In the days of school, I read thousands of books.
I favored those, written by scientists, interpreting Eastern culture.
I was picky with my reads, choosing only the profound ones.
Later, I read tens of thousands of articles.
I also enjoyed movies.
Famous sci-fi, fantasy films, I''ve seen many.
I want to think deeply about the future, through literature.
Years of deep reading and contemplation, I hope to graft onto sci-fi and fantasy stories.
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In order to create the sci-fi epic nine-part series "Machine Epoch".
I focused on literary and film creation patterns.
I studied the three strongest lists in global literature and film:
1. The global bestseller list for novels.
2. The global box office list for movies.
3. The global cultural Intellectual Property value list.
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I analyzed hundreds of internationally popular films, and literary works,
combined with my extensive reading, and the knowledge structure I''ve formed.
I''ve distilled a concise model, for creating international popular literature.
Creating a classic literary works, is hard, brain-taxing, and laborious.
It requires a vast reserve of knowledge.
Yet, it''s the most influential model, for international popular Intellectual Property, in recent decades.
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First, Character Model:
Trace the psychological evolution, of each main character''s psychological evolution, from childhood.
Their personality, habits, thoughts...
Trace their origins, the deeper, the better.
Freud''s psychoanalysis, is one of the theoretical foundations, of modern literature.
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Trace the family evolution, of main characters.
The longer the history, the better, ideally thousands of years.
According to Jung''s analytical psychology:
Collective unconsciousness, is innate.
It, inherited from ancestors, unrelated to personal experiences.
A character''s thinking framework, personality, and value orientation...
It likely comes from, ancestral heritage.
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Second, Organization Model:
Each main organization, must have its unique values.
The spirit and values, of evil organizations, are often lofty.
Each main organization, needs to trace its historical development, and roots.
Ideally, it can be traced back thousands of years.
For example, "Dune" does it this way.
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Example:
Take my evil cult "Fool Sanctuary", as an example.
It promotes "Intellectual Egalitarianism."
Fool Sanctuary, originates from the era of Primitive slave society.
It claims to be, a divine organization.
It provides shelter, for the distressed slaves.
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In order to maintain intellectual balance among the slave class.
Fool Sanctuary, eliminates the smart and awakened slaves...
It calls the elimination of the awakened: "Divine Purification."
Because, awakened slaves, with a huge gap, in status and intelligence.
They will suffer mental pain.
Fool Sanctuary believes:
Awakened consciousness, will spread among slaves.
It causing more to suffer mental agony.
It''s like a mental epidemic.
It necessitating "Divine Purification."
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Fool Sanctuary, maintains the rule, of intellectual egalitarianism.
Fool Sanctuary, maintains the intellectual balance, of the poor class.
The poor, are not allowed the poor, to disrupt the intellectual egalitarianism, of the poor.
Fool Sanctuary''s philosophy, is extremely noble, and popular among the poor.
However, Fool Sanctuary, is incredibly evil.
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Third, Conflict Model:
All coincidences, are the results of inevitability.
Every coincidental conflict, has its complex, and inevitable reasons.
Each conflict, can trace its historical roots.
Each conflict, can trace its evolution pattern.
Of course, ideally, it can be traced back, hundreds or thousands of years.
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Example:
Take the "Iisiisii''s Doom Cycle" I wrote, as an example.
Iisiisii, is a Geomancy Master, in Malaysia.
She was on a plane, and suffered a plane crash.
There were hundreds of people, on the plane.
She was the only one survived.
Iisiisii''s immortal catastrophe, made her an overnight fame, in the Geomancy world of the Green Asian Continent.
Iisiisii claims, she is the reincarnation of a phoenix.
Iisiisii is known as, the most beautiful Geomancy Master, in the world.
Soon, Iisiisii became a movie star, and an upper-class socialite.
In the rich circle of Malaysia, Iisiisii is very popular.
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After Iisiisii became rich.
She was commissioned by a wealthy client:
Go to the mountains, and survey the geomancy.
On the way back, she was hit by a storm and a landslide.
Iisiisii was buried alive by a mudslide, and then killed.
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Shortly after Iisiisii''s death.
The wealthy customers, who asked Iisiisii to investigate geomancy, were killed in accidents, one after another:Unauthorized reproduction: this story has been taken without approval. Report sightings.
A tycoon, in the wine industry, took a helicopter ride, with his son, to inspect the winery''s vineyards.
Suddenly, there was a plane crash, both father and son, died together.
A real estate tycoon, inspecting real estate properties, under construction.
He was dropped by a steel bar from a height, pierced through the heart, and then died.
An airline tycoon, when receiving customers for dinner.
He drank too much violently, and died.
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Iisiisii''s entertainment star client.
They also died unexpectedly or fell ill one after another:
A rock singer, on a one-meter-high stage, fell to his death.
A young gay star, committed suicide by jumping off a building.
A movie star, falls in his home, hits a glass screen, in his living room.
He was impaled through the neck, by a shard of glass, and died suddenly.
A number of young film and television stars and singers, one after another, kept getting sick and dying...
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This kind of cascading doom death event, is similar to the cycle of doom.
It has attracted strong attention, and research, from historical psychologists.
Later, historical psychologists named it the "Iisiisii''s Doom Cycle".
The historical psychologists, made the most plausible explanation:
Iisiisii''s subconscious knows that, she trapped in a cycle of doom, and will surely die.
Iisiisii''s subconscious, hypnotized her wealthy and celebrity clients.
Let them self-destruct, and bury Iisiisii together.
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Fourth, Plot Model:
Each plot, can be uncovered layer by layer.
Each plot layer, has a different story.
Each plot layer, has a different reason.
This plot trap writing, is several levels higher than, suspense writing.
My habit, set 3 to 9 layers of plot traps, for each plot.
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Example:
The "big ship sank" plot trap, I write.
Layer 1: JiiXi''s father, JiiKiiee, the ship sank accidentally, and the crew died.
In just a few months, JiiKiiee went from a billionaire, to a debtor, of $2 million.
Layer 2: JiiXi suspects, JiiKiiee''s bankruptcy, and the shipwreck accident, were a scheme, someone designed.
Layer 3: JiiXi''s intelligent spirit calculates:
Only a genius level dark secret organization, has the ability to design large commercial traps, and large mechanical shipwreck accidents.
Layer 4: JiiXi''s intelligent spirit, speculates on the purpose, of the accident designer.
Why did they go to such great lengths, to design traps and accidents?
Because: JiiKiiee''s secret identity, was leaked.
He is a "first generation natural gene mutant."
The purpose of the genius level dark secret organization, is to force JiiKiiee, to become a gene male prostitutes, for wealthy women.
Layer 5: JiiXi''s intelligent spirit, speculates a deeper reason:
JiiXi was subconsciously attacked, by the geomancy master, and fell into a cycle of doom.
JiiXi may hypnotized his father, without realizing it.
JiiXi let his father JiiKiiee, suffer for him.
Layer 6: If JiiKiiee becomes a gene male prostitutes.
JiiXi is likely to have hundreds of littel brothers and sisters.
Layer 7: JiiXi falls into a deeper cycle of doom.
He faces multiple chain crises, of family bankruptcy, and ethical chaos.
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Fifth, Theme Model:
Complex and diversified themes.
Everyone, and every organization, is complex.
The world, is a coexistence of diversity.
With no clear distinction, between good and evil, no binary opposition.
Human society, is an extremely complex, and diverse network system.
There are no isolated plots, no isolated conflicts.
Each plot and conflict, needs to trace the complex reasons, behind the scenes.
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The world, has no inherent, good or evil.
Good and evil, are defined, by different groups.
Different groups, have different definitions, of good and evil.
There are no individuals with single personalities.
There are no organizations with simple meanings.
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A person, does good deeds every day.
His true mentality, may be extremely evil.
A good person, believes in Buddhism.
He may be an extremely evil person, has done many bad things.
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Sixth, Adaptation Model:
Before writing, consider film adaptation.
No matter how long, you want to write, you must complete a complete story, in about 150,000 words.
That is to say, about 150,000 words, must be divided into books.
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I refer to "Harry Potter", to design a complete story structure, for each book.
About 150,000 words, must be able to independently publish, a complete story book.
About 150,000 words, must be able to independently shoot, a complete story movie.
This is an adaptation model, has been popular internationally, for many years.
Although old, it is very effective.
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Seventh, Rhythm Model:
Some screenwriters, pay great attention, to the rhythm, of story conflicts.
Some people''s, first judgment of a script, is the rhythm, of story conflicts.
The concept, of story conflict rhythm, is somewhat complex.
But it, can be controlled, by the number of words.
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After writing for a while, I found my own story conflict rhythm control model.
I designed a complete story, of about 150,000 words.
It can be published, as an independent book, or shot, as an independent movie.
I divided a book, into five volumes:
Each volume, about 30,000 words, and can be an independent novella.
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Each volume, must contain 2 to 3 main story conflicts.
The number of words, for each story conflict, is controlled between 10,000 and 15,000 words.
Each story conflict, can be an independent short story.
It can be all large story conflicts.
It can also be a combination, of large and small story conflicts.
But, it can''t be all small story conflicts.
Because, it would be a story of daily accounts.
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The largest super story conflicts, are arranged in the second, third, or fourth volumes.
The last volume, arranges 1 or 2 meaningful story conflicts.
Used to attract readers, into deep thinking.
Or design an open story conflict ending.
Art films, prefer open-ended endings.
This is the main rhythm, of the story.
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So, scatter those: daily introductions, background introductions, non-conflict story plots...
Intersperse them, among large conflicts.
Use them, as the auxiliary rhythm, of the story.
If a story conflicts, with a lot of words, must be broken down into: combined mode story conflicts.
Or, break them down into: layered mode story conflicts.
Must use word count, to control story conflict rhythm.
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