
Starting Out as an Extra [Entertainment Industry]
从群演开始[娱乐圈]
- Status
- Completed
- Length
- 848k Words
- Genre
- No CP
- Era
- Modern Era
- Updated
- 3y ago
- Source
- JJWXC
Synopsis
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I really like the previous plot, but since the depression, especially the ending, I cursed while watching it, and I doubt if someone else wrote it later? Or did the author encounter some kind of blow that made him depressed?
1. Typos and unclear sentences This is a pity, because smooth sentences and accurate wording are very important for the birth of a story, not to mention that the author writes a good story; but it is not bad, because the story is really good, so readers can endure the omissions here and there in the language and read on and enjoy the story. 2. Writing style plummeted The writing style here refers not to the writing style, but also to the style of the entire article. The previous article adopts a refreshing style of writing. Even if it is realistic (compared to other entertainment industry articles), the protagonist is basically relatively smooth. He sets a certain goal → encounters difficulties/unexpected events → achieves the goal. The full text basically has such a three-part structure. The rhythm is very well controlled, and the settings of turning points and refreshing points are very reasonable. Readers can follow along and read it comfortably. It's wrong to go all the way to depression. At that time, the author specifically left a sentence in the author's words: "The heroine made herself like this in order to upgrade." Considering that ① the protagonist's development was too smooth and unspectacular, the design of obstacles was just right ② Acting is something that cannot be experienced by people. It is a very common and reasonable plot for a character to fall out of depression and fall into depression. It is reasonable to design this place as a small low point before upgrading and at the same time to draw the distance between the reader and the protagonist (the protagonist is also emotionally fragile and not so indestructible) However, there is obviously a problem with the author's control here: ⑴ The pacing was not grasped, and this trough dragged on for too long. Although the readers would endure some of the discomfort of the early troughs in order to welcome the upgrading of the protagonist, the length of the story is no longer a problem of the trough, it is completely a basin. The readers have been waiting for a long time to see the heroine step out of the role and be reborn, but they can't wait until the sea is gone. Even until the end of the article, the heroine is still affected by the disease. I can only think of two explanations. ① The author considers the rationality of reality. Depression is a disease with a very high recurrence rate and is difficult to be completely cured. It is very unreasonable for the protagonist to fall into this disease and then be cured suddenly. I have the following points to say about this: First, whether you are writing a novel or a novel, it is impossible to pursue complete rationality; Second, the author had every opportunity to prevent the heroine from falling completely into this situation. The system was aware of the heroine's problem from the beginning, and the actors who worked with the heroine also noticed and reminded the heroine that they could have nipped the problem in the bud, but the author asked the heroine to reject these reminders on the grounds that "the heroine wanted to seek a breakthrough opportunity"—— ok fine, it is normal for the protagonist to choose to put himself into crisis to seek a breakthrough. However, even after the heroine has begun to fall into depression, there are still ways to solve this problem. One is that the heroine vents her emotions in the drama class in the system. The drama master appears to provide guidance, allowing the heroine to have a mental breakthrough. My first reaction when I saw this is, isn't this the end of it? Has the author ever considered how it will end like this? Also, I don't know if the author himself forgot this setting or if my memory is biased or my understanding is wrong. At the beginning of the novel, the system mentioned that in addition to the physical lounge, there is also a mental lounge. Since everyone knows that it is normal for actors to have mental problems due to stress, and since the system has been bound to many hosts, theoretically it should be aware of this situation. The role of this mental lounge is self-evident - but unfortunately it did not play any role until the end. As the biggest golden finger in theory, the system can only help the heroine in a limited way after she becomes famous. However, the above two functions can obviously bring the heroine back before she completely falls into depression, but the author has to wait until the heroine has a complete problem before using it (the latter one is even useless), which makes the plot develop to the point of no return. I really think it is unforgivable for the author to write this plot like this, not because of the experience problems mentioned above that "the novel is not happy" brings to readers, but when the author irresponsibly puts the characters in this situation without thinking of a way to end it, it is a devastating blow to the entire story. Especially this is a non-CP heroine upgrade flow, and there are no other outstanding characters in the whole text - this is also a point that I find very strange. The other characters around the heroine have obviously lost their character arcs in the author's writing. The author wants to write about reality but not about human nature. Perfect, completely ok, but even an imperfect character still has its own brilliance. To give a simple example: Manager Li Yun has a deep friendship with the heroine all the way, and at the same time he is good to the heroine because the heroine's financial interests are huge and he uses emotional cards to tie up the heroine. So what? Simply make a psychological profile of Li Yun, or even boldly write that Li Yun discussed this matter with the heroine from the bottom of his heart. It is completely possible to write a character who is good at calculations while still being humane. But the author deliberately isolates the heroine from the people around her, and ignores Li Yun, Wang Jianning, and others who are not familiar with the philistine label, let alone people who are not familiar with the heroine, and puts almost all the words on the heroine. I can only understand that 1. The author may not be strong enough to control group portraits. 2. The author did not put a lot of effort into other characters and only focused on the other characters. It is to treat them as participants in the plot. 3 It is not impossible for the author to highlight the status of the heroine as the protagonist, but once the protagonist is not written well, it is easy to overturn (this is what happened later in this article) - when there are basically no other outstanding characters in the whole text, writing this protagonist is ruined, and the impact on the entire story is immeasurable. I guess the author did not realize how destructive this plot was to the character when designing this plot: when the heroine first fell into depression, readers could still comfort themselves that "it will be over". However, after the heroine recovered from depression and returned to her career, even if the heroine did not have various descriptions of the heroine to highlight her depressed mental state as in the early stage of depression, readers can still tell from the heroine's decision-making, words and deeds, psychological description, etc. That this character is no longer as bright as before. Although as mentioned above, the heroine cannot fully recover quickly from practical considerations, but again, this is a refreshing novel. The readers come to see the protagonist killing everyone. The protagonist has been destroyed. What do the readers want to see? This even casts a shadow over the character of Jiang Li and the entire story of Jiang Li from extra actor to actress; even if Jiang Li finally becomes a "superstar" recognized by the public, he still cannot save the image of this character and this story that lost its light in the hearts of readers and ended tragically. Is this what the author wanted? I'm very skeptical. ②The second explanation is the one I prefer, which is the impact of the author's own situation on the character. After all, it is too common for an actor to escape from the role, but perhaps this is the only one who wrote this plot until the heroine was deeply depressed and even did not fully come out of it at the end, and the writing style also changed drastically. Perhaps when the author wrote this plot, he subconsciously wanted to vent the depression in his heart, so he couldn't hold back his writing power. By the time he realized that he wanted to come back, the character had reached an point of no return, and he had no energy to think of an opportunity for the protagonist to get a new lease of life, so he could only end it hastily. If this is the case, readers can't comment too much except that it is a regrettable story. As I write this, I am deeply sorry if the above remarks are excessive or inappropriate. This story is a story that I really, really like, and the characters were quite attractive to me in the early stages. I almost watched it for several days and nights, but in the end I got an ending like this. I wrote a bunch of messy stuff just to express my regret for this story, and to miss the young girl who was full of energy at the beginning of the story and looked forward to the future with the help of the system.
Starting from depression, what follows is what I call bad writing
I finished reading it in one day, so let's go high and low. The first half is very attractive. From the beginning of depression, it becomes inexplicable, and then suddenly accepts the double yolk Cannes Film Festival due to vanity. It feels completely contrary to the heroine's character. In the end, it ends unexpectedly... A bit disappointing...
Alas, this book no longer has the positive feeling at the beginning, and the story at the end is not well described. The whole book in the later period is very dull and lacks passion! The former heroine gave everything for her career and her love, but in the end, all she wrote was mediocre. I am still very grateful to the author for writing this book. After all, there are very few entertainment industry articles without male protagonists.
The front part is obviously well written, but the back part is really depressing, and there are too many comments on the forum, and it feels like there is no content anymore. The character of the heroine in the back really makes me feel a little angry and aggrieved.
I can't understand the back part. I think there's no need to write about depression. There's also some inside story about the side story. I don't understand why the author wrote this. I read novels to relax and don't want to read about these so-called dark sides.
After reading it, I felt like I suddenly ate a mouthful of shit while eating. After I took it, what was written next? Aren't you happy with the text? It's so fucking frustrating later on, I can't stand it anymore
Starting from the heroine's depression, the depression of the text continues until the end. Neither the pleasure of winning an award nor the vanity dream of Vanity Fair could overcome the constant depression.
It's really a bit of an anticlimax, the post-processing is really a bit confusing, and it really doesn't live up to the foreshadowing in the early stages.