Interrupting the brushwork is a technique often used by fiction writers. The so-called interruption is actually a delay in satisfaction and loses the reader's appetite. If you can skillfully use this technique, you can often get a multiplier effect with half the effort. Jin Yong is particularly good at interrupting, and his use of techniques is worth feeling and learning.
01 Interrupt
The most common interruption is interrupting someone else's ongoing conversation. In this way, people who especially want to know the truth through conversation can be interrupted so that they are particularly uncomfortable, but helpless. In the chapter "Seven Monsters of Jiangnan", Jin Yong arranged a dialogue interruption.
Bao Xi said weakly, "North? Yan Lie nodded and was about to speak, when suddenly the hooves outside the door were urgent, and dozens of horses stopped at the door of the guest house. Bao Xi's weak snow-white cheeks were already revealing some blood, and when he heard the sound of hooves, he immediately remembered the arrest of the officers and soldiers that night, and his face turned pale again.
Bao Xiweak was about to contact Yan Honglie's true identity here, but was interrupted by the rapid sound of hooves outside the door. If there is no such hoof sound, then Bao Xiweak must ask, why do you want to go to the north, what is your identity? Of course, if the purpose of Bao Xi weak is successfully realized, it will seem uninteresting.
Therefore, the interruption here has the effect of delaying the revelation of the truth.
The blind man said, "Master Jiaomu doesn't have to be polite." My seven brothers have inherited the master's daily care, and the master has a problem, how can my brother stand idly by? Besides, that person was proud of his martial arts skills, and came to oppose the master for no reason, who still put the people in the Jiangnan Martial Forest in his eyes? Even if the master does not come to inform, our brothers will never be able to rest if they know..."
Before he finished speaking, he could only hear the crunching of the stairs, as if a giant beast had come upstairs, and if the sound was not a giant elephant, it was a large buffalo of hundreds of pounds.
Here Ke Zhen Evil is about to make a bold speech with Master Jiaomu, and the direction of the reader's flow is also going in this direction. But before he could finish speaking, the stairs were already creaking over there. What's going on? Here comes the man, and it's time to get to the point.
Therefore, the interruption here has played a role in interrupting Ke Zhen's evil speech. If you let him continue, I don't know what kind of rhetoric I will make. Therefore, Jin Yong simply arranged an interruption here, so that you don't have to say it again. This also promotes the continuous development of the tense plot.
02 Interrupt the action
In addition to interrupting speech, it is common to interrupt other people's actions. For example, when the character discovers the martial arts secret book and is thinking of taking it, there is an interruption, such as suddenly someone coming, this will appear to be very urgent, and the reader's emotions will also be followed by regret or difficulty. Jin Yong does not arrange too many typical interruptions in the first two chapters of this novel, but it can still be seen that there are two obvious interruptions.
Duan Tiande was furious, raised his waist knife, snatched it straight out, and drank: "Rebellion?" Swinging his knife into the waist of the mound, he swept past. Qiu Chuji saw that it was an officer, threw the sergeant in his hand, did not flash, probed with his left hand, grabbed his wrist before him, and drank: "Where is Duan Tiande's dog thief?" ”
Duan Tiande's hands were in severe pain, his whole body was sore, and he said busily: "Does Dao Ye want to find Lord Duan?" he...... He drank in the Boat of the West Lake, and he did not know whether he would come back today. Qiu Believed it and let go of his hand. Duan Tiande said to the two sergeants, "You should quickly lead this Dao Ye to the lake to find Commander Duan." The two sergeants had not yet comprehended, and Duan Tiande shouted, "Go quickly, go quickly, Mo Provoking Daoye is angry." The two sergeants realized this and turned and walked out. Qiu Zhiji followed out.
At this time, Qiu Tiande hated Duan Tiande so much that he itched his teeth and was eager to immediately pierce his heart with an arrow. Qiu Chuji also did the same, humming angrily to find Duan Tiande, seeing that the enemy was in front of him, and a sword could result in him. However, Duan Tiande was not a big fool, and he lied and directly drove qiu out. In this way, Duan Tiande's lies and deception interrupted Qiu's revenge.
Revenge is always almost impossible to complete, and it is very hateful. When the reader reads this, he must be very uncomfortable, and he is eager to enter the novel and tell Qiu Zhiji, that Duan Tiande is right in front of your eyes, how can you be so stupid. In this way, Jin Yong used this interruption to successfully mobilize the reader's emotions.
In the first chapter, "The Storm Storm", there is also a place where the action is interrupted.
The three of them were drunk and hot-talking, and their conversation was very speculative. Yang Tiexin said, "It is really a blessing in my life that my two brothers have to meet the Dao Chief." Could the Governor stay for a few more days? Qiu Was waiting for an answer, when his face suddenly changed and he said, "Someone has come to me." No matter what happens, then you can't come out anyway, you know? Guo Yang and the two nodded in agreement.
Qiu Was about to answer Yang Tiexin's invitation, when he "suddenly changed his face." Why? Someone came to him, just to arrest him. In this way, it constitutes an interruption of the dialogue between Qiu Chuji and Yang Tiexin. Why interrupt? Because there is not much meaning in casual talking anymore, at this time, for the story to develop, it is necessary to have external forces to interact with them. Therefore, the interruption at this time comes at the right time.
03 Interrupt function
Not only is Jin Yong particularly good at using interrupts, but many writers are good at interrupting. Especially in many film and television dramas, the bad guys are about to be killed, and the result is that they are rescued, or what moths have happened, and the result is not killed, and the audience is itchy and difficult to survive.
But it is in this difficult process that the author arouses the reader's infinite imagination, so that he can advance and retreat with the reader. In this way, it also makes the reader have a strong reading urgency. So, what kind of function does interrupting technology have?
First, create suspense and lead to the following. This is the core function of interrupting technology. Interrupt, let you form a suspense in your mind, the reader will think, what's wrong? What the hell is going to happen? Hurry up and watch. This is the effect of interruption in creating suspense.
Second, delay gratification and lose the reader's appetite. Readers are very picky, and if their appetite is satisfied too early, they will eat too early and feel that it is not interesting. So, delay gratification. Mature writers are often good at delaying gratification to mobilize the appetite of readers, so that they want to eat but can only eat half of it, can not fully eat.
Third, it conforms to objective reality and creates rationality. In fact, there are many times when there are unexpected situations. This kind of sudden situation, manifested in novel writing, is to interrupt. There are always surprises, there are always interruptions. Of course, in the process of novel writing, many of the so-called interruptions are interruptions of ongoing dialogue or actions based on rationality by external forces, rather than real accidents. The so-called accident is just a problem that people in the local area at that time did not think of or did not realize.
With these many features, interrupting brushwork has become a "common technique" chosen by many authors. So, how should it be used?
04 How to use interruptions
Dramatic plots are often implemented as something that suddenly appears, and what people are doing must be interrupted. In a sense, drama is the technique of interrupting. Therefore, it is one of the crucial key technologies for the appeal of the novel.
But it must be made clear that only the important things need to be interrupted. Otherwise, there is no point in interrupting. If the dialogue between the characters is interrupted, the result is that a child passes by and falls to his feet and cries in pain. Such interruptions have no substantial significance for the development of the plot, and certainly have no need. The above-mentioned Bao Xiweak was about to ask Yan Honglie why he wanted to go to the north? This problem is more important, related to the future of Bao Xi weak, so the use of interrupts at this time will play a role in delaying satisfaction.
Moreover, this interruption is also the need of the plot itself, that is, according to ordinary rationality, those golden soldiers to defend the prince are also very necessary, and very reasonable. So, this involves another way of using interrupts, which is that interrupts must be reasonable interrupts. If two people are competing in martial arts, a puff of bird droppings falls from the sky, staining their faces and interrupting the process of the two people's competition. Such an interruption is bad, not only because it is unreasonable, but also has no connection with the development of the plot, and the reader will think that the author is insulting their intelligence.
In addition, the interruption must lead to a new plot. This is an extension of the above two methods of using interruptions. Interrupting is actually to cover up the old plot with a new plot, so that the writing suddenly changes direction, so that the reader's emotions can be driven, so that the thoughts they have become accustomed to have an inevitable change. Therefore, meaningful interruptions must lead to new plots.
Finally, interrupts should not be interrupted too frequently. The interruption itself means a twist of the plot, but also a reversal of the reader's reading mood and flow direction. Casual use, readers also feel fresh. If it is used frequently, the reader will think that the author is deliberately interrupting and wants to control everyone's emotions, which will produce disgust and even scold the author.
Moreover, frequent interruptions are not conducive to the formation of a stable plot of the novel, and are not conducive to the formation of a stable narrative rhythm. Of course, this is also not conducive to the formation of a benign reading experience. Based on necessity, on the basis of reason, at a time when a plot is almost narrated, if necessary, the author can initiate the interruption.
In addition, at the level of technical details of writing, a strict distinction must be made between interruption and suddenness. Both interrupt and suddenly, both often have unexpected things, meaning changes to the original, so they are often easily confused. So it must be made clear that those who have a clear direction of thought and action in the established direction, that is, the current plot is underway, but suddenly interrupted by external things, are interrupted. Sudden writing techniques are often things that appear suddenly, are natural accidents, and cannot constitute a forced interruption of the original logical line.
Interruption is a writing technique often used by fiction writers, and it is necessary for readers to understand this, and it is a necessary technique for writers. Jin Yong has already given us a good example in this regard, and we need to learn his use of this technique in depth. In the future, combined with the plot of further novels, we will continue to study the specific application of this technology in more depth.