensitive
5. Character’s passion
What are you passionate about? sports? church? charitable? Protect children? freedom of speech?
Is it your own will or the influence of others?
7. The current situation of the character
The character's state at the beginning of the novel
Which stage in life? Which state?
Single or married? Divorced? child? income? Meet or exceed parents’ expectations? How's it going?
What kind of character is lovable?
The first one is the character’s growth experience.
Character is not innate, it is related to acquired growth experience
When I was a child, I often faced arguments and fights with my parents. When I grew up, I was afraid of marriage.
I experienced poverty as a child, and when I grow up, I feel insecure about money or make money by any means.
1. Design a disaster for the character that will have a profound impact on his life. Pushing the characters onto a life path that they had not expected before, the original characters were not like this.
Second, what kind of characters do readers like?
2. Determine whether the character is a character that readers like
Real people are complicated, and there are also some heinous people who make him feel soft and heartbroken.
Human beings naturally sympathize with the weak and appreciate those who persist in fighting bravely despite difficulties and obstacles.
Design a way for the character to speak
Dictionary, language expression style, dialect
How to cleverly introduce characters in novel writing
How characters are presented in the story It’s the process of creating characters
1. Direct introduction
The author directly tells the reader when the character is introduced: This person is eight feet tall, has a majestic appearance, and is highly skilled in martial arts. He can subdue a dragon with eighteen palms in one move and is unrivaled by anyone.
2. Introduction by others
Tell readers through other people’s evaluations of the characters and the outside world’s reactions to the characters.
3. Action display
Introducing characters through specific events: most commonly used in novels, each scene is an action display of the characters participating in this scene
To introduce a character, you can use famous, Shown in three stages of meeting and getting along
famous
Use other people’s evaluations and legends to introduce the characters before they appear on the scene, and pave the way for the characters to appear.
Meet
The appearance of characters shows their personality characteristics through two stages of becoming famous and meeting each other, allowing readers to get to know them, remember them, and like them.
get along
Enter the story, let the characters and readers get along for a long time, and slowly show readers the charm of other aspects of the characters
Chapter 5 How to write addictive dialogue
Why write dialogue and how to prepare it
Dialogue description occupies the most in the novel
what is dialogue
It is the externalization of the character's inner emotions or mental activities. It is a kind of behavior, and every behavior has an inherent driving force and purpose.
The character's inner emotions and psychology will affect the character's behavior, and the purpose of the dialogue will also affect the content of the dialogue.
Understand the speaker’s psychology and purpose, and the lines must conform to the character’s psychology and purpose
The dialogue in the novel must be very concise and concise to meet the requirements.
Dialogue is not real speech, it is driven by the inner emotions of the characters. They are lines that are purposeful, sequential, concise and concise. First of all, we need to understand the inner emotions and purposes of both parties participating in the dialogue. Secondly, you need to know the dialogue process of the party leading the dialogue.
What is the role of dialogue
1. Present story information
Commonly used methods to introduce story background information: 1. Through narrative 2. Through dialogue
Dialogue is an artistic way of presenting information. Don’t devise information that two people already know.
Design the information into the lines that the character must say, and bring it out without leaving any trace.
2. Create character image
The character's tone of voice and lines should be consistent with his or her identity and personality.
Notice
Vocabulary of lines: A speaker’s education level affects which words he uses
Syntax and region need to be paid attention to: where the language is spoken has at least some relationship with the region
Peer Group: There will be a lot of jargon in the profession to show the character's profession
3. Design scene
Use dialogue to allow readers to be immersed in the scene along with the characters' actions and lines, and to be emotionally involved
4. Convey the theme
Embed the topic into natural dialogue of intense conflict and use anxious dialogue to cover our actions
5. Promote the development of the storyline
Use dialogue to take the plot in the direction set by the author
Four Ways to Fill Conversations with Conflict
1. Designing the people participating in the dialogue as opposites, each with their own purposes, will create conflicts.
2. Set up obstacles to the dialogue, which are factors that hinder the two people from communicating in a normal way.
3. Design fear factors and set a scene for the party participating in the conversation. If you say the wrong thing, you will pay a certain price.
4. Introduce arguments in the conversation. The two parties do not speak well, speak by raising the decibel level, use various methods to make things difficult, belittle and stimulate the other party.
Four Ways to Shape Great Conversations
1. Arrange the characters participating in the conversation, and design the characters in the same scene to make them feel that the other party is particularly annoying to them. You can make a list of characters before writing, mark the personality characteristics of different characters, and put people with different personalities together when arranging conversations.
2. Irony, allowing the interlocutor to say something that is contrary to his or her intentions or that exceeds the audience’s psychological expectations also creates a suspenseful effect.
3. Hemingway’s iceberg theory. When writing dialogue, you can hint to readers that there is an underwater part, but you don’t tell what the underwater part is.
4. Increase the intensity of language, increase its lethality, make funny funnier, sad sadder, and stimulate the other party more stimulating.
Chapter 6 suspense in novel writing
The nature of suspense
Suspense is a question. Setting up suspense is setting up questions. A question must be matched with an answer.
The author must ask multiple questions, give the answer to the previous question and raise the next question to make the reader want to stop.
Commonly used question formats
1. What happens next?
Can the characters escape their clutches?
Can the characters catch the bad guys?
Can the villain's plan succeed?
Allow readers to speculate on what will happen next, that is, what has already happened When something big happens, it will cause more serious problems, and we will worry about what will happen next.
2. Why is this happening?
Why do they fight? who are they?
Follow the writing principle of action first, explanation later, This problem will arise
Two people were fighting and suddenly attacked someone. Who was the murderer? The sudden appearance of the killer
It's sudden and inexplicable, and I don't know what happened. The reader has to read on.
3. Why did the author write this?
Close-ups in film and television works
A kitchen knife on the wall, a hammer on the table, a stone
What is the purpose of close-ups of these items?
It arouses readers' curiosity, why did the author write this, what is the deep meaning, and what will happen next?
Categories of suspense
The first type, super suspense
This kind of suspense runs throughout the entire novel, and the answer is not given from the beginning until the end of the novel.
In online novels with tens of millions of words, the super suspense may not necessarily run through the entire novel, but it must be a long time before you know the answer.
The second type, big suspense
It’s not super suspenseful, it’s a life-and-death struggle between the protagonist and his opponent.
The third type, scene suspense
Build suspense on the characters' worries and fears, then every scene can have suspense
There are some issues in the scene that have yet to be resolved, which means the outcome has not yet been revealed.
Ask questions in the scene and answer the questions in the scene
There must be many scenes of suspense between the two big suspenses to connect them
The fourth type, paragraph suspense
Write the smallest suspense and the most suspense in the novel, running through each paragraph, shouldering the important task of allowing readers to continue reading.
This kind of suspense will not be kept for long by the readers. It is raised in the previous paragraph and answered in the next paragraph.
Chapter 7 The entry point of the novel
The importance of entry points
The opening 5,000 words determine whether the reader will read on.
If you want to write a good opening, you must find a good entry point for the novel.
How to find the entry point
A story that started before the change
If the story wants to express the character's personality before and after the change, or the contrast in life, it must start before the change. The part before the change is mainly to support the character's personality. If the story needs to be foreshadowed, it must start from the change. start before.
A story that begins amid changes
Show the weakness of the protagonist, cut through the changes in plot selection, and show the image of the enemy being strong and me being weak.
A story that cuts in after a change
It mainly talks about the protagonist’s method and attitude in dealing with changes after encountering them.
postscript
1. Read extensively to find creative direction
2. Select the theme of creation
3. Accurate learning
4. Points to note when reading
The first and second paragraphs determine the writing direction and select the subject matter.
The third paragraph is to learn more carefully about other people’s methods and techniques.
Author: Tang Tang Xiaojun