The Great Writers of Hogwarts

Chapter 24 Breaking the game and the next stop

What is it about fantasy works like "The Witcher" that attracts people?
Andre had been thinking about this question before.

After all, in order for "The Witcher" to catch the readers' attention in one fell swoop, Andre himself has to grasp its brilliance before showing it to the readers.

It is not difficult to sum these up.

In his memory, since "The Lord of the Rings" opened the category of fantasy novels, excellent fantasy works seem to have a unified characteristic.

Almost all of them have grand world views, epic plots, flesh-and-blood characters, real historical backgrounds, wonderful magic or various abilities, and various races with entanglements...

These are the fascination of fantasy works, and the above conclusions can be easily drawn only by finding a few well-known works.

It's just that after summing up these commonalities, Andre felt that it was difficult.

Because of these common elements, almost without exception, a sufficient amount of text is required to carry them.

No matter how concise and concise it is, you can't describe an epic war in just a thousand words, and all aspects involved in a magnificent world view also require a large amount of text to describe.

"The Lord of the Rings", "The Witcher", "A Song of Ice and Fire" and other works are released with "one book" as the unit of measurement when readers first meet them, so that they can play their epic role. Temperament, let readers immerse themselves in that magical world.

But even if Andre used all the pages of an issue of "The Quibbler", he still couldn't reach that amount of text.

What's more, he is not the protagonist of some literary copying, even if he cuts off his hands, it is impossible to get out so many words before the next issue of "The Quibbler" is released.

Also, even if Andre was able to open it, he could really copy so many things in a short period of time. As the editor-in-chief of the magazine, Xenophilius had to review and proofread the manuscript.

Xenophilius can't hang up, and he can't review so much content in a short period of time.

And if there is no proofreading, there will be ubiquitous typos and minor language errors that catch the readers' eyes, which is equivalent to the experience of reading paper pirated books in the previous life, which will definitely make many readers criticize them.

To sum up, Andre can only be a dojo in the snail shell now, trying to find a way to maximize the charm of "The Witcher" while limiting the amount of text.

A few days ago, Andre was stuck in the progress precisely because of this problem, and made little progress for a few days.

But now the surge of inspiration after the relaxation of the mood finally allowed Andre to find a breakthrough.

"There is a category of subject matter that is inherently eye-catching and fascinating, and that is the detective subject matter."

"The emergence of an unsolved case often arouses readers' strong curiosity and makes them eager to see the truth of the case.

I can use the detective theme to cut into "The Witcher", and create a strange case in "The Witcher" at the beginning, and use it as a hook to hook readers' expectations.

Then introduce Geralt the white wolf, the protagonist of the demon hunter, to accept the commission to solve the case. Causing the reader to lose interest..."

"In short, I rewrote "The Witcher" into the form of "The Collection of Sherlock Holmes", and turned the long story into a short story that can be serialized.

In this way, each issue can ensure the interest of readers. I can use about ten issues to outline the world view of "The Witcher", and then use a big event to draw the white wolf Gerald into the epic plot of "The Witcher" middle. "

Andre's eyes became brighter and brighter.

The idea seemed feasible to him.

The white wolf Geralt in the original work of "The Witcher" often accepts some weird commissions. There is even a volume of "The Witcher" that is a collection of short stories, which contains a lot of materials that can be used for rewriting.

There is also the famous game "The Witcher" series adapted from "The Witcher", which also has many wonderful side missions that can be used as material.

In short, if it is developed in this way of thinking, the amount of material is absolutely sufficient.

Judging by Andre's professional vision, if the rewriting is done properly in this way, the flavor of the original work will not be lost too much, and it may even add a new flavor to the original work.

Just a few days ago, he recalled a lot of materials, but he still lacked a complete train of thought to connect them together.

Now that the idea is there, all that is left is to modify and modify the needlework.

He took a deep breath, and the quill pen in his hand flew like a pen, writing lines of text on the parchment.

"In that case, let's do it."

The first event that Andre decided to write down was a side quest from The Witcher [-] adaptation of The Witcher [-] - Crimes of the Flesh.

The content of this incident is simply that a brutal serial murderer appeared in the city, and the murder method was extremely brutal. Geralt's friends were also attacked. Geralt received a commission to find the murderer, and thus began the investigation the process of.

I have to say that the level of adaptation of "The Witcher III" is extremely high. This side mission can become a heart-pounding short story with a little modification, and this process happens to reveal the worldview and shape the character of the characters. Don't need to change too many things.

After being busy until the wee hours of the morning, the excited Andre felt sleepy for a while. There were already a lot of words on the parchment, and he was about a quarter of his goal completed.

Andre turned off the light, and carefully hid the parchment with the opening chapter of "The Witcher".

"Continue tomorrow, and try to get the opening chapter of "The Demon Hunter" out before going back."

"In this way, we can take advantage of the stage set by the Potter Research Society, and let the response of "The Witcher" explode directly."

Thinking of this, a gleam of light flashed in Andre's eyes.

By that time, the response level of "Harry Potter" should be enough for him to extract the perception of Animagus Transfiguration, and then he can greatly increase his magic power without worrying about his rationality being impacted.

Coupled with the ability and medicine extracted from "The Demon Hunter", it can be regarded as a preliminary self-protection power.

While thinking about it, Andre lay down on the bed, his consciousness gradually becoming drowsy.

The tiredness from a busy day came and took him to sleep.

Until the next day, Andre opened his eyes in the bright sunlight.

He glanced at the time, it was only six o'clock in the morning, and the sun was already so bright.

There was the sound of running water in the bathroom, Xenophilius had already woken up and was shaving in it.

There was also movement from the next room, and the Weasley brothers, Luna, and Pandora had all gotten up.

Andre shook his head, shaking away the last bit of drowsiness, and he had to sigh in his heart.

"It's good to be young, and the quality of sleep is really nothing to say.

If it were the me before the crossing, I would have stayed up so late yesterday and woke up at [-] o'clock today, I would probably faint. "

Just as he was sighing, Xenophilius came out of the bathroom, still not recovering from yesterday's joy.

Xenophilius looked at Andre expectantly, just like looking at Fu Xing.

"Andre, are you awake?"

"Then is there any place you want to go to play today? It's up to you to decide, your luck is really good this time."

Andre grinned, not polite.

In this trip to London, apart from Harry Potter's authorization, he had prepared a surprise for everyone on the trip.

"Don't worry, I've been studying it for a long time, and I'm sure it will be an eye-opener for everyone."

He clicked a place on the map.

"Let's go here next stop."

(End of this chapter)