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Novel Writing Guide
This is a mind map about disassembling all story writing. The main contents include: FAQ, revision, ending, middle section, beginning (creating a tense atmosphere and attracting readers), outline, design story, story structure, and inspiration.
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- Outline
Novel writing
inspiration
Perfection and identification
There is a beginning but no end
Divergent thinking, continuation of the end
No head and tail
Reversely supplement the logical lines of the story
No head or tail
Supplement the beginning and end to perfect the story
Processing and carving
Add dramatic conflict
The protagonist with a goal and troublesome
Resistance: Realistic resistance/emotional resistance/psychological resistance
Action: Set resistance/obstacles/troubles, force the protagonist to act, and promote the story development
Core selling points
Create contrast, characters/events, desires/results, behaviors/environments, meanings/behaviors...
Beyond the daily life, such as the Western World, Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, simulated but magical and unique
Scarcity, such as the niche profession of supernatural monsters, scarce resources
Normal abnormal = dramatic
theme
Irony: Deliberately create two things that seem to be contradictory and opposite on the surface, but in fact they may be relying on each other or fulfilling each other. If I am not a medicine god, a destruction bait, a suicide squad
Story structure
Beginning (hook attracts readers)
Showcase-Introducing the world where the protagonist lives
Break--Accident disruption
Action--The protagonist crosses the boundaries and enters the world of heroes
Development process
A mentor/friend help/teach the protagonist in a strange world
Overcome each difficulty (obstacle caused by other characters/difficulties caused by the environment or the protagonist's own personality)
Challenge mode-Tang Monk's method of seeking scriptures
Abusive mode - set up obstacles, forced into a dead end, physical and mentally affected, falling down again and again and again
Overcome your own demon
Dark threads, clues
The props obtained, the people you have saved, and the gifts you have given will become the prerequisite for reversal
There will always be a new turning point
When the protagonist is on the verge of despair, his mind turns into a big reversal, making the protagonist turn defeat into victory
Ending (reversal climax awe of readers)
The final battle
The climax part, the passion/passion/love/hate/hate are fully released, and the expression is refreshing
The return of the hero
Success – reach a new height and return to the initial world
Failure - a huge "consolation prize"
Design Story
Core conflict (desire block = conflict)
Trace the protagonist's past and find his desire for the future
Obstacles force the protagonist to go crazy and shape the character's personality (collapse/anger/despair-escape/resistance)
Conflict forces the protagonist to act
After the protagonist starts to act, don't let him stop and create one obstacle after another
Unexpectedly raise expectations and create high obstacles
The protagonist is alive in a desperate situation
A good ending comforts readers and satisfies expectations
Outline
Self-use
The whole story of mind association ~ briefly sorting out the writing
Submit
Introduction to the work: book title, word count, type
Recommended in one sentence: outline the story
Content introduction: 300~600 words, story theme, main line, characters, highlights
Story outline: 2000~20000 words, reflecting the story's beginning, ending, and ending (contradiction and conflict, protagonist and supporting role, main line and branch line, climax and ending). Online novels highlight unique golden fingers, refreshing point manufacturing, level division and large frame
Selling points of the work: describe the style and characteristics of the work, the highlights of the work and the market positioning
Character introduction: The protagonist, supporting role and negative role are all set, so that people can collide and conflict with each other at a glance
Text: 30,000 to 50,000 at the beginning, sample chapter: the paragraph I like most or feel most outstanding
writing
Middle (start, bearing, turn and end)
A brief and narration
West (Three Acts)
Beginning (create a tense atmosphere and attract readers)
Surprisingly
Break the rules
Use time
Backtracking past events
Predicting future events
Conflict of dialogue
Magical
Character Emotion
Identity (the character is like a normal person)
Desire for success, sometimes timid and cowardly, and have many shortcomings
The character "sinks-"sympathy
Create a crisis and put the protagonist in danger
Create difficulties, and the crisis comes from the outside world (tragic fate, heavy snow from the power of nature, and oppression of social systems)
The protagonist who is worse than himself and weaker, the powerful enemy presses step by step
Character "Asclient" - Favorite (set a 10% increase in average person)
Beautiful appearance
Unique charm
Raising role positioning: noble origin/huge wealth/strong body/extreme IQ/beautiful appearance/extreme luck
Character creation
Reasonable feelings, lightly describe
Create a first impression
The depth of the characters
Continuously raise questions, strengthen and improve character details, create task lists, and accumulate character details
The arc light of the character
Impact causes changes
Life Observation
Observe at any time and imagine boldly
Character Charm
Grant the character's attributes: have outstanding expertise in a certain field
Give the character a distinct personality: the personality amplification and exaggeration of real life (the extreme personality leaves a deep impression/makes readers feel refreshed)
Give character contrast weakness
Character defects or appearance, occupation, situation that are completely incompatible with specialties
Give character companions and opponents
Companions: Contrast the character, develop plot, express information, and increase perspective
Opponent: Increase conflict, defeat increases pleasure
Clarify the tone of the story
Environment, the protagonist's actions, the character's dress, and dialogue show the tone and setting of the story
Highlight story conflict
Let the villain appear
It's better to be stronger than the protagonist
Logical self-consistent, flesh and blood, and can even inspire readers to sympathize
Use perspective
Middle section
Full of content
The protagonist continues to promote - the plot continues to promote (ups and downs are constantly intertwined, and the overall process is rising)
The big main line cuts small goals, and each small goal also has its beginning, ending, turning, and conflicts
Positive feedback Reward mechanism = never get tired of it The level of demand continues to improve, and the author promotes the story to a small climax
Rhythm: Adjust the story beat The beats form the scene, the scene forms the story
Story beat: The process of character overcoming obstacles and achieving their goals in one scene In a scene, every attempt by a character is a beat
Make the story nervous and exciting
Add obstacles to character goals
Use the character's emotions to boost the fire
Carefully sort out the subtle changes in the character's emotions, touching people's hearts, and leaving room for lingering sounds
Create suspense
Set up suspense in issues and split them into small problems to promote the plot
Pause at critical moments, out of context (retrace back to the previous article, thinking about how to solve it)
Control the rhythm of information release and play "Blind Man Touching Elephant" with readers
Release information: Give a large amount of information and have a rough impression of the story
Release the illusion: consciously "fake" interferes with the character and leads him to the wrong path
Control ability: The characters have their own clues and judgments, in different directions Work hard, even interfere with each other, creating more conflicts and contradictions
Collect and summarize: put clues on different places and people, and collect them one by one, and the field The scenery and characters are constantly changing, creating different conflicts
Strike one by one: the protagonist obtains all information/clues, screens and checks, and conducts clues Combination sorting to find out the final truth
The plot shows the characters
The plot lays out the character characteristics and character background
An unexpected occurrence shows the character's inner world
In the face of pressure, show a deep nature that is completely different from the character image
Increase greater pressure and face greater difficulties
All the choices of characters have profoundly changed the character's personality
High-level creation of lines dialogue
Have clear expectations and plans
Optimize daily dialogues to make them concise and useful and meaningful
A unique dialogue style for the character
Comparison of characters' personalities and occupations
Other people's dialogue or perspective leads to characters
Make the lines less straightforward, metaphor, subtext (metaphor & analogy), and only say half of the words
Use golden sentences to increase depth, point out topics in stages, and be deeply impressed
Use catchphrases to highlight character
Hide dialogue
Disconnect the topic: Skip the clue
Snap the edge ball: Hide clues
Deepen the scene impression
Set up a tense atmosphere and increase the cost of failure
Those who care about and fear loss will become nervous when threatened
From the cost of deliberately creating the storyline
Source and character itself
Granted at the social level
Extend tension and make the atmosphere more intense
The reactions of people around you, the reactions of key characters, and the memories are highlighted
Extend stressful hours
Scene rendering, the protagonist's psychological description, line interpretation, environment description, details presentation and multi-angle portrayal
Cross narrative, full of tension
Lay the groundwork in advance, and then flexibly use narrative, movement, psychological activities, and cross-description of lines
Create a movie-like sense of presence & picture
Comparison with things that readers are familiar with
Added descriptions with stimulating facial features
Only present and not narrative
Infectious pictures and actions
Learn the use of lenses from film and television directors (skilled use of lenses and perspective switching A meticulous portrayal of characters and scenes)
Large panoramic view - laying the tone of the story / explaining the background of the story
Panoramic view—Explain the environment in which the characters are located
Medium scene—similar to the stage, presenting the characters and environment
Close-up - emphasizes the subtle changes in the characters' expressions, appearance details, and key props
Ending
Release the climax: Resolving the biggest conflict
Suppression: adjust the difference in the story, deliberately "suppress"
Readers don't think well
Readers' expectations
Accident: Before another climax comes, pressurize again and challenge the limit
(Hide and seek) Trouble always happens in incredible places
Turn: At the most stressful time, avoid explosion and pressing pressure valve
Adjust tension, release some plot pressure, and find a glimmer of life for the protagonist (Retrace back to the previous article, find the foreshadowing, and make a reasonable turn)
Re-examination: unexpected and reasonable
Creating chain reactions in story creation
Is there any logical loophole
Is there any plot that has nothing to do with the context
Are the main line and the branch line complete
Is the fate of the supporting role well arranged?
Is the theme expression complete and whether the protagonist completes his mission
Character determines destiny
Become a "human glue" in some unreasonable plots to deepen the character positioning
Unexpected and reasonable
Create unexpected results
Provide reversal plot: change identity/attitude, reveal hidden purpose/identity
Set up a trick: deliberately misleading in the early stage, and directly overturned in the later stage (dream, twins, hallucinations, inner demons...)
Fill the pit
Add new scenes
Bravely join new plots and new stories, and write a relatively independent and related scene
Dialogue fills the pit
Show his ending in the conversation for unimportant supporting roles
News Interpretation
More common in film and television works on realistic themes, they can be displayed in novels by dialogue or on TV.
Readers ask meme
Recruiting friends and readers with the help of external efforts
Ending writing
Ending of golden sentence
The core theme or the protagonist's final insights
Lyric ending
Increase depth and relieve tension
End of the conversation
Point out the topic, emphasize or show the character changes
End of the scene
Scenery metaphor, expressing meaning through description of environment (Hollywood-style ending)
Revised
Read through and mark it
Read objectively and pickyly and mark
Too slow, mark with a marker "S"
Logical not working, use marker "? " mark
The plot is weak/needs to be supplemented/added content, use markers” “mark
The plot/snippet that needs to be deleted should be marked with a marker"-"
Ask questions and find the crux
frame
Is it promoted in a three-act form
Is the protagonist in trouble that cannot be escaped
Has the protagonist overcome one after another?
Is the timing of climax events accurate?
figure
Is the protagonist likable? It's impressive
Is the protagonist's goal clear and whether the reason for action is sufficient
During the story, does the protagonist's heart change?
Is the protagonist's opponent setting interesting, is the reason for action sufficient, is it stronger than the protagonist,
Is the ending part arranged for everyone?
plot
Is the conflict in the storyline intense enough
Which plot seems old-fashioned
Can there be new ideas to replace old-fashioned memes
Is the atmosphere of the scene in place?
Is the theme faintly presented through the story
Frequently Asked Questions
Follow-up lack of strength
Review the outline, check the stage plan (scene setting, character action route, goal), ask the most important things about the protagonist, whether it is the branch or the main line, and sort it out clearly
Losing confidence
Before writing, write a commentary article about this story and praise your work in advance
Think of yourself as the protagonist of the story, overcome difficulties, and motivate yourself
The plot goes off
Reopen the character settings to see if the choice is in line with the personality, and does not violate the main goals of the characters in the story, modify the outline and write according to the characters' wishes.
Not in line with personality, find the key points of change, check whether the author and the protagonist have lost themselves, their personality changes, and correct them
Scene distortion
Strange scenes
Find text, pictures, and videos to create with your own understanding
Fictional scene
Add the character's senses, sound, light, taste, and touch
Buyer Market
Distinguish works by type
Online article
Fast pace, long length
The top ten novel websites basically represent the website’s main style and preferences. Choose your favorite and closest ones.
IP direction
100,000 to 300,000, the story is stronger, the character creation is higher, and the creation is more rigorous.
New Media
6K~1.5K, with official accounts, story APPs, social platform information, fragmented reading
Differences in length
Short story: less than 20,000, magazine (science fiction world...) public account (amazing house...) story APP (Jianshu, read some stories every day...)
Article II: 20,000 to 80,000, Stories APP serialized, participating in story competitions (Douban Reading, Zhihu...)
Long article: 80,000 to 300,000, online contract, physical publication
Long-term: 1 million to 5 million, online platform, traffic direction - simple plot, constantly creating refreshing points; IP direction - has the potential for publishing and adaptation
Submit
Search the editor's email on the website or the Internet, send out an outline and text for 30,000 words, and receive a reply within 3 to 7 days
Refusal to sign 1. Invest in the wrong website and classification
Refusal to sign 2. Modify the subject matter and settings (not novel enough)
Refusal to sign 3. The first three chapters are not attractive enough, please modify
Rejection of visa 4. Not enough sense of substitution
Rejection 5. Goldfinger and level system are not set well
Submission of physical book
Bookstores look for similar works, check the editor's name and email address, post the works, or find the phone number, and call to submit the submission Search categories for social software and book websites, and the top 20 editors, email or private messages to submit articles, and you can also submit them to marketing editors. You can directly find a publishing house when you are close to your home.
Copyright agency companies and studios can also make connections
New Media
Headline Account
Sub-theme
Two principles for operating a personal brand 1. Help others save time 2. Help others to spend time
Choose a track
Choose an area of interest/research
Create a character
Positive, unique, memory points
Continue to create
Short text
Sensitive to real-time dynamics and express your opinions and opinions
short story
Record inspiration, practice writing every day, attract fans, gain popularity
Have type-up function, share and like
Reading experience
0.8K~1.2K, effectively read, deepen your impression, exercise your thinking and expression skills, and gain traffic and fans
Writing history
A simple description of the experience of writing novels. Record yourself, motivate yourself, and relieve loneliness
Operate personal works
Grasp the creative direction
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