Hearing Shen Xin's words, the expressions of the two of them tightened, and their faces were embarrassed.

Even if they are not as experienced as Shen Xin, they understand some truths.

If the power system collapses, a series of problems will arise, and it will become difficult to advance the plot later, and it will be difficult to convince the reader.

"Teacher, in this way, the story collapses." Lu Ning reminded.

Xi Muhan also nodded again and again.

Although she didn't say anything, she also agreed with Lu Ning's words.

The setting and plot, as long as one of these two collapses, the subsequent plot will become very difficult to deal with.

"You two are too anxious, let Teacher Shen finish speaking." Yan Fei reminded.

Lu Ning immediately closed her mouth, and Xi Muhan also looked at Shen Xin with a puzzled expression.

"I say this for two reasons. First of all, "Ding Shi" ends after the World Chef Competition, and you just need to make sure that this plot does not jump. The key point is what you have to do to provoke the reader's emotions and make the reader follow the ups and downs of the plot or get excited, or excited.

"When creating comics, or any kind of work, you should never try to please everyone, and no cartoonist can do that. Therefore, even if you break the power system, if you can attract readers, you can also make trade-offs according to the actual situation.

"You're in need of grades right now, and you have to make sure the story is interesting, not for a few readers. Comics are always commercial creations, and comics are valuable only when they get the attention of more readers. ”

Shen Xin knew that these words were very utilitarian, but this is the truth, comics are for creating income, and cartoonists make a living from them.

A work, even if the author is attentive, if it is not recognized by the reader, then the work does not reflect its value.

The criterion for judging the success of a work is simple, whether it can be recognized by more readers.

Therefore, whether the market is mature and whether the readers are mature is particularly crucial.

Fortunately, in this world's comic market, after so many years of accumulation, it has been relatively perfect, and readers can also distinguish what kind of work is a good work, even if the theme of the comic is niche, it can still have its own readers.

What "Ding Shi" needs now is not to have its own readers, but to break through itself.

Yan Fei glanced at Lu Ning and Xi Muhan, and saw that the two of them looked entangled.

The reason is very simple, but if two people can understand the meaning, it is not necessarily possible.

"Of course, a work that can really be accepted by readers must have the author's hard work in it, and the more hard work, the better the quality of the work."

"Brother, we're doing this too. On the contrary, the method you said will make the power system collapse, and it is a bit of a shortcut. Xi Muhan pouted.

"Collapsed?" Shen Xin was a little surprised, "From beginning to end, I didn't say that I wanted the power system to collapse. I'm talking about breaking the power system, and to put it more bluntly, it's about letting the protagonist defeat someone with a higher strength than him. ”

"Doesn't that still mean something?" Lu Ning asked rhetorically, "The protagonist upgrades too quickly, and he continuously crushes opponents with higher strength than him, which in itself is a precursor to the collapse of the power system." ”

"Do you know 'cool points'? It is to allow readers to be attracted by the plot and fully involved in the story when they read certain plots. Shen Xin changed his words and suddenly mentioned another question.

"Yes. Stepping on people, slapping faces, pretending to be X, 'pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger'. Xi Muhan muttered quietly.

Shen Xin blinked, the little girl really knew something.

"Since you say so, Xiaohan, tell me, why can the last few episodes of "DN", starting from episode 51 and ending at the end, attract so many readers? What's cool about it? Shen Xin asked.

"Uh......"

Xi Muhan and Lu Ning looked at each other, and they couldn't say anything for a while.

"'Unexpected, reasonable', in the final analysis, is still mobilizing the reader's emotions. If you give a plot that the reader can't guess, it will surprise the reader, which is cool. Foreshadowing is laid in front of the comics, and at the back of the story, these foreshadowings are revealed one by one, just like "Steel Refining", which is a cool point.

"Besides, don't think that a cool point will make the reader happy. The heroine of some TV series was abused by the woman who hated her, and the audience would feel heartache after watching it, hating the person who bullied the heroine, and feeling sorry for the heroine on the other hand. Why did the author write that? Because it mobilizes the emotions of the audience and gives the audience a sense of substitution, which is also cool.

"Take pretending to be X, for example, in essence, I have it, you don't. When the protagonist brings out something unique to him, the protagonist will appear different, and the reader will certainly be happy. "Ding Food", in fact, it still has cool points to dig up. ”

"Cool point" is more common in online articles, and the division is more detailed, but the Chinese comic circle in this world does not have so many distinctions.

Shen Xin swallowed a mouthful of saliva, his throat was a little dry, and he drank the saliva.

"Brother, having said so much, what are the other cool points of "Ding Food"?" Xi Muhan said tangledly.

"The following gram is on. Even if the protagonist is among these people, he is already at the level of the top few, but there must still be a plot on the following grams, and it is best to have a place before the final, and the final is the protagonist's old enemy. Some of these details can be broken apart for analysis. ”

"Huh?"

Xi Muhan and Lu Ning both felt puzzled.

Shen Xin explained: "Why can the protagonist defeat an opponent who is stronger than him? It's because he has something that his opponent doesn't have, recipes. I don't know how to cook, the following is purely Hu Zou, if you think it makes sense, just listen to it, it doesn't make sense...... I can't help it. ”

Who told me I couldn't cook?

Since Shen Xin came to this world, his cooking skills have not increased, which makes him very upset.

"Hmm."

Xi Muhan and Lu Ning nodded seriously.

"Actually, the contestants who can participate in the chef competition have good basic skills, and the big difference is in the understanding of the recipes. In recipes, some ingredients, such as sauces and whatever, can be replaced, and different quality ingredients will have different tastes. There are also some tips when handling ingredients to make them more flavorful.

"Can the protagonist use a special sauce to replace the original condiment, or use some special ingredients to adapt the taste, otherwise, use some Western food methods to deal with Chinese food, or vice versa. In short, to surprise the reader.

In this way, even if you beat a strong opponent, the reader will think it makes sense. broke the power system, but did not break the logic of the story. When the protagonist comes up with an uncommon ingredient or condiment, reverses the decline, and turns defeat into victory, what will readers think of this plot? How does the reader feel when the protagonist defeats an opponent who is better than him based on his own experience and sudden inspiration? Shouldn't it help your grades? ”

After listening to Shen Xin's words, Xi Muhan took a deep breath and said, "Improve the recipe? ”

"Probably right?" Shen Xin didn't know anything about cooking, and when he heard Xi Muhan say this, he nodded, "Two dishes that look similar, why is this dish more delicious than the other, as long as it can be explained clearly, this is also a cool point." ”

This is the case in "Little Master" and "Halberd", where the protagonist often surprises the reader by giving unexpected reasons when explaining the dishes.