The literary giants of the late Ming Dynasty began by copying books

Chapter 177 Newborn

Although Li Guoxian wanted to live with Wang Wenlong, he was also afraid that if he used to entertain others with sex, he would be abandoned by Wang Wenlong like his biological mother when he got old.

She always wanted to have her own life at the same time.

The cultural education she received since she was a child is very good, and she writes better than many men. However, these days, women rarely write books in public, and women's talents are not known.

Wang Wenlong suddenly had an idea in his mind. These days, the main types of men's novels have been almost developed, but the female reading market has not yet been developed.

Women in other families don't write books and publish them because the men in the family don't want to, but if Li Guoxian followed him, there would be no such problem.

So - what would happen if Li Guoxian was trained as a novelist?

Li Guoxian sat at the table, nervously watching Wang Wenlong review her manuscript, while Wang Wenlong frowned more and more.

"This is not a novel. Have you never written a diary before?" Wang Wenlong put down the manuscript and asked.

Li Guoxian shook his head: "No."

"No wonder, novels are different from other articles. They must make readers feel. So the words do not have to be beautiful, but what you write must be something that can touch you."

"You have to put your emotions into it. For example, if you are writing about a woman's relationship, you have to imagine that you are that woman, think about what kind of situation can make you feel lonely, and write down that situation. Another example is to write about a handsome man. You have to imagine a man you like and describe his behavior."

Wang Wenlong taught Li Guoxian bit by bit what the sense of immersion in novels is. Wang Wenlong spoke very engrossingly, but Li Guoxian blushed more and more as he listened, and secretly buried his little face. Wang Wenlong actually asked her to reveal her emotions in front of him, and even To write it down - this matter is a bit too embarrassing for Li Guoxian, who was born in the Ming Dynasty.

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With the development of literature and art in the Ming Dynasty, women's literary and artistic creations gradually became popular. By the Wanli period, publications created by women had appeared. The most famous one is "The Story of Three Lives" written by the famous courtesan Ma Xianglan, which tells the story of the stepdaughter Jiao Guiying's financial support for the scholar Wang When Kui was studying, Wang Kui won the first prize and abandoned Guiying. Guiying committed suicide and turned into a ghost after his death to capture Wang Kui alive.

However, generally speaking, there are still very few novels and operas written by women. In the original history, it took more than ten years for a series of operas written by women to be published. As for novels written by women, they did not start slowly until the Qing Dynasty. Appear.

Wang Wenlong said: "There are routines to follow in arranging plots when writing novels. A three-act method can be found in dramas."

"Three acts?" There was no such thing as a curtain on the Ming opera stage these days, and Li Guoxian couldn't understand it.

"This is summarized from the dramas of the red-haired people. The red-haired people's dramas often change scenes. Every time the scene changes, the curtain must be lowered. The stage workers operate behind the curtain. I found that their plays have to change the scene at least three times. , so the three-act formula was summed up.”

Wang Wenlong attributes this classic drama theory to himself. In fact, no matter whether it is the three-act format or the traditional Chinese introduction, succession, and transfer, you can create novels. The three-act format is nothing more than incorporating the two stages of "inheritance and transfer" into the second act. That's all, but the three-act creation method is the most commonly used method in later generations, and the derived theory is also the best to explain.

"The story must have at least three scenes. The first scene is the peaceful world before the story takes place. Take Nezha Naohai as an example. The first scene in Nezha Naohai is Nezha's birth and obtaining the magic weapon; the second scene is the peaceful world A small conflict caused by a conflict, in Nezha Naohai, it is Nezha Naohai and kills the third prince of the Dragon King; the third act is a big conflict to resolve the conflict, because after killing the third prince Nezha, the Dragon King floods Chentangguan , Nezha finally solved the problem by cutting off the bones and returning the flesh to his father and mother."

Li Guoxian was very perceptive and understood instantly: "So if we want to sort out Nezha's trouble in the sea, we must list at least three scenes: Nezha's birth, trouble in the sea, and flooding of Chentangguan, right?"

"That's right." Wang Wenlong nodded and said.

Li Guoxian thought about it and then asked doubtfully: "But sometimes the performance of Nezha Naohai on the stage only ends when he kills the third prince of the Dragon King. How come there are three acts?"

Wang Wenlong said: "If it only ends with the killing of the third prince of the Dragon King, then the main conflict will be the conflict between Nezha and the third prince. The second act will be the dispute between Nezha and the third prince. The third act will resolve the conflict through a fight. Then Nezha killed the third prince."

Li Guoxian thought about the scenes he had watched in Nezha Naohai, and nodded, "Yes, I have seen the Nezha Naohai with Chen Tangguan, and I have also seen it end with Nezha killing the third prince of the Dragon King. of."

"If we don't play Chentangguan, we often have to add a section about the conflict between Nezha and the Dragon King's third prince. If we think about it carefully, if not, the play seems too simple. It's obviously the same story, how could it be like this? ?”

Wang Wenlong said with a smile: "This is the principle of twists and turns. The protagonist encounters a conflict in the second act. Although he tries hard to solve it, there are hidden dangers or small failures. It is not until the third act that the main conflict is resolved. In this way, the audience can see Only then did I feel that the plot was full of ups and downs. If there were only two scenes, and the protagonist solved the conflict immediately, what kind of drama would it be?"

"That's it," Li Guoxian understood instantly. "The writing seems to be dissatisfied with the mountains. It always makes the characters in the story encounter several setbacks, so that the audience seems to feel that success is hard-won."

Wang Wenlong smiled and nodded: "He is indeed a good student."

Li Guoxian was quite proud of himself. After learning some theory, his hands became itchy, so he started to revise his exercises at his desk. She read the love story she originally wrote, and soon discovered that the story she wrote was too simple: its original plot was a straight line: the heroine and the scholar fell in love, the scholar was poor, the heroine's parents did not agree, and the scholar worked hard to become the top scholar. Come back and marry the heroine.

Knowing that the conflict should be strengthened, Li Guoxian added a gangster male supporting actor without any instruction, and changed the story to the story that his parents want to marry the beautiful heroine to an ugly and unscrupulous but rich supporting actor in the second act. The Lord encountered a minor crisis.

It was her first time to write a story. Although she learned some routines and thought she knew it, she found that she still couldn't write the tension after actually starting it.

Wang Wenlong said with a smile: "This is true, but you still need to read more and practice more. Your characters are not dramatic enough. In dramatic novels, the villain must be evil enough, the male protagonist scholar must be handsome and talented enough, and the female protagonist must be handsome and talented enough." Be pitiful enough."

Li Guoxian really liked writing, and he devoted himself to it in the next few days. He changed the short story several times, and came to Wang Wenlong for advice every time he finished revising a draft.

Before Wang Wenlong made videos in his previous life, he had posted articles through public accounts for a long time. The articles on public accounts were basically good at character creation, and he was definitely an expert in guiding Li Guoxian to write female novels.

Having a lot of experience in writing public accounts, he was able to provide Li Guoxian with a lot of material without even thinking about it.

These typical characters have already had complete templates: the evil mother-in-law, the lazy supporting actor, and the miserable heroine. They are all characters that have been verified and saved by countless people in the Internet environment of later generations. Basically, every short essay on the public account , every online novel needs two.

Therefore, the characters Wang Wenlong speaks in a few words often make Li Guoxian's eyes light up.

She would also help Li Guoxian correct her homework bit by bit, and watch Wang Wenlong carefully circle and explain on the manuscript he had written. With his confident and serious look, Li Guoxian couldn't help but feel moved.

When she was a child, Li Guoxian read storybooks and imagined a scene in which she would harmonize with a handsome and gifted scholar and exchange poems and essays. But at this moment, Wang Wenlong looked exactly like the gentle scholar in her fantasy.

Wang Wenlong had been revising the manuscript for a long time. Instead of feeling bored, Li Guoxian's heart beat faster and faster. She looked at Wang Wenlong quietly, wishing that this time would not pass.

"This outline is already good enough. You can try to fill in the lyrics. Send it to me after you finish it."

Taking the manuscript from Wang Wenlong in her hand, Li Guoxian stood up and felt a little disappointed, but she quickly nodded and said, "I will write carefully when I get back!"

After seeing Li Guoxian away, Wang Wenlong hurried back to the house. The two of them were almost leaning together just now. Wang Wenlong is also in his twenties. He has not had close contact with women for so long. If he hadn't sent Li Guoxian away, something would have happened just now.

Do you want to find an opportunity to go to the Li family to deliver the betrothal gift?

To be honest, Wang Wenlong also wanted to have someone to accompany him as soon as possible, but the Li family didn't express it and he couldn't take the initiative. It was already very humiliating for someone to reveal that they wanted Li Guoxian to be his concubine. How could he dare to ask for it?

Wang Wenlong was also afraid of being beaten.

With work and life, life flies by very quickly. A few days later, Wang Wenlong went to the workshop to see the production situation and asked Wang Jingui, "Has the wife of Chen Huicai's family given birth?"

Wang Jingui looked up from his rigid expression: "I said yesterday afternoon that my mother-in-law was in labor, so I went back in a hurry. I will probably know the situation today."

Wang Wenlong nodded and smiled: "It turns out it was yesterday. Don't worry. After all, he is not in his hometown, and there are not so many people to help. If the family is too busy, we can give him a few more days off. He can talk easily when he comes to the workshop. "

All the craftsmen laughed and said that Wang Wenlong was benevolent and righteous. At this moment, they saw Chen Huicai walking in from outside, rolling up his sleeves and starting to work.

People around asked: "Old Chen, aren't you in labor? Why don't you stay at home for a few more days?"

Wang Jingui also smiled and said, "If you have something to do at home, go back early. Wen Long said I'll give you a holiday."

Chen Huicai was a little absent-minded. When he heard this, he looked up and found that Wang Wenlong was also in the workshop. He quickly saluted and said, "Thank you, sir. Everything is fine at home."

Wang Wenlong took out a red envelope and asked with a smile: "Is it a boy or a girl? Are you all safe? If you need someone at home, just go back. The workshop is not busy."

Chen Huicai said: "I don't want anyone anymore, my child is gone..."

Everyone was quite surprised when they heard this and stopped what they were doing.

(End of this chapter)