"Hongyue Town?" Mizhen wrote these three words in the notebook, then raised his head, looked at Mitian, and said, "Then, is there a reason for this name?"
Mi Tian nodded and said: "Of course, Hongyue Town is a town where the moon in the sky turns blood red all year round."
Mizhen continued to record, but in the middle of writing, she said: "Well, Mitian, why don't you change it? That is to say, the blood-red moon will only appear on a certain day of the year. Do you feel so mysterious? A little stronger?"
After hearing this, Mi Tian immediately clapped his hands and said, "Yes, sister, your idea is very good, just change it like this! Then, the plot starts with a crazy woman..."
"Well, the crazy woman... has a bit of a horror element." Mizhen continued to record this, and then asked: "Does the crazy woman play a prophetic role?"
"Not bad. How do you know, sister?"
"Aren't horror movies all like this? Normal people don't believe in ghosts, so people who believe in ghosts are naturally regarded as lunatics. And because lunatics don't have normal thinking, they don't need to explain how to get the ability to predict, and they can also add mysterious elements. The essence of horror novels lies in the unknowable and unthinkable, that is the real horror.”
"You seem to know better than me, sister."
"That's, the college students here, they are still taking exams, watching the era of Ultraman and Chibi Maruko, I don't know how many times I have fought against the god of death, even stayed in the pile of corpses, what is horror, I I know better than anyone else. So I also know better than anyone how to overcome terror. Well, Roosevelt once said a sentence, which was used to motivate the American people during the economic crisis. That sentence is, "The only thing worth fearing Is the fear itself', that line is my classic."
"Sister, don't mention anything related to the apartment today."
"Okay." Mizhen smiled slightly, and said: "That's right, today, there are no instructions in blood, everything is decided by our sisters, haha, this feels very good, right? Mitian?"
"Well... just now I mentioned that the crazy woman is a woman who has been living in Hongyue Town, and the next thing is the beginning of the horror phenomenon. The heroine..."
"Has the heroine's personality been decided?"
"Personal design?"
"Character design is very important. Horror novels have a special style. If the sense of substitution is not strong enough, it will obviously affect the readability of the novel. The protagonist should not be too timid or too bold. You must grasp it well One scale. I think a divorced single woman is a very good setting, because she is a woman and lives alone with a child. This obvious image of a weak person is easy to arouse readers' favor, and at the same time, the child can be used to perceive various A terrifying phenomenon. It can be said to kill two birds with one stone."
"Well, I actually think so too. Moreover, the most important thing is that the image of women as weak is often deeply ingrained in people's understanding. In horror novels, if a woman plays the leading role, it can greatly enhance the sense of substitution. Of course, everything It’s all based on the premise that this book can be published in the future and meet readers.”
"You can also follow Li Yin's example and publish horror novels on the Internet."
"Forget it, online novels are all fantasy fairy tales, so no one will read horror novels. As for the heroine, it can be set as, because she just got divorced, but her ex-husband is entangled, so she temporarily moved to live in this small town. For a period of time. If you work, you can write... By the way, how about an Internet writer? In this way, you can work as usual even in a remote town. It is not good to arrange to be unemployed, because in divorce proceedings, the unemployed party needs to Getting custody is difficult."
"Internet... Writer? Well, well, let's leave it at that for now. For children, it can be set to be five or six years old. Well, it is a boy. Next, it will be the story of Hongyue Town? Are you going to set it Set as an ancient curse?"
"Almost. This kind of remote town is also very suitable for creating horror themes. As for the curse, I plan to set it that way..."
That night, Mi Tian returned to the dormitory, still conceiving the outline of the novel in his mind. Finally, I opened my laptop, created a document, and started writing down all my ideas in it. He plans to write a novella of about 100,000 words. As a test of the waters.
"After you've finished writing...can you show it to Li Yin?"
After closing the laptop, Mi Tian suddenly felt a little satisfied in his heart. Especially, when Yazhen said that to him. Whatever he does, she says, as long as it makes him want to live, that's fine.
"Sister..." He said in a voice that only he could hear: "Thank you. Really, thank you."
On the second day, during the lunch break at noon, in the cafeteria, Mi Tian was carrying the food when he suddenly found that Xiyue was sitting not far away. Suddenly, he quickened his pace.
"Xiyue!" Mi Tian came to her and said, "I, can I sit here?"
"Well, yes." Xiyue said immediately: "You can sit down wherever you want."
"Okay." Mi Tian immediately sat down.
I have to say that Xiyue is so beautiful that even if she just sits quietly, some very small movements can make people fall in love with her. The word "perfect" was created just for people like her.
"I heard that Mizhen said that you are writing a novel?" Xiyue smiled, and the moment was so touching that Mitian was almost insane.
"Ah, yes." Mi Tian finally came to his senses and said, "Yes, my sister told you, right? She just talks fast."
"Mizhen is not a person who can hide secrets, but you and your sister are not at all like, always rejecting people thousands of miles away." Xiyue blinked her eyes when she said this, and said: "After writing Finally, why don’t you let me take a look? I just don’t know, Mi Tian, how is your writing style? If you write well, maybe our class can produce a writer.”
"Xiyue, what kind of novels do you like?"
"Me? It's about romance. But I also like science fiction. I heard that you write horror novels? I rarely read this type of novel. You don't write scary novels, do you?"
"Well, it's going to be scary. If you're scared, don't watch it."
"It's okay." Xiyue waved her hand and said, "What's the relationship between me and Mizhen? I will definitely read it."
"Really? Then I'll take a look too."
When a voice came, Mi Tian immediately turned his head. The person standing behind him was not Li Yin, who else could it be
"Li Yin?" Mi Tian immediately stood up and said, "You, have you been here all this time?"
"Well, almost. Do you want to write horror novels? I heard that you occasionally write short stories, but they all seem to be this kind of scary stories. I heard that you are planning to write a novel this time? Finish it Be sure to let me read it later. I think your writing is pretty good."
At that time, Li Yin didn't just say it casually. He has long regarded Mi Tian as a close friend, so he will naturally read his books with all his heart, not to mention that he himself plans to write novels in the future.
Looking at Xiyue and Li Yin, Mi Tian became more determined to write this novel well.
For the next few days, he and Mizhen stayed in the library, carefully studying every detail of the novel, and finally started writing. About a month later, he wrote his first horror novella, titled "Reincarnation".
This horror novel is also his only novella later. In fact, Mi Tian has always believed that horror novels are not suitable for writing long novels, because such novels are completely unconstrained, and must ensure the unknowable unknown. If you write too much, you will have to reveal too much content, and the unknown and mystery will be destroyed. , so it is most appropriate to write horror novels as short stories of 30,000 to 50,000 words.
Afterwards, after reading this novel, Xiyue and Li Yin greatly appreciated it, and it was passed on to many people in the class for a while, and it was considered Mi Tian's best work.
At the end of the novel, there is an open ending, and the life and death of the heroine is a suspense. Mi Tian explained to Li Yin in this way: "I think an open ending is the most ideal ending for a horror novel. Horror is something between hope and despair. If you lean towards either side, you will lose your standard. Anything in the middle , in order to maximize its terrifying effect."
This open ending is also one of the things Li Yin admires the most, claiming that he will learn from this when writing novels in the future.
And this is Mi Tian's last novel. The delicate brushwork is impressive.
At the beginning of the chapter, flashbacks were used: "The sky. The full moon, which should have been silver and white in the past, is now covered by a layer of blood red. Then, the blood red seemed to cover all the sight in front of me."
June 23, 2011.
Li Yin opened the document of this novel again at this moment, looking at the first line of words. At the beginning, Mi Zhen had just returned to China to meet him, and said that the amazing novel she hoped to give to her was this "Reincarnation".
"Are you reading a horror novel? Li Yin?"
Li Yin immediately turned around to look, and standing behind was Shen Yu.
"You, how did you come in?" Li Yin immediately stood up and asked.
"How did you come in... You opened the door and came in," Shen Yu said with an innocent expression, "You didn't lock the door yourself. I want to ask you whether you will attend the Scarlet Symposium this afternoon. The residents have unanimously decided, If you are still absent from this meeting, Ke Yinye will be formally elected as the new building director."
"Is that so?" Li Yin replied without thinking: "Then let them make Ke Yinye the new building director. I don't care."
"I don't care!" Shen Yu rushed over and grabbed Li Yin's collar, saying, "Are you finished? Where did Li Yin, who saved Ziye by erasing the blood three times? Did you change yourself after seeing you like this? You were the one who changed me back then!"
"Well, I've let you down."
Shen Yu still wanted to say something, but when the words reached her lips, she still didn't continue.
"That's all. Whatever you want!" Shen Yu was about to turn around when she suddenly turned around and said, "Speaking of which, whose novel is this?"
"A college classmate of mine."
Shen Yu walked to the computer, took a closer look, and said, "The writing is pretty good. Can you send a copy to my email later?"
"You want to see it too?"
"Just pass the time. I'm going first."
After watching Shen Yu leave, Li Yin sat down again. At this time, he suddenly noticed that there was a person standing at the door, it was Ziye who escaped from death!
She walked in, looked at Li Yin, and wanted to say something, but she didn't say anything.
The two just stared at each other silently. As if, wanting to capture the heart of the other party from the eyes.