What is the outline format of a fantasy novel?

Answer 1

The outline of a fantasy novel generally included the following aspects:

** I. Themed **
He had to clarify the tone and story type of the novel. For example, the main character's counterattack would be the theme. For example,"Battle Through the Heavens" would start the story with the main character's engagement being broken off. The early stage of the engagement would be the climax, and then the world would gradually unfold and the story of the main character's family would be explored.

** 2. Worldview **
1. ** World Construction **
- He had to describe the continent where the story took place in detail, including its local customs, geographical area, and so on. For example, how many countries were there in the mainland, how many provinces were there, how many cities were there, and so on.
- It could be fully developed in the outline, but it needed to be revealed gradually in the main body of the novel. At the beginning, a corner should be revealed, and as the protagonist grew up, the whole world view should be slowly revealed.
2. ** World Setting **
- It could be set to transition from a low-level martial world to a high-level martial world, with the eastern background as the main background, avoiding the mixing of eastern and western cultures, and building a world with strict hierarchy and martial arts. The presentation of the world's background should start from a small point and gradually expand in the process of writing. Don't pile up a lot of narrative words at the beginning.

** 3. Realm (Level System)**
1. ** Division of Realms **
- He had to determine whether they were cultivating soul skills, battle energy, vital qi, true qi, and so on, and set the corresponding levels and the abilities each level possessed. He also had to roughly explain the number of people in each realm. He could refer to the setting methods of successful works such as Battle Through the Heavens, but it would be best if he could create something new.
2. ** Level system structure **
- There were two levels, the big level and the small level. The big level had a strong logic and could judge the strength from the words. The small level was divided by numbers from one to nine, and the number was unified.

** 4. Pills and weapons (can be related to realm)**
When setting the realm ability, one could consider the setting of pills and weapons. This was because when the protagonist cultivated late, pills could increase the cultivation speed, and weapons could help to challenge those who were higher than them. This would help create a sense of pleasure.

** 5. Profession **
1. ** Cultivation Profession **
- In fantasy or xianxia novels, there were a few common cultivation occupations, such as the mainstream occupation of Dou Zhe, which focused on cultivating Dou Qi, and auxiliary occupations such as alchemists and blacksmiths.
- The main character would usually dabble in one or two occupations outside of the mainstream. For example, the main character of "Yuan Venerate" would cultivate the source patterns when he couldn't cultivate normally. This would allow the main character to have a trump card that he couldn't handle and create some fun points.

** 6. Character **
1. ** Protagonist **
- The names, personalities, height, weight, habits of the male and female protagonists (for example, small actions such as touching the nose when the protagonist is thinking can deepen the impression), etc. In male novels, if it was a harem novel, the main characters should be distinguished by their personalities to prevent the characters from becoming flower vases.
2. ** Supporting characters and villains **
- The main supporting characters were the main character's friends, and they also had to be villains.

** 7. Main Plot Construction (example)**
1. ** Part One (About 100,000 words)**
- [Opening Point: Create contradictions and throw out suspense at the beginning. It can be an encounter or a scene of great joy and great sorrow. Try to be original. It can be opened with dialogue. Throw out suspense at the first sentence to attract the readers.]
- ** Protagon-related **: Reveals the protagonist's identity and relationship with the characters, unfolds his ambition, determines the protagonist's goal, causes the golden finger to appear and test the knife (uses the golden finger to assist in cultivation and leveling), resolve the opening contradiction, and brings out the scene and world rules of a corner of the world (about 30,000 words).
- ** Setting of subsequent contradictions **: Set up the second contradiction, the third contradiction, and so on.
2. ** Follow-up (300,000 words as a part)**
- Continue to set up conflicts, the protagonist's growth, changing maps, interacting with different characters (including emotional development, etc.), obtaining new equipment or upgrading secret manuals, solving various crises, etc. according to the development of the plot. It can include multiple small climax and big climax plots to promote the continuous development of the story. For example, the minor climax could be the protagonist unexpectedly defeating his opponent in a martial arts competition, killing small monsters to level up, etc. The major climax could be the protagonist killing the enemy after being chased, participating in the Continental War to play a key role, etc.
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