Seven ways to make up stories

Storytelling is one of the contents of the director's assessment. In film and television creation, stories are both form and content. At the same time, it is also the harmony and theme of film and television works at the literary level. Story is the first element of all narrative arts. Stories are events. So what are the skills of making up stories? Come and have a look with me!

Storytelling skills

First, create misunderstandings and plan attractive twists and turns.

"Wenguiqu, people are straight." In order to describe things beautifully in a limited space and portray people with distinctive personalities, narrative should master the skill of "fishing for the moon in water". "Making misunderstanding" is one such skill.

This skill is to deliberately insert some logical errors in thinking in the process of narration, giving people a common-sense "wrong" impression. Then, as the story progresses step by step, the mystery will unfold layer by layer, giving people a sudden artistic enjoyment.

Let's enjoy such a vivid clip:

There are still two minutes before the evening study. F holds a thermos in one hand and a miniature radio in the other. He walked into the classroom with his head down. He sat down like a flour bag and slammed the radio on the table.

"It must be that listening to music in class was discovered by the class teacher."

"Are you under arrest? (Violation of dormitory discipline was caught by the accommodation teacher and we called it' catch'. "

We were whispering, only to hear a loud noise and the sound of fists hitting the table. Then F roared: "I don't want to live!" " "We turned around in utter amazement. I saw F cover his face with his hand in pain and spit out six words weakly: "China team, lost again! "

I see!

-"Youth Sonata"

This description skillfully uses the technique of "setting misunderstanding" and vividly creates a vivid image of a "die-hard fan" and a "patriot". In a short 100 cross, it creates a small wave, which is very interesting to read.

Second, it is a coincidence to pursue vivid and interesting beauty.

Due to unexpected factors, the coincidence of events or the adventures of characters is called "coincidence", which is a saying in some ancient novels of Zhang Hui. Because of accidental coincidence, it constitutes a touching story, which makes the article ups and downs and interesting.

Coincidence often makes stories more dramatic. Without dramatic coincidence, the story will lose a lot of interest. Of course, due to the application of "coincidence method" in the works, the plot will be more complicated and changeable. For example, in Andersen's Daughter of the Sea, the little mermaid met the prince at sea and saved him in the storm, but the prince never knew the truth and misunderstood her again and again.

Third, twists and turns create a swaying aesthetic feeling.

It's like looking at the mountain and not liking peace. Narrative should avoid straightforward narration and keep a running account. If you can write things in a limited space, ups and downs, twists and turns, it will naturally be fascinating and will give readers the aesthetic enjoyment of "looking at the side of the ridge as the peak, and the distance is different". A straightforward and unchanging article makes people reluctant to read it. Therefore, writers at all times and all over the world have deliberately conceived and carefully arranged their articles, trying to make them turn around, often achieving magical effects of turning around in just a few hundred words or even hundreds of crosses.

Let's look at a short story "Three Telegrams":

Irina's brother Flat and her husband Babu went hunting in Africa. Babu had a knife.

Soon, she received a telegram from her brother at home: "Babu killed himself after hunting a lion." Flat. "

Illivina was heartbroken and called her brother back: "Take his body home." Three weeks later, a big package from Africa arrived, which contained the body of a lion. She hurriedly sent another telegram: "The lion received his brother's mistake, please bring Babu's body back." I quickly got a reply from Africa: "Yes, Babu is in the lion's belly. -Flat. "

The reason why this novel has a charming charm is that it can make waves, twists and turns, climax after climax and interesting. In the space of only 150 words, there have been three great waves of art.

Fourth, reality and reality set each other off and pursue rich beauty.

To reflect the rich and colorful social life, we can't cover everything. Sometimes we need to describe the object directly and concretely, and sometimes we need to describe the object indirectly. The former is called "real" and the latter is called "virtual". "Reality" and "emptiness" are relative:' Some are reality, and none is emptiness; Evidence is truth, and false support is empty; Objective is true, subjective is virtual; Concrete is real, abstract is virtual; The obvious is true, and the hidden is empty; Actions are true, but words are empty; The present is true and the future is empty.

Generally speaking, more complex narratives are mainly based on real writing, supplemented by imaginary writing. Writing "reality" is heavy, writing "emptiness" is ethereal, and both "emptiness" and "reality" have both form and spirit, which can make people feel concrete, tangible and strong.

Imagine the effect of flying. The ingenious combination of reality and fiction can make the things or characters written more real, make readers feel better and make the articles more colorful.

5. Clever editing to show the beauty of flying agility.

Clever editing is to connect several vivid scenes incoherently or combine the occurrence and development of an event in the form of scene description according to the center of the article and the emotional needs of the author. This idea of editing and collage has greater freedom and flexibility in the selection and arrangement of materials; From the content, it can reflect the characteristics of scattered form, concentrated spirit and seamless integration; Structural layout, ups and downs, patchwork. It embodies the leap of the author's thinking and highlights the wonderful fragments in life.

Sixth, cleverly set suspense and create a fascinating burden.

Suspense is an artistic means that arouses readers' eager anticipation. Using this method, the main plot or sharp contradiction that is developing is often shelved, and the ending of the plot is not told to the reader for the time being, which makes the reader have a strong expectation psychology. Then hand in the "bottom" at the appropriate time. This is just like "shaking the baggage" in cross talk art to keep the audience's appetite. When the "baggage" shakes, it will naturally fascinate readers and let them enter your "trap" with great interest. This requires careful conception, ingenuity, twists and turns in story arrangement and interlocking levels. Like peeling onions, lay the groundwork layer by layer and set suspense.

If there is an article entitled "Trap", it is written that "I" quarreled with a girl named Kate in our class. She tried to make up with me several times, but I just didn't appreciate it. But her popularity is always better than mine. Students love to chat with her, and she always likes to "please" others. Sometimes she talks about math with this girl, and sometimes she talks about English with that Kan Kan girl. I look down on her.

Once, she invited the whole class to her birthday party, but Latitude didn't invite me. In the evening, my phone rang. It turned out that she called a-mei in my class, but she called "my" home by mistake. It turned out that they were going to play a trick on Ross on Patty. Hum, see if I don't show your fox tail. I rushed into her building and pushed the door open. "Actually, Kate is going to celebrate your birthday." Sister Hei giggled at me. Unconsciously, "I" was pulled to the cake in beautiful music. ...

The high drama of this article mainly comes from its suspense. Kate took the initiative to make up with "me", but she said she didn't invite it herself, which is a suspense; My birthday was not celebrated. Do I stink so much in class? This second also; Both suspense have not been solved, but Kate made a "wrong" phone call at this moment, so can I expose her? This suspense is three. This makes the reader's heart hang more, makes him anxious to know what it is, and thus increases the readability of the article, which also falls into the author's "trap". This is also the charm of this article.

Seven, the pen suddenly turns, detonating the detonator of aesthetic imagination.

The unexpected and reasonable ending is the soul of the narrative article, which seems to be the finishing touch and the eyes of playing Go. Some people compare it to "the detonating tube that detonates the aesthetic imagination". When making up a story, it deliberately develops along a certain aspect and advances layer by layer until the climax of the plot. Suddenly, the pen front turns and makes a 180 degree turn, which suddenly takes the reader to an unexpected realm. This sudden turning point is not only unexpected by readers, but also in the logic of reason; It not only increases the ups and downs of the plot, but also has endless implications, thus creating a unique artistic charm.

There is an article titled "Red Light": A beautiful girl with her lips closed stopped a taxi. She closed her eyes and leaned back in the back seat as if she were very tired. Halfway through the garage, the driver "I" was in the mirror and suddenly saw her in tears, like a pear flower with rain, which provoked "I" to have unspeakable love. She said she was going to the hospital to see a "dying patient". So "I" increased my horsepower and ran one red light after another at the risk of being fined by the police. "Ga-"arrived, firmly stepped on the brakes, and a sense of heroism arose, making "I" infinitely proud. All right! Now I'm waiting for her grateful eyes ... Who knows, "Pa-"a crisp slap came from my left cheek. Her beautiful face twisted from green to green, and she managed to squeeze out a sentence through her teeth: "You immoral drivers are all rushing for the red light, otherwise my husband wouldn't be hit and dying, lying in the hospital!" She threw 200 dollars in my face like garbage. ...

This is a dramatic novel, which vividly depicts an illegal driver who "takes risks" and "runs one red light after another" because of "emotion". This unexpected ending can be described as a stroke of genius, leaving readers with endless imagination.

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