Chinanews client, Beijing, August 11 (Reporter Shangguanyun) Inventory of the way of killing time nowadays, reading novels still has a place.
In particular, some online novels have fast-paced stories and do not require much in-depth thinking. They are quite uncompressed to read.
There are many good online literature works.
However, there are also some novels that have obviously broken plots, exaggerated language, and even become a kind of unreasonable concoction. Have you read such articles?
"I can't understand, but I was shocked"
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Among them, some of the words are very outrageous, but the style is a bit like the domineering president literature that has been popular in recent years. "The husband went home after 5 years and found that his wife was carrying cement to make a living, and his daughter was living in a hut. He was angry! With the order, the whole city trembled! "
Others have obvious traces of "successful son-in-law". The male protagonist may be temporarily depressed, but hides it deeply. "At the banquet, the wife brought the wretched husband to the leader of the wine. As soon as he entered the door, everyone at the table was too scared to hold the bowl. live!"
Or, the protagonist will definitely shock the audience when he speaks, "Grandma's birthday feast, a table with a gift of 500,000 yuan, a table with a gift of 700,000 yuan, but the son-in-law asks: Where is the 2 billion yuan?"
Both the language and the numbers are extremely exaggerated.
Do you think this is over?
No, the more devastating plot is yet to come.
In the example of netizens, there have been the following plots: some may be clerical errors, for example, the heroine’s mother was sent to the CPU ward after a car accident; some obviously violated common sense, "Ten years have passed... Ye Huan has been unknowingly 7 billion children were born".
"I can't understand, but I was shocked" has become a true portrayal of many readers.
Someone ridiculed, "You will never think that the author can write out what'mentally retarded' bridges in the next second".
Read the text to see the excitement?
Although the plot reads more terribly, but this type of novel is not without market.
Some people say, just to watch the excitement and to have fun, "Don't talk about it, the more you watch, the higher you are."
"In the past few years, I have seen almost all of the above examples." In the eyes of Internet writer Dong Jiangbo, those Internet novels have a clear sense of grandstanding. Very normal work."
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The reason why some articles full of curiosity elements and strong character settings are still willing to read may also have something to do with readers' attempts to decompress them through fast-food-style cool texts.
In online novels, the president's essay is an earlier popular female essay.
Their story structure is basically born out of certain romance novels in the 1980s, and the improved character setting and plot closely fit the reality. The number of paths is probably "the president falls in love with Cinderella, and the sweet reunion".
As the tastes of senior online readers change, Zuiyuwen has opened up another routine: the male protagonist enters the home of a strong woman, has no right to speak, and may even suffer insults and ridicule. Of course, it will eventually come back.
"In terms of subdivision, Shuang Wen can be roughly divided into four types: upgraded essays and counter-attack essays. In terms of plot advancement, the main focus is'first abuse and then cool', such as ordinary people counter-attack and so on." Dong Jiangbo analysis .
He said that one of Shuangwen's basic skills is to show off his supporting role, but he was quickly beaten in the face and even begged for mercy from the protagonist.
This kind of reversal has a sense of substitution, and it is not surprising that it can attract readers.
The "main force" who concocted the wonderful plot
In recent years, with the development of online literature, the number of readers has indeed continued to expand.
The 47th "Statistical Report on Internet Development in China" shows that as of December 2020, the number of online literature users in my country has steadily increased to 467 million, accounting for 47.2% of all Internet users.
Due to different publishing methods, the threshold of online literature is relatively low.
Under the influence of writing ideals and curiosity, many people have joined the team of writers and created many good works.
However, influenced by factors such as the author's literary literacy and uneven accumulation of knowledge, the phenomena of procrastination, many strange plots, and homogeneity of online novels have also been criticized for a time.
After the appearance of a large number of homogenized texts, aesthetic fatigue is inevitable.
In order to gain readers' attention, some authors choose to create some very bizarre plots, which seem to be inevitable for the appearance of outrageous scenes that make people laugh.
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"However, most of the online literature authors and online literature companies will not use the wonderful bridges that are popular on the Internet." Dong Jiangbo found that the use of the above bridges are basically small and micro online literature companies that have just entered the market, and they often sign contracts. There are very few works.
He believes that some people or companies are interested in the online literature market and want to make quick money. The ultimate goal is how to write articles and attract readers to read.
They are a very small number of online literature companies and authors, and they are the main force in concocting strange plots.
How to treat these novels with terrible plots
After laughing, a question lay before our eyes: How should we treat these novels with terrible plots?
Some netizens think that life is stressful and they don’t want to read "brain-burning" articles. There is nothing wrong with watching light-hearted articles, but don’t waste too much time on that kind of "brainless" articles. Don’t give eyes or let them grow. Even invade the market.
Dong Jiangbo feels that in the online literature market, there are always people coming and going, ignoring or caring about those weird articles, and they will naturally be eliminated gradually. "Companies that launch such articles often enter the market for a short time. Just quit."
For literature, good works are those that can stand the test of time and the scrutiny of generations of readers.
As an author, the starting point of writing should be positive and steady, instead of creating gimmicks and gaining a moment of excitement.
Time is endless, life is limited.
Readers may wish to take a closer look at the real world and read some good articles that can really cultivate temperament.
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