Writing Method of Substitution in Fictions

2026-01-16 10:33

The novel could be written from the following aspects: ** 1. Character Setting ** 1. ** Consider similarities with readers ** - The multi-dimensional setting of similarities between the protagonist and the reader, such as background, appearance, personality, three views, habits, and so on. The higher the degree of similarity, the stronger the sense of substitution. For example, it was easier for female readers to substitute for female characters, China readers for Asian characters, and young people for young characters. - In addition to the unavoidable settings (such as gender), it was necessary to add settings that matched the corresponding reading group, reducing the uncertainty or the corresponding narrow setting, such as the specific height of the protagonist. - Internal things (such as personality) were often more important than external things. For example, it was more immersive for a China person to transmigrate into a white person (white skin and yellow heart) than for a white person to transmigrate into a China person (yellow skin and white heart). At the same time, he had to pay attention to the fact that the image in the reader's mind might not match the actual image, so as to avoid the protagonist's behavior that violated the reader's self-perception. 2. ** Character Substitution Type ** - [Emotional Substitution]: This was a common technique used in sadistic novels and sadistic novels. It was used to infect the reader with an emotion to capture the reader's attention. For example, the plot of face-slapping and pretending to be a pig to eat a tiger in a cool novel brewed and exaggerated specific emotions at the beginning. For example, the plot of the protagonist's Dantian being destroyed and being driven out of the sect in a male frequency novel created a sad and unfair emotion; in a female frequency novel, sweet, sadistic, group pet, cute treasure and other topics had emotional feelings from the title, and the corresponding emotions were introduced in time to attract readers. - [Identity Substitution]: For God of War, trash, rebirth, transmigration, and other topics, the opening chapter will trigger the reader's substitution through the identity of the protagonist. The identity of the God of War and the strong allowed the readers to experience heroes and hot-bloodedness, while the identity of trash was closer to ordinary people and could shorten the distance between them and the readers. Male novels targeted male readers, while female novels targeted female readers. Different identities targeted different reader groups. It was more difficult to write a protagonist who was invincible or had a high status from the beginning because it was not good to immerse himself in the story. - ** Character Experience Substitution **: People with similar or similar experiences tend to resonate with each other. For example, novels that travel back in time to a specific era create a sense of empathy through the experience of the protagonist's specific character. This also involves the substitution of plot and environment. ** 2. Plot ** Plot substitution required a high level of storytelling ability. Certain plots such as love break-up, cheating, pengci, kabedon, breaking off an engagement, etc. could bring the reader into the story. Suspense novels and supernatural novels often used plot substitution to attract readers. ** 3. Description of the environment ** Through the description of the environment and the presentation of the scene, the reader would be immersed in it to achieve the effect of being "immersive". It was often used in topics such as chronicles and ancient times. For example, when describing the night scenery, different writing methods could create different degrees of immersion: 1. The sky was getting dark, and a bright moon was hanging in the sky. 2. [Beginner's Writing Method: Add in a direct description of one's state of mind, such as "The night sky is as black as ink, so dark that it makes one panic. A crescent moon hides behind wisps of clouds, faintly discernible."] 3. [Intermediate writing method: Add a metaphor, like "The night sky is like ink that can't be melted, and the crescent moon is like the only piece of white paper that hasn't been stained by ink. It hangs alone in the air, without anyone to rely on."] 4. ** High-level writing method **: Using a comparison method, such as "The night has come, and all the unspeakable, unspeakable, and needless things are included in the endless darkness. Only the new moon is like a hook, illuminating the entire world alone." 5. [Great God's Writing]: Bring it in with the help of daily life scenes, such as "Moonlight shines into the room through the gap of the curtains. That beam of light is like a sharp silver blade, instantly dividing the small bedroom into two." In addition, he could also start from the perspectives of sight, hearing, touch, taste, smell, and feeling. 1. ** Visual angle **: Use the scene that the protagonist sees to stimulate the reader's emotions, allowing the reader to see the world through the protagonist's eyes to understand emotions, such as describing the scene when the male protagonist looks at the female protagonist. 2. ** Hearing angle **: Through the description of the voice, let the reader feel the scene in the pen, as if the same voice is ringing in their ears, just like the description of the female lead's voice making the male lead panic. 3. ** Touch angle **: For example, describing the feeling when the male and female protagonists touch each other, like "a girl's body is soft and boneless, like holding a well-behaved kitten". At the same time, the first action plus details could be used in the description. The second action was to add five senses (visual, auditory, olfactory, taste, and touch). The third method was to add tags to enhance the image and thus enhance the sense of immersion. Read more exciting novels for free