First, the important role of Guizashi can be naturally introduced.
What is the skeleton of any online article?
In addition to the big or small plots, the main characters in the book are the memory points of the readers. How well the protagonist is portrayed often determines the success of a book. It is difficult to imagine if a reader hates a book.
The protagonist of the book can still like that book.
The character of Gui Cha must be a very important character in this supernatural novel conceived by Sun Quan. He can be written as the second male lead or the leading male villain.
These are two different writing directions. If it is written as the second male lead, the character of Guizhan cannot be a villain. This character can only be written as his duty to deal with all kinds of lonely ghosts, and he must not be evil in his heart.
But if Guizhan is written as the male villain, then Guizhan will probably have an evil side in his heart.
From the perspective of creating character conflicts in the book to advance the plot, Sun Quan felt that the character of Gui Cha should be written as the male villain.
In this way, the male protagonist has this big villain to fight with wits and courage, and the conflict points of the plot are there, and many plots can be extended casually.
But if it is written like this, the hero's ability may need to be strengthened. Otherwise, the hero Chen Yang only has the passive skill of Yin Yang Eyes, and he can only see ghosts. How can he fight against ghosts?
Adding skills to the male protagonist, or even allowing the male protagonist's skills to be upgraded later, is very consistent with the writing style of online novels. Upgrade! The protagonists of most online novels are constantly upgraded.
But if it is written like this, it will be even more difficult when the book is adapted into a web drama in the future.
Expenditure on special effects is the biggest difficulty.
If the special effects are better, the audience may appreciate it, but it will only cost money.
Want to save production costs! The special effects can only be made for 50 cents, which look fake and will seriously affect the reputation of the series.
So, should the male protagonist of this supernatural novel have any skills? Sun Quan is quite hesitant about whether Gui Cha should be written as the second male lead or the first male villain. He has not decided yet.
Second, the appearance of ghosts can logically bring the previous big plot to a grand finale. In the process of this grand finale, as the fact that the heroine has died is revealed, the seemingly unremarkable content that was foreshadowed in the early stage
, will instantly produce the finishing touch, and the negative impression left by the male protagonist on the readers will be instantly reversed, and the entire plot will be sublimated. It can also logically send the heroine to reincarnation, and bring an end to the emotional drama of the male protagonist.
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Third... the appearance of Gui Cha not only brings an end to the previous plot, but in fact, his appearance not only has the function of connecting the past, but also has the function of starting the next.
For example, as soon as Guizhan appears, the seemingly pure urban style of writing suddenly turns into a supernatural story, and with the appearance of Guizhan, readers will also look forward to the story that follows.
etc.
Sun Quan plans to write this supernatural article into a collection of short stories.
In form, it's a bit like "The Ring of the Immortal Dragon" he wrote before.
"The Ring of the Immortal Dragon" is also a series of several stories. Each reincarnation of the male protagonist is a story. Several stories are connected together because of the several reincarnations of the male protagonist, and finally form a complete big story.
The supernatural novel recently conceived by Sun Quan is also composed of a series of short stories. The difference from "The Ring of the Immortal Dragon" is that the male protagonist of this book will not be reincarnated again and again.
The reason why these short stories are formed is because the male protagonist’s yin and yang eyes cause ghosts to appear one after another in his subsequent life.
The appearance of every ghost is the beginning of a little story, and the end of every ghost being captured and reincarnated by a ghost is the end of that little story.
It has the meaning of a tough male protagonist and a ghostly, flowing ghost.
The main plot of the once-popular "Soul Ferry" of the original time and space is this style. The male protagonist and ghosts run through the whole drama, and one ghost after another is just like what is written in the song "With You in My Life" - "
How many people have come and gone in your life...
And the male protagonist and ghost character of that drama are also like another lyric in that song - "I know that I will always be by your side with you in my life."
In addition to the "Soul Ferry", Sun Quan also thought that he had watched several other TV series with good reputations.
Those dramas are also similar in form.
For example, in "Midnight Taxi", a middle-aged man who drives a taxi always drives the taxi through the streets at midnight, and thus witnesses the joys and sorrows that happen in the streets and alleys late at night.
It allows the audience to observe the life of a city.
Another example is the island country's "Late Night Canteen". An old man with a story runs a small late-night canteen. It is also through the perspective of the old man that we can watch the stories that happened in that small canteen, all kinds of joys and sorrows...
…
etc.
There was a time when Sun Quan liked to watch dramas like that. Although there were almost no big scenes or special effects in such stories, the plots seemed bland and were just trivial matters.
But through the small stories presented in those dramas, it can bring him a lot of feelings.
It can help him understand some principles of life and understand the lives and psychology of ordinary people in modern urban life.
He writes stories himself, and there are many things he needs to understand.
The word "endless learning" sounds very stylish at first, but in fact, after truly experiencing this feeling, everyone will feel powerless.
Especially for people in his profession, when they were young, they thought they were talented and would easily slip up, but what about the reality?
The longer he writes in this line, the more he feels that he needs to learn and comprehend more.
Then the more I learned and comprehended, the more I discovered that I still had more to learn and comprehend.
There is truly no limit to the sea of learning.
Speaking of learning, there is no limit to the sea...
That was another sad story. He didn't know if other Internet writers had the same sadness. What he experienced back then left an indelible impression on him.
For example, when he is not coding, he likes to read novels written by others. As long as they are popular or have a good reputation, he would like to read them and learn a thing or two.
but……
He once lost love because of this.
Because in the eyes of his wife, he was just lazy and having fun when he read novels. She felt that when he had time, he didn’t work hard on coding to make money, so he just wasted his time reading novels to be happy. At first, he frowned and persuaded him, and he gave an explanation.
, but she obviously didn't believe it and felt that he was making excuses to fool her.
After a few times, she became disappointed with him and thought he was a loser who didn't seek to make progress, just muddle along and hang around all day long. Then she gave him a good guy card and let him return to the singles group.
Here is an example.
In addition to this, Sun Quan has experienced many similar examples.
Anyway, no matter whether he is reading a novel, watching a movie, TV series, or watching the news, in the eyes of others, he is just playing.
He had no way to defend himself, because his actions seemed to be just for fun.
Only he himself knows that he needs to absorb all kinds of "nutrition". Reading novels, watching movies, watching TV series, watching news, etc. can broaden his horizons and let him learn some character creation skills and story structure skills.
etc.
Just like this supernatural article he conceived this time, where did his inspiration come from?
Did it come out of thin air?
Falling from the sky?
Or is it issued by the state?
Of course not! All inspiration comes from the novels, TV series, etc. he has read. This has nothing to do with plagiarism.
He just drew inferences based on some novels, TV series and other things he had read, and captured some extended inspiration.
Then he arranges and combines the scattered inspirations into a complete story.
He had an understanding from a long time ago.
All literary and artistic creators, whether it is movies, TV series, paintings, sculptures, novels, etc., want to create works that amaze or like the audience or readers, all stem from a gap.
For example, Hong Kong movies and Hong Kong dramas, which were very popular back then and were sought after by countless people in China, later... A few years before his rebirth, Hong Kong movies and Hong Kong dramas had declined regrettably.
Sun Quan once wondered why?
Why are people so obsessed with Hong Kong movies and dramas in the past suddenly not obsessed with them anymore, and don’t even want to watch them? Why?
Is it because those people I once loved were obviously old and dead?
Or is it because mainland TV dramas and movies surpass Hong Kong dramas and films?
What is the problem?
This problem has troubled him for a long time. He has seen many people's analysis on the Internet, but later he clearly summarized his own opinions.
And this point of view is-the gap between vision and economy.
In the past, Hong Kong was an open window to the outside world. Directors and screenwriters living there could easily come into contact with excellent film and television dramas from all over the world. They could easily absorb "nutrition" from film and television dramas from all over the world, while those in the mainland
What about the audience? They didn’t have that convenience, so the Hong Kong films and dramas of that period completely surpassed the mainland’s film and television dramas in terms of quality and creativity. For mainland audiences, the Hong Kong films and dramas at that time could continue to open their horizons.
, shock your soul.
If a new world opens up.
In addition, the living standards in Hong Kong at that time were far higher than those in the mainland, so mainland audiences would feel envious and yearning for the modern urban life they saw in Hong Kong movies and dramas.
This economic gap is also one of the reasons why Hong Kong films and dramas were once so popular among mainland audiences.
After summarizing the above experience, Sun Quan realized another truth - if he wants his works to be liked by readers, then he must also open a gap with most readers in terms of vision and skills.
To put it simply: it means that the number of reads and views must exceed that of most readers.
Otherwise, he will definitely not be able to keep his rice for a long time, because if his reading volume and pageviews are not as good as those of most readers, what he writes will appear to many readers to be childish and boring.