Guide to Writing Novels (NovelToon Official)

1.2 How to Choose a Theme to Write

“What theme should I choose to write?” This is a question that bothers many new writers. Actually, it's not that hard to solve. Simply unloading the problem into some minor issues.

The first thing you should consider is what kind of theme you can write about. Then consider: Does the theme have readers? How many readers like this topic? Is such a topic worth writing about? In the end, a series of improvements to meet the market response (reader) can also be done.

　

For that, follow the following points:

(1) Try to find what you are good at, familiar, and most likeable.

A novel is not written from empty air. However, the content of a novel comes from the many sciences that the author himself has, both knowledge obtained from reading or from hobbies. Therefore, work from interest. Explore your own hobbies and strengths. For example, if you like to play games, you can try writing stories with online game themes and E-Sports themes. If you like watching anime, you can try writing fanfiction novels, light novels or super powers. If you love sports, you can try competitive novels. If you know enough about mythology, you can try writing super natural and martial themes. So next.

　

(2) Try to find a novel that is easy to start, has a sizable market, easy to get contract opportunities, and easy to score high.

If you treat a novel as a commodity, you must first study the market demand. Today, urban and fantasy themed novels are the two biggest categories occupying the market.

Actually, fantasy is a rather difficult genre to start for new writers. This is due to the slowness of the storyline. Generally, a new fantasy novel will enter a climax once the word count reaches hundreds of thousands (this also means its value achievement is slow). If you do not really understand your work, then in the future you will easily break up writing. For example, because the storyline is messy or unreasonable. The ability to master the rhythm of stories like this is what new writers rarely have. New writers often have misconceptions about the fantasy genre. They think that how to set a fantasy worldview is the most important of all. Many think, if the worldview is strong and extraordinary, then there is no need to worry anymore about other aspects. Of course, that doesn't mean that new writers shouldn't try to write fantasy themes. If you want to write, it is advisable to write light stories, small powers, small stories, small characters, small problems, and slightly new ideas. This kind of work may not be popular. But for new writers, it will be relatively easier to be famous.

Urban novels, the reason why many urban novels are written is because they are close to life and very easily attract the reader's empathy. There is no need to make a big effort to set up story world/worldview so you can focus on plot settings. It will also make the performance of works with interesting plots will not be too bad. There are many types of urban novels. If you want to choose an urban theme, you can narrow the scope by writing a specific story in a field of work. See the third point for details.

　

First of all ask yourself, what is your profession or industry you know best? Then, focus on the profession you know best and the industry you are good at writing novels. Take advantage of your professional knowledge, write about an industry that many people do not understand very well. Next, develop into a story from the profession or industry that you master. That way, not only makes it easier to write, it is also more realistic and easy to get reader empathy.

Professions or industries that are common in online novels, among others IT, internet, doctors, teachers, police, factories, farmers, celebrities, and so on. Novels involving such a level of professional knowledge always have a wide fan following in the market. As long as it is well written, and the story is handled brilliantly, as well as knowing the market, then there is no need to worry anymore about the achievement of the novel.

　

(4) About innovation and following the trend

Often writers who are first entering the field of authorship are too confident and consider themselves highly, thinking that novels written by some famous writers on the website is the same. The content is more or less the same and the plot is similar, and there are no new ideas, all using the same pattern. While feeling yourself have found a very new theme or setting, and if written down will definitely become popular. If your original intention was to write just to write well, then the next points can be ignored.

First of all, maybe in the eyes of some people, the works written by the authors of online novels that have been “dewa” are very ordinary and there is no literary talent. However, you do not know that these works target readers who do not like to read colorful and complicated language, but prefer simple and easy to understand language. A work that can be successful must have its own advantages. New writers should observe the advantages of what these works have so that they can be successful. Of course, the shortcomings of these works also need to be considered so that when writing a novel can be more careful not to make the same mistakes. Speaking of many new authors who think they can write "new themes", according to relevant statistics, the probability that a new writer can actually write a new topic is approximately 1/200,000.

Second, many new writers will dislike the way writing with the same tricks, just pursue blind innovation, and just write new ideas. In fact, this mentality is rather dangerous for the early stages of writing. What is Pola? Why become a pattern? The reason why a particular plot can become a pattern is not because there are many people who write it. But, because it is in accordance with the expectations and thoughts of most people, so that it can make readers easily accept, and empathize. The most important point of an online novel is a sense of empathy, so most online novels do not write tragedies. Once you have more mature writing skills and rich experience, then consider trying an "anti-trick/mainstream" writing method".

　

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