Seeing this sentence in the text, I was shocked, no wonder I like the novel so much, but how can not write, I'm a person acute strain is not good, and even less lie ...... original, the reason is here? Oh, of course not, write out, or kung fu is not home, the bottom is too thin, and will not lie, not much to do with.
But the author said so, there should be deep meaning.
For example, a dilemma story shows and solves a dilemma encountered by one or more fictional characters in the life of the fictional story, and that dilemma and its solution must be more interesting than what we encounter in real life, as well as believable in the eyes of the reader, who will be interested in reading on.
The tiny dilemmas that we encounter every day in our lives, such as toast, missing the bus, being late for work, making a wrong phone call, our children not liking to eat vegetables, and the noise of the square dance downstairs is too loud.......
Who would want to read a novel about these dilemmas if they were put into a novel?
The dilemmas and solutions in a novel have to be more interesting than real-life encounters for them to work.
To do this, you have to exaggerate, add fuel to the fire, and really write about it in a way that is more exciting and interesting than the real-life dilemmas.
The more exaggerated, the more lies (in fact, can not be said to be imaginary, look at the word lie, heart a little cackle panic), the pen of the plight of the more complex, and the plight of the more difficult to solve, the novel will be the more good-looking.
The following is a small dilemma made up by the author: mother-in-law came to visit.
Husband: Bill
Wife: Diane
Twelve-year-old son Paul
Mini-dilemma: Mother-in-law comes to visit Bill's family.
It begins.
Lie #1: Bill's mother-in-law became a widow, so she's moving in with the family.
Such a common predicament isn't it?
Lie #2: The mother-in-law never liked Bill and has never been able to get over her daughter marrying down. She wanted Diane to marry Carter.
Slightly more complicated dilemma isn't it?
Lie #3: Bill works as a heights clerk in the purchasing department of a factory and Carter is his manager.
The boss becomes a love interest, a bit of a looker.
Lie 4: The mother-in-law repeatedly nagged in Bill's ear about how rich Carter was and how much social status he had, making Bill miserable.
The dilemma is much trickier than before, isn't it? Poor Bill has to be ridden by his boss during the day and tortured by his mother-in-law when he gets home.
Lie 5: Bill has noticed that his son's attitude towards himself has changed since his mother-in-law moved in. Paul was a good and sweet boy, but has become bratty and sometimes acts ashamed of his father. Lie #6: Bill finally got totally fed up when he realized that his mother-in-law was instigating his son to get on his bad side, and he issued an ultimatum to Diane that her mother should move out or he would leave.
Lie #7: Diane, though reluctant, has to agree to let her mother move into the apartment. But when she spoke to her mother about the decision, her mother hooted and hollered that she would not move to an apartment. If her daughter didn't want to live with her, then she would just go to an orphanage. Unable to bear the thought of her mother living in an orphanage, Diane changes her mind and begs Bill to keep her mother.
Bill is now forced to make a decision that will inevitably and traditionally lead to a solution to the dilemma. If he decides to continue to put up with staying with his mother-in-law for the rest of her life, the dilemma will remain unsolved. So Bill decides to leave his family, quit his job, move to another city, and divorce Diane. He realizes that his son's love and respect for him is irretrievably lost anyway, and that his mother-in-law will continue to brainwash Diane until she, too, begins to regret not marrying Carter. His decision inevitably brings out the solution to this dilemma.
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But is that, well, good?
Is there a worse dilemma?
Let's think about the source of the dilemma.
If it weren't for Carter, the dilemma might not have started.
In a way, Bill had to go through Carter to solve the dilemma. What do we know about Carter?
He is always bullying Bill at work. That characterization must be the key to solving the dilemma.
Lie #8: Bill has never spoken to his family about the conflict at work, so he suddenly realizes that his mother-in-law and Diane might think that all his co-workers hold Carter in high regard as well. However, Bill knew that everyone in the factory hated Carter because he always rode roughshod over everyone and cursed at every opportunity. Bill wondered if Carter was as bossy at home as he was at the factory. He had only met Carter's wife once, and she seemed like a timid woman who didn't talk much. So Bill changed his mind and was no longer going to quit his job and run away from home. He found a cracking opportunity to solve his dilemma by inviting the Carter family to dinner. He safely deduces that Carter will not miss the chance to brag about himself and will also express to Diane what a mistake she made in not marrying him.
Lie #9: Carter accepted the invitation and brought his wife and son, who is a year younger than Paul. Bill's assumptions were right on the money. Carter's attitude towards t wife and son was exactly the same as his arrogance in the factory. His wife was timid by nature, completely afraid to open her mouth, and when a question was asked of her it was Carter who answered it for her. Carter was also bossy with his son, ordering him to sit down and seeing him accidentally knock over a plate was a crying shame. After the family leaves, Mother-in-law's opinion of Bill changes because she finds out how Carter treats the Testers. She begged Bill to be able to forgive her. Paul also changed his attitude toward his father after he found out how Carter treated Ter his son. He speaks to Bill about the idea with love and rediscovered respect in his tone. The dilemma is resolved here and the story ends.
Four problems to avoid when writing dilemmas:
1. Dilemmas that are too similar to everyday encounters. If you want the dilemma above to be made up only to the fourth lie, you will be exactly guilty of this taboo. There are many people in real life who don't like their jobs or hate their bosses, and there are also many people who have a nagging mother-in-law (real-life conflicts, it seems that there are more mother-in-law and daughter-in-law conflicts).
2. The dilemma is easily resolved. If Bill had told Diane that her mother and he could only stay in this house for a little while, and she had agreed to find her mother an apartment, the dilemma would have been solved all too easily. Readers want to see the protagonist go through the thick and thin to solve the dilemma. The tougher the dilemma, the more they enjoy the story.
3. The dilemma is solved by a character who is not the protagonist. Suppose the mother-in-law meets a widower at a church function, and the next morning, Bill is overjoyed to learn that she's going to marry the man. Bill's dilemma is solved, of course, but no editor would buy such a story. What readers want to see is the protagonist solving her own dilemma herself.
4. The dilemma is resolved by providence, chance, or coincidence. If we have the snarky mother-in-law get hit by a truck while out shopping, Bill's dilemma will be solved, but no editor will buy it, and that's a favorite mistake of novice writers. When they make up a dilemma but don't know how to solve it, they resort to providence, chance, or coincidence to wrap it up.
The nice way to do it: in any kind of dilemma, keep the important things in crisis, and the solution must come from within the dilemma.