Eight Million Ways to Write a Novel

This book is very practical, and the experiences shared by Lawrence Block are so real that it's like chatting with a friend. I was deeply inspired by the various writing methods and suggestions he mentioned. I especially like his insights on character creation, but I also have characters I hate, writers who give up halfway, and I hope I don't become one of them! Overall, this is a book worth reading.

If there is ten points of content, the essence of this book is one point. It is too complicated and complicated. I don't know whether it is a problem of translation or the writing habits of foreigners. The first essence is to write an outline, with or without an outline. Find the way that best suits your own writing. The most efficient way is the most suitable. Learning to write an outline can start by reading about your favorite subject matter, reading and sorting out the outline of each chapter, watching how the other person writes, and analyzing the structure. Then write and sort out the outline yourself. Of course, you don't have to write if you don't like it. The second essence is about the distribution of the amount of writing. Writing needs to be accumulated over time, but it is by no means a competition or a sport. It cannot be measured by time, but by quality. There is no limit on how many hours you can write a day, but how many pages you can write a day. It is more important to be productive. At the same time, you cannot confirm your progress just because you wrote two pages today and will write four pages tomorrow. The simplest starting point is 1,500 words per day, and then reach a stable 2,000-2,500. The author here gives an example of writing 5 pages a day. The third essence is about publishing and submitting manuscripts. It is best to complete the full text before submitting. Organize the fourth chapter and the following contents into an outline, and submit the manuscript together with the contents of the first three chapters. This way, since the editor knows that you have the ability to complete the novel, he can also analyze the value of this article from the first three chapters.

Although this book claims to cover 800 writing methods, the content actually mainly revolves around the author's own novel writing experience. For real-life novel writing, its reference value is limited - the views in the book are quite old, lack of new ideas, and the reading is also very bland, and you can basically browse it in three lines.

There is no fixed routine for writing novels. For everyone, the writing method that works best for them is suitable... Wow, this sentence is really amazing.

Reading this book is to look at the writing process of a writer with rich experience. There is confusion, passion, sudden inspiration, and stranding halfway. Every example in the book has benefited postgraduate scholars a lot, and it is a very practical book.

It is recommended for newbies to take a look, there are many little things to pay attention to. There are also answers to the questions you encounter.

Very useful, thank you to the author for teaching me a lot

After listening and reading it, I had some thoughts: Maybe there really isn't a "universal formula" for writing novels! But then again: start writing now!

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