Chapter 340 Black Box Theory of Online Writing
Yun Xiliu.
As a veteran virtual online game author at Qidian, he is the only author with 10,000 subscriptions who is still fighting for this unpopular category.
He has been in the "Qidian Preparatory Master Group" for several years.
Because he writes about virtual online games, a category with a very low ceiling, he is always a little behind others.
Many big guys in the group have left and joined the real master group.
Yun Xiliu has become a gravekeeper.
There is no way, he is not as good as others, and he is also convinced.
In recent years, he has increasingly felt that the situation of virtual online game articles has become worse. Even an old author like him has failed several times in the middle, and has not even reached the level of boutique (3,000 average subscriptions).
It is conceivable how difficult it is for others to write about this subject.
But a book he read recently rekindled his hope.
"The Almighty Druid of Online Games" by Pu Dingle.
Very addictive!
To be honest, he thinks Pu Dingle writes better than him, and is more exciting than him, and more fresh and logical.
These two are very contradictory things.
Generally, when something new comes up, everyone will find it interesting, but there will also be a lot of nitpickers.
Because there are no corresponding cases in reality, people can nitpick.
Pu Ding designed a relatively complete set of game logic. If you put aside the bug of the protagonist, the other game design parts can be completely self-consistent!
This is terrifying!
Because if you have ever been exposed to high-end online writers giving lectures, they will tell you a theory that great writers often use, called the black box theory.
That is, in the design of the plot, including items, equipment, tasks and other aspects, sometimes the author does not make it completely self-consistent.
Sometimes even the underlying logic is wrong!
But why do many readers not notice it when the great writer writes it, or do they not pay attention to it at all?
Because he wrapped the logical loophole or the place he did not understand with a black box, gave it an appearance and function, and did not mention the details inside, and then focused on how to use this thing or what kind of plot development this black box can promote.
The reader's attention is all on the plot behind, and no one will delve into what is inside the black box.
If you really want to delve into it, you will find that there are big loopholes.
Some new authors or authors with poor skills will not pay attention to wrapping something they don't understand or that is not logically smooth with a black box, and put it naked in front of readers, and then be criticized to pieces, and there will be a large-scale phenomenon of abandoning books.
As an old author, Yun Xiliu naturally knows how to create a black box and how to avoid weaknesses.
After all, there is no one who knows everything, and it is impossible for a novelist to create a perfect world or a perfect game.
They only need to show the most fun and beautiful part to readers. If you really want to delve into it, in addition to the part shown, there are many other logical loopholes.
And Pu Dingle's book does not use a black box!
Yun Xiliu has read so many chapters and has caught up with the latest, but he has not found that Pu Dingle's creative method uses the black box theory.
His game data, game mechanism and even game plot. There are traces to follow, and it is the kind that becomes more and more interesting the more you dig.
As the level increases, he is presented with epic plots and rich game content step by step.
Pu Dingle seems to have designed a game himself.
After this idea came up, Yun Xiliu felt it was too scary!
As an old online game writer, he also knew that even he was far behind the game designer. Others designed game mechanisms, while he designed fun points. They were completely different types.
And Pu Ding took both into account.
He created a bug in the protagonist in a reasonable game mechanism, giving him an unparalleled advantage to fight with others.
While others were in a normal game state, some of his advantages were particularly obvious, so the plot was very refreshing.
Let's say the protagonist fell off the cliff to get the loot of two big monsters, and then started archaeology.
The protagonist made reasonable use of his racial and skill advantages, parkouring in this advanced area to get the loot.
Made a fortune.
The three life skills of picking herbs, skinning, and archaeology, which seemed useless in the early stage, were brought to the extreme.
Because of the collection of high-level items, the three life skills were upgraded very quickly!
It was so refreshing!
As an old online game writer, Yun Xiliu would not be unfamiliar with this kind of plot, that is, accidentally falling off the cliff and then getting the treasure.
But Pu Dingle wrote a logical world view and very reasonable skills. Under these restrictions, the protagonist relies on a ring to fight wits and courage with high-level monsters, and there are dangers everywhere, and he gets a lot of loot.
This kind of plot is very natural, which is completely different from his small copy where a place is specially designed for the protagonist to jump down and then get things back up.
There are even later plots in it!
The road to Northrend City is also here
Even in Pu Dingle's brief description and a certain plot fragment, he can feel the hugeness of the world.
"I understand. Is this the height of online game literature in the future? In order to write a good novel, he specially designed a game. Pu Dingle is really a versatile person!"
He is not familiar with Pu Dingle, but he can design a game by himself while maintaining a daily update of 10,000, and even occasionally adding more chapters. That is really amazing.
"How can someone be so capable in a whole day? I spent a whole day in bed, and my perfect attendance was almost gone."
The gap is too big!
"Wait a minute. If Pu Dingliao really designed a game to write a novel, then this game... hiss~"
He didn't even dare to think how big Pu Ding's ambition was.
But when he opened Zhongshan Novel today and saw that he had obtained the Wanding badge of "Online Games: Almighty Druid", he understood one thing.
God. Just God.
No matter which website he is on, he is a god.
If it's well written, it's truly invincible.
Even though it has just been ordered 10,000 times, the fact that it can achieve such results in the new software Zhongshan Novel has proven the potential of this book.
"The next thing is just to give it time."
He has never been so optimistic about an online game novel.
If he hadn't been trying to make an appointment with the Great God at Qidian, I would have really wanted to recommend Pu Ding's new book to his readers.
After thinking for a while, Yun Xiliu opened his QQ and said to the operation officer: "Momo, please make a promotional post in my book circle and recommend "Online Games: Almighty Druid" by Pu Ding. , the recommendation words are written. It is a top virtual online game article, and it is the most popular work. "
What does it have to do with the recommendation officer’s own posts?
Anyway, he didn’t post it in the text, so Qidian couldn’t say anything to him.
Qidian does not allow the recommendation of works from outside sites. The reviewers will catch you. At that time, let alone banning a chapter, it is not impossible to just throw your book into a dark room.
Yun Xiliu took a look at the friend application, but he still didn't accept it.
On the contrary, I won money online.
"Hehe~ This little brother is also interesting. He actually learned Pu Ding's virtual online game writing, but the person he chose was not right. He actually asked Lao Tian to teach him, hahaha~haha~ha."
"Wait! What Lao Tian teaches seems to be very similar to Pu Ding's new book."
"Hi~could it be"
Yun Xiliu suddenly thought of a possibility!
Something that no one else would have thought of!
"Could it be that Lao Tian is Pu Ding's trumpet! He is actually telling Ying Ma about the creative concept of his new book?"