After writing this, Sun Quan was not in a hurry to write the main text. This new book entrusted his ambitions, so he must have made sufficient preparations before writing the main text.
The first step, of course, is to write an outline.
He didn't like writing outlines when writing articles before, but he still knows the standard nine-line method for writing outlines for online articles.
The Nine Lines Method may sound mysterious to those who have never heard of it. In fact, to put it bluntly, it is nothing special. The so-called Nine Lines refer to 1, the protagonist’s intelligence and character, 2, the supporting character’s cannon fodder, and 4 skills.
, Partner 5, Equipment 6, Adventure 7, Life experience 8, Power 9, Harem.
This is the most popular outline writing method in the online literature world, and many great writers also like to use this method.
The outline is written in enough detail according to the nine lines, and the framework of the book is basically established.
Sun Quan was honest this time and wrote the outline of this new book bit by bit according to this writing method.
This is destined to be a difficult process. The first line: the protagonist's intelligence and character. This is not difficult for him to write. He sets up the image of the protagonist in his mind and writes the protagonist's character traits little by little.
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But the second line: the supporting character cannon fodder, this line is written in such a way that he has one head and two heads. He wishes he could hit his head against the wall and die.
What is the difficulty with this line?
Just imagine, when you are planning to write a novel of two to three million words, and you haven't even written a chapter yet, you are asked to list every supporting character and cannon fodder in the book. How much workload is that?
Just the names of people, there must be at least hundreds of them, right?
In addition to names, do we also need to set each person’s personality?
After setting the character, do we still need to mark the plot in which this person appears in this book? What skills does this person have? What kind of social relationships does this person have? Also, what is his role in this plot? Eat.
The masses? Or the key figure who promotes the progress of the plot?
If it is a key figure, how is he key? What did he do? What is his fate in the end? Why does he appear? Is it okay if he does not appear? Will it affect the advancement of the main plot? Wait, a lot of questions will
Coming one after another.
If there were just a few or a dozen such character settings, Sun Quan wouldn't care. He had written so many popular books, so just picking out a few characters from them would be fine.
The problem is... at least hundreds of them!
Are there enough brain cells?
Now to the third line...skills.
Another huge workload, what skill? Why does this skill appear? Which character uses this skill? Is this skill divided into levels? If so, what is the name of each level? What is special about this?
Compared with other skills, what level does a skill belong to? Is there another skill that can restrain it? If so, what is the name of that other skill? What are its characteristics? Is it divided into levels? If so, what is its level?
How many levels are there? What is the name of each level? Wait, wait.
Sun Quan tried to write for a while and then closed his eyes.
Of course, he hasn't died yet.
He just wanted to kill himself, and a question came to his mind - why did I write novels back then? Isn't it bad to live? Why should I not think about it and embark on the road of no return of writing novels?
Then, another thought flashed through his mind - writing a novel... it was indeed a dead end!
When he opened his eyes again, the first thing he did was to completely delete this bullshit nine-line method outline with an expressionless face. Maybe some people liked to use this nine-line method, but Sun Quan couldn't stand it anymore.
He decided to go his own way.
And his method is relatively simple.
The first thing he listed was a cultivation level.
Copying the cultivation levels from the book "Dragon and Snake".
That is to say: Ming Jin, Dark Jin, Hua Jin, Dan Jin, Gang Jin and Breaking the Void, Seeing God and Indestructible. He still remembers this set of cultivation levels and the characteristics of each realm.
This set of training levels determines that the story background of the book "The Ring of the Immortal Dragon" is a world of low martial arts. Warriors who have practiced to the extreme do not have the ability to fly into the sky and escape from the earth.
Sun Quan felt that it was not enough. If it were just a low-level world of martial arts, many of the wild ideas in his mind about "The Ring of the Immortal Dragon" would not be used.
So, he thought about it and compiled another training system.
That is a system of cultivation.
When he listed this cultivation system, he did not plan to use it in the early and middle stages of the book. He thought that when the protagonist reached the highest level in the low-level martial arts world, he would arrange a chance for him to ascend to a higher level.
A higher-level world of cultivation.
Then this cultivation system can come in handy.
It’s a fantasy novel! The protagonist always needs to be upgraded. When there is no way to be promoted, what else is there to watch?
After writing, rewriting, and revising until after midnight, he managed to list the two training systems he wanted.
Isn’t this a small amount of work?
Not small indeed!
Levels like Ming Jin, Dark Jin, Hua Jin... these levels are just a grading system that measures the level of all warriors.
Under this large system, there are various kinds of exercises and specific martial arts moves, as well as the characteristics and lethality of each move.
Similarly, under the general system of cultivation, there are also various cultivation methods, as well as various spells, combat techniques, etc.
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Sun Quan found that after he abandoned the so-called nine-line method, it became much easier to write. He didn't need to consider those rules and regulations, and he could just write what he wanted.
Of course, he only wrote these two cultivation systems tonight, and there are many more things he needs to prepare for the new book outline.
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The next day, he continued to write "My Decathlon" during the day, and at night, he began to set up female characters one by one.
Or use a certain woman he has seen in reality as a template; or use a female character in a film and television work he has seen as a template; or use a female character that appears in a novel he has read as a template; occasionally he will use it from
In my mind, I recall famous women who appeared in real history...
He writes a character when he thinks of it, and uses words to perfect a character image bit by bit. When the image becomes three-dimensional in his mind, he then decides to put this character in the new book. Should it be used as one of the heroines? Or as a supporting role?
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He knows that most of the young people who like reading novels these days like works with many beauties. Although he still decided not to write anything below the neck, he would still be happy to give everyone more beautiful characters with different personalities.
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After this, another night passed.
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Another day, Sun Quan was still writing "My Decathlon" during the day, and he continued to write the outline of "The Ring of the Immortal Dragon" at night.
This time, he set the family background of the male protagonist.
This workload is not small, because in the story of "The Ring of the Immortal Dragon", the male protagonist has experienced multiple reincarnations, so the male protagonist's family background has also changed again and again.
Who are your parents? What do they do? Do you have any special skills?
Besides parents, are there any powerful relatives among the male protagonist's relatives?
And does the hero have any brothers or sisters? Does he have grandparents? Grandpas and grandma? Uncles, aunts, cousins, etc.?
What is everyone's relationship with him?
There are always more questions as I write.
In the many rebirths of the male protagonist set by Sun Quan, sometimes he was reborn in a farmhouse in the mountains; sometimes he was reborn in a well-off family; sometimes he was reborn in a wealthy family, a martial arts family, or an official family.
The smaller the reborn family is, the easier it is for Sun Quan to set the male protagonist’s family background. He mainly sets the parents, grandparents, brothers and sisters, etc. If it’s too troublesome, he can also set the male protagonist’s grandparents to be dead.
I was born early, and I don’t have any brothers or sisters. There are only three members of my family including my parents and the leading actor.
But if the male protagonist is reborn in a rich family, a martial arts family, or an official family, he will need to set up more characters.
Not to mention parents, grandparents, brothers and sisters, do we also need to set up a wet nurse, maid, servant, etc. for the male protagonist?
Also, do you want to keep some pets? For example, a dog? An eagle? A tiger, a lion, etc.?
Also, since the family is well off, if I want to study literature, should I set up one or more teachers? To be more specific, should I set up a few more children to accompany me to study?
When it comes to learning martial arts, do the masters who teach the protagonist martial arts at different stages have to be set up one by one? Do you want two of the master’s wives and daughters?
etc.
The workload is huge, and Sun Quan's writing is very refreshing.
It hurts my fingers and my heart, but it feels good to finish writing a long paragraph and when I look back at it, I feel a sense of accomplishment.
As the training levels, martial arts techniques, female characters, and the male protagonist's several rebirth backgrounds were gradually set, the new story of "The Ring of the Immortal Dragon" gradually became clear in his mind.
Of course, this little preparation is not enough, there are still many things that need to be set slowly.
For example, in the low-war world in the book, how many countries are there? What is the landform of each country? Is it more mountainous? Or is it more plains? Is the temperature high or low? Is it inland or near the sea? And it is affected by different landforms and geographical locations.
In that country, are the clothing habits thin or thick? What kind of eating habits and characteristics will be formed due to climate and geographical factors? Does this country favor martial arts? Or ban martial arts?
What is the political system of this country like? What are the names of officials at each level? What kind of authority do they have? And so on.
It is easy to write a fantasy work, but it is endlessly difficult to write a realistic fantasy story, because no matter how much preparation work you do and how detailed the setting is, you will soon find that your
The preparation work is still far from enough, and the settings are still not detailed enough.
In the past, Sun Quan, under the pressure of survival, did not have the patience or the conditions to do it in detail, because he had to make the right meal.
But in this life, the book "My Decathlon" made him a lot of money, and he bought a house for his family. Although he doesn't have much money at hand now, there are already two braised chicken restaurants making money for him every day.
In a short period of time, he no longer had to worry about food and clothing. Moreover, "My Decathlon" is still being serialized, so his income is not bad.
So he could be patient and perfect the outline of "The Ring of the Immortal Dragon" bit by bit, bit by bit, and write whatever came to mind. He would not be too prepared, but lest he be too little prepared.