Chapter 741 The entry point of the opening chapter
It's another night.
It’s still the same hotel, still the same room.
Cao Jingyi, who had just finished taking a shower, was wearing a snow-white bathrobe again. The difference was that this time she was not sitting on the bay window applying skin cream. The computer in the room was turned on just like last night. The difference was that she was on
The song played was "Hotel California", which was equally good.
Cao Jingyi opened her suitcase and was choosing clothes. However, she seemed a little undecided. She took this piece of clothing and compared it with herself, then picked up another piece of clothing and compared it with herself.
For a while, she still had a troubled expression.
Then she smiled helplessly, sat down on the edge of the bed, picked up the mobile phone on the bed, found Sun Quan's number, thought about it, and sent a message.
——"It's a long night, do you know which bar is better nearby? Can you take me some time to have a drink?"
After the message was sent, Cao Jingyi smiled confidently, threw down the phone, stood up and continued to pick clothes in the suitcase.
She believed that Sun Quan would take the bait tonight.
He should have seen the text message she sent him last night during the day. There is no reason for him not to take the bait today.
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Qinglongwan Villa Park.
study.
In front of the computer, Sun Quan is trying to write the first chapter of a new book. After a recent period of preparation, the outline and details of the new book are complete.
The title of the book has not yet been determined.
He is not in a hurry about the title of the book, as long as it can be determined on the day of release.
He wanted to try writing the first chapter tonight to get a feel for it.
Nanny Wen... He doesn't have much experience. Although he now has three children, he doesn't have much experience as a nanny, because the three babies don't need his own hands to take care of them.
But he still has some experience in raising children.
After all, his daughter is three years old, and he has been involved in her growth, so although he does not have rich experience in raising children, he still has some experience.
But he felt that such experience might not be enough to write a good novel about nanny.
He felt he needed some imagination.
Imagine you have a baby, your wife ran away, you are very poor, you can’t even afford the baby’s milk powder, and you have no experience in raising a baby. You are raising the baby alone, and you have to find a way to make money to buy milk powder and diapers for the baby.
And working hard to give their children a better future.
He needs to put himself into the inner world of such a dad.
For this reason, he has been sitting quietly in front of the computer for more than an hour and has smoked three cigars.
It stands to reason that since he has an outline and a detailed outline, writing a chapter should not be difficult.
This is theoretically true, but what he is going to write tonight is the first chapter of the book. Based on his years of experience in coding, the quality and feel of the first chapter are very important.
The theory of the Three Golden Chapters has been proposed by some people in the Internet literature circle. Many authors write new books based on the theory of the Three Golden Chapters.
Sun Quan doesn't have that habit. He doesn't care about the three golden chapters. He is more willful. He hopes that his first chapter can impress and attract readers.
Why take three chapters to do something that can be done in one chapter?
Why test the reader’s patience?
The outline and details of this new book were complete, but when he was about to start writing the first chapter, he was a little hesitant. Where should he start?
Do you start writing when your daughter-in-law runs away? Or do you start writing when your daughter-in-law is about to run away? Or do you start writing after your daughter-in-law runs away for a few days?
This is a bit like when cooking, holding a kitchen knife and facing a chicken, it often makes people hesitate where to make the first cut.
Some people may chop off the chicken head first; some may cut the whole chicken open from the spine; others may choose to remove one chicken wing first, and then remove the other chicken wing...
Sun Quan is used to cutting off the chicken head first, then cutting open the whole chicken, then removing the chicken wings and legs, and finally chops every part of the chicken into pieces.
And writing novels...
Every new book is a new experience. Even though he has rich experience in writing books, he still hesitates where to start every time he opens a new book.
For example, in this novel about a nanny, he can start writing from three different time periods, or he can write it before his wife runs away, or he can write it from the day when his wife runs away, or he can write it from n days after his wife runs away.
Based on his experience, he knows that no matter which point he starts writing from, these three time points have advantages and disadvantages.
For example, starting from before the wife runs away. The advantage is that the book can give readers a big suspense at the beginning - is the hero's wife running away?
It can be fascinating and attract people to watch.
This is a benefit!
The disadvantage is that when the hero's wife really runs away and never looks back, many readers will not be able to accept it and find it very cruel. Therefore, some readers will definitely abandon the book and leave, even if they are salty.
Even though I, Lao Sun, have such a good reputation, I cannot avoid this situation.
If you choose to start writing on the day your wife runs away...
It also has the advantage of preventing readers from abandoning the book because the protagonist's wife has run away. After all, the protagonist's wife has already run away at the beginning of the chapter. This is already an established fact. As far as this book is concerned, if the wife runs away, it is the male protagonist in this book.
Starting point, everyone can accept that the male protagonist is miserable at the beginning.
For some readers, they simply cannot accept witnessing the hero's wife running away.
As for the downside?
Yes!
For example: If you start writing from here, the book will lose a lot of suspense at the beginning.
As for the third type... I started writing after the hero's wife ran away for n days...
It also has the advantage that the male protagonist can be taciturn and calm when he appears. According to Sun Quan’s experience, the male protagonist appearing in this state can give many readers a good sense of involvement, and the image of the protagonist will also be more similar.
Likeable.
Many readers like calm and collected male protagonists.
Many readers don't like the kind of male protagonist who makes a fuss when something happens, or who is on the verge of death.
The disadvantage is: if I start from here, not only will I lose a major suspense at the beginning, but I will also lose a lot of space to describe the hero's true psychological state after his wife runs away.
To put it simply, the characterization of the male protagonist lacks depth due to the different entry point at the beginning.
The lack of depth may not matter to some readers. They just want to read an enjoyable article, and that is enough. These readers do not need depth.
But for some old bookworms with more discerning tastes, they won't like a work without depth.
Even if you like her, it won't be a deep love.
And he, Sun Quan, is now a platinum author of Qidian. Many of his book fans are old bookworms with sophisticated tastes. If he cannot take into account these tastes, the reputation of his book may be very different after it is published.
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Where to start writing?
In front of the computer, Sun Quan was still hesitating.
After hesitating for a moment, he finally made up his mind.
I started writing from the night when the hero’s wife ran away!