Internet literature masters talk about writing
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Internet literature is vigorously and vividly growing in this era, with its infinite imagination, with its cuteness, with its realistic contemplation, giving hundreds of millions of readers in this country various forms of energy and vitality, creating new miracles and possibilities.
The vigorous development of online literature began with the original intention of writing, became an opportunity of the times, and is inseparable from the hard work of all writers bit by bit. Whether it is the experience of knowing the destiny of heaven or the new wave of the Z era, their eyes flash the same light, and every bit of their thinking about writing has experienced countless days and nights of "like cutting, like grinding".
By launching the special topic of "Online Literary Masters Talk about Writing", China Writers Network relives the original intention of online literary masters with many readers, and shares their literary concepts and creative details. We believe that diversity and excitement will be presented here.
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Zhuo Muxian is a member of the Chinese Writers Association, vice chairman of the Jiangsu Internet Writers Association, and a writer of the Great God of Reading Group. He is good at the creation of online literature on realistic themes, and has created a genre of online literature policing themes, such as "Chaoyang Police", "Officer Han", "Veteran New Police", etc., and has won awards such as "Mao Dun Newcomer Award Online Literature Award", Jiangsu Purple Mountain Literature Award, and Nantong "Five One Project Award".
How to "interesting" the reality of the online article
Compared with fantasy themes, there are more restrictions on realistic theme online articles. If it is too imaginative, it will deviate from the original intention of focusing on reality. But if it is completely realistic, the story is not exciting enough. Because most of the work in various walks of life is repetitive and even boring.
If you want the story to be close to reality and make the story look good, it is necessary to learn from the advantages of the longevity of other types of online texts, and clearly understand that the reality of the theme of the online text is first of all the online text.
Some people will think that there are routines for online texts, such as "fighting monsters", "upgrading", and "changing maps". But from another point of view, this is the reader's yearning for a better future. Readers all hope to see their favorite protagonists and supporting roles grow, hope that the protagonists and supporting roles will succeed through hard work, and hope that the great motherland will prosper and be strong.
If a character pays but does not return, it may be possible to do it once, but the reader will feel very depressed when the number of times is more, and the whole story will become hopeless, and the reader will have no desire to watch. Therefore, if you want to create a realistic theme online article that readers like, the protagonist you create must grow and succeed.
It seems like a paradox to be close to reality without letting the protagonist out of reality. But as long as it is carefully conceived, it can also give the protagonist room for "upgrading".
When creating "Chaoyang Police", I set up a set of "upgrade system", the protagonist was not liked by the leaders and colleagues of the police station because of his academic background, to take root in the community to solve problems for the masses (can be understood as "fighting monsters") was loved by the masses, through the collection of clues to help solve the case ("fight the monster"), won the recognition of the police station leaders and colleagues, and then was praised by the bureau leaders, meritorious service awards, which not only reflects the growth of the protagonist, but also a typical online text "fight monster" and "upgrade" path.
As for "changing the map", it is also very necessary, because the length of the online text is relatively long, and if the story all takes place in the same scene, the reader may be aesthetically tired.
In "Chaoyang Police", I solved this problem by changing the map once and changing the background twice, "changing the map" is to let the protagonist go to the police station of the remote province where the pair is paired to learn, and let the protagonist participate in the search for fugitives during the study period.
The change of background is reflected in the environmental changes in the protagonist's jurisdiction, the jurisdiction of the community at the beginning is an urban village that is about to "withdraw the village and set up a residence", the foreign population is large, and it is facing demolition, the public security environment is complex, some social hot issues have occurred here, which is a contradiction concentration point, which can arouse the resonance of readers.
Immediately after, the demolition work was completed, the jurisdiction became a hot big construction site, several large projects broke ground, hundreds of construction teams of large and small sizes were stationed, all of them were foreign populations, a contradiction was resolved, and new contradictions appeared. The security environment has undergone tremendous changes from before, and there are also many social hotspots in construction.
By solving problems for the masses, by managing the social side, collecting various illegal and criminal clues, and constantly "fighting monsters", coupled with the "upgrade" and changing the map and changing the background as mentioned earlier, the whole story is interesting, the growth of the protagonist is reflected, and there is no departure from the original intention of being close to reality.
Some elements of other types of online texts are also reflected in "Chaoyang Police".
For example, the fantasy genre said that "there is a grandfather in the beginning", which is also in "Chaoyang Police". The protagonist has a master who is deeply loved by the masses at the grassroots level, and gradually grows into a qualified people's policeman under the master's words and deeds, which not only embodies the fine tradition of public security organs passing on help and guidance, but also creates a group portrait of the grassroots police who scrupulously fulfill their duties, making the story more full, and there is also a spiritual inheritance, leaving room for the sublimation of intentions.
However, the creation of online texts on realistic themes is different from other types of online creations, first of all, we must grasp the balance between the reader's expectations for the protagonist and even the entire story and the original intention of creation, and make a trade-off between the market and feelings.
Readers definitely hope that the protagonist can get more recognition, a stronger sense of accomplishment and greater success, and take "Chaoyang Police" as an example, I can let the protagonist grow into a sheriff, but I can't let the protagonist quickly become the director or even the chief.
Most of the public security police are at the grass-roots level, and many police officers are still ordinary policemen until they retire, which is the true portrayal of most public security police. If in order to let more people read it, blindly cater to it, do not grasp this balance, and let the protagonist continue to rise, it will deviate from the original intention, and the whole story will not be close enough to reality.
Moreover, in the creation of online articles on realistic themes, the phrase "going deep into the grassroots and taking root in the people" is by no means a slogan.
The people around you and the things around you are the most difficult to write, and only by moving real feelings can the works touch people's hearts.
To this end, I went deep into the police station, the criminal police team and the community police office to make friends with the grass-roots police and auxiliary police, understand their daily work, and listen to their voices. Seeing that the police are so busy that they forget their birthdays, and the children go to the house with cakes to celebrate his birthday, their hearts are very unpleasant; seeing that many police officers travel for more than two hundred days a year to handle cases, often can't even go home, they really understand "where there are quiet years, but someone is carrying the weight for us"; when I see the smile on the face of the police when they crack the case, I am also full of a sense of accomplishment...
If you don't go deep into the grassroots to collect style, don't make friends with the police and auxiliary police, and sit at home and rely on your imagination, you will certainly not be able to write it.
Looking back, I think that if you want to create a good realistic theme online works, you must not only learn from the success of integrating other types of online texts, but also pay attention to life and draw nutrition in the fiery real life; at the same time, you must have feelings and social responsibility, and always adhere to the original intention of your own creation.
(Column Planner: Yu Jing)