Grandpa's great writer

Chapter 316 Panoramic Style

"The Ordinary World" was created in 1975. At that time, China's cultural background was full of new trends of thought, modernism, stream of consciousness and other literary concepts were all the rage, and the situation and techniques of literary creation were constantly changing. It's dizzying.

At that time, some critics believed that realistic creative techniques were outdated.

Sometimes, Zhang Zhong wondered, what is the role of a critic? Is it just a shit-stirring stick?
Facts have proved that most critics are really shit sticks, and their vision is shockingly superficial.

At that time, the so-called stream of consciousness and other novel schools of thought and creative techniques were actually played by Europe for many years, so what was new to China at that time was old in the eyes of others.

Using old things as a basis to criticize other people's things is outdated, which is absurd in itself.

There are many ways to express ideas. It is funny to use the word "outdated" to describe a genre of literature.

Later, when Lu Yao won the Mao Dun Literature Award, fewer people scolded him. Critics are a group of smart people who judge the situation. They know what can be criticized and what can't be criticized better than anyone else.

Knowing this, trolls can become critics.

"Ordinary World" is a panoramic novel.

The so-called panorama novel is an attempt to show a panorama of society, so it must not be just a section of space. The interlaced conflicts of characters cannot form a panorama, but the conflict between space and time can constitute a panorama.

One character's past can inform another character's present, and another character's present may be a third's future.

It has to allow time to enter the novel, and not make the novel a stiff caterpillar moving in a single line, or a messy speck of dust.

Ordinary novels generally show a certain aspect or aspects of society.

Especially in popular novels, only one side is often shown, such as Jin Yong's martial arts novels, even though the plot is exciting and ups and downs, but after all, it generally shows the level of "jianghu". The other aspects of the novel are either fleeting or superficial, and readers can generally only see the level of "jianghu".

For another example, if it is also a novel about a certain dynasty, if it is a case-judgment novel, it will be all kinds of murders and government pickets; if it is a palace fight, it will only be intrigue;

Relatively speaking, the project volume of panoramic novels is a bit larger, because more areas need to be covered.

In "The Ordinary World", Lu Yao adopted the "three-line combination method" and arranged three clues in the development of the plot and the activities of the characters. included.

It is not possible for a panoramic novel to be a short story, or even a novella.

No matter how refined the language is, it cannot solve the problem of panorama in a small number of words, so "Ordinary World" is as long as 100 million words.

This is also the longest book that Zhang Chong has drawn.

With so many words, even a simple entry would probably take Zhang Chong at least a week, and he could hardly do other things this week.

But he doesn't need to be in such a hurry, there is still a lot of work at hand, "Ordinary World" can be put on hold first.

Although the backgrounds of the two worlds are similar, there must be many things in the 100 million-word masterpiece that are inconsistent with this world. He needs to change these inconsistencies after recording the book.

……

At twelve o'clock in the evening, Zhang Zhong was still writing a collection of fairy tales.

He looked at the time. Although the fairy tale he just wrote was only half written, he still obediently stopped typing on the keyboard.

What happened to Lu Yao still had an impact on him, so at twelve o'clock, even though he still had the urge to continue writing, he still forced himself to stop.

Life matters.

The next morning, Zhang Zhong woke up Pengpeng. After the girl finished washing, she saw grandma sweeping the floor, so she ran over and snatched the broom from grandma's hand, "Grandma, I'm here to sweep the floor."

Hu Huifang stared at Peng Peng who was full of fighting spirit, and was stunned for a while.

Does the sun come out from the west?
"Why are you kidding me? People are not as tall as a broom, so what can they sweep?" Hu Huifang said with a curled lip.

Pengpeng stood up straight and said, "I'm much taller than a broom."

"Then you can't sweep the floor either."

"I can sweep." Pengpeng hugged the broom tightly, for fear of being snatched by grandma.

Hu Huifang shook her head, "Okay, okay, you can sweep if you want, it's really weird."

Zhang Zhong said to Pengpeng, "It's okay to sweep the floor, after dinner."

"Okay, I'll eat first, and none of you can compete with me." Pengpeng took the broom with her, a rice spoon in one hand, and a broom handle in the other.

After eating, Peng Peng took the broom and swept the floor.

It may not be appropriate to say that it is a broom, she just waved the broom back and forth on the ground a few times.

"The sweeping skills are average, but the performance is commendable. You can eat an extra candy today."

Pengpeng got the promise to eat one more candy, and went to school contentedly with her schoolbag on her back.

After sending Peng Peng to school, Zhang Zhong received a call from Parker.

Zhang Zhong contacted Parker last time because of the audio copyright of "Dune", so Parker saved Zhang Zhong's phone number.

It was night in the United States, and Parker was also afraid of affecting Zhang Zhong's rest, so considering the time difference, he called Huaxia in the morning.

"Hey, pz, we have already made the revision outline and the first [-] words of the audio version of "Dune", can you take a look at it?" Parker said after considering his words.

Zhang nodded, "Okay, please send the file to my mailbox. Is there only text and no audio?"

Parker said shyly, "Actually, I also recorded a paragraph, about [-] words."

Zhang Zhong laughed, "Since the audio has been recorded, please send me the audio as well. I will listen to it so that I can feel the effect intuitively."

"Ok."

Not long after hanging up the phone, Parker sent the file over.

It contains the outline of the story they made and the [-]-word draft, and there is also an audio.

Zhang Zhong read the outline first.

The outline that Parker sent was very detailed. The content of the original text has not changed, but some places have been deleted and some places have been supplemented.

For example, in Chapter 1, in order to let the audience enter the story as soon as possible, I first gave a background introduction of about 200 characters, and made notes for some nouns.

This form is more straightforward and easier to understand, and it is indeed more suitable for listening to books.

(End of this chapter)