For other kinds of minds, genre is just a coat that can be discarded at any time. The same genre can have completely different selling points to support the works. For example, urban works can attract readers with the monster-fighting upgrade mode of online games, and Xian Xia can interpret the protagonist's magic weapon wealth acquisition with the urban commercial warfare mode, but it is completely different to cross the historical category. It has a fixed and decisive selling point-the leading advantage of modern civilization over the past.
It is precisely because of this that how to overcome the differences between ancient and modern civilizations and how to use advanced ideological culture and science and technology to influence the backward whole is the key to the popularization of historical works. To overcome this, the author needs to have two abilities, one is to be familiar with history, even politics, economy, military affairs and culture, and the other is to be able to make rational use of the protagonist's modern identity and choose suitable talents for him. If you want to travel through historical works, these two abilities are indispensable, but if you are really proficient, you only need to do one of them, and the other can be made up by some tips.
Crossing history, the selling point is crossing, but the foundation is history. So it is necessary to know the real history and some related knowledge. As for the need to know how deep the history is, we should first discuss the readers who posted the works and their respective needs.
People who read through history can be roughly divided into two types of readers: one is historical military enthusiasts, who want to see rigorous history and see all kinds of political ideas, military tactics and cultural strategies fully reflected in it, and they are more concerned about the true embodiment of history than the happy life of the protagonist; Another kind of readers compare themselves with the heroes who are both modern people, and substitute them into their works to experience the sense of superiority as modern people, enjoy the praise of others, and enjoy the success of career and love. They are more concerned about the fate of the protagonist and whether the protagonist can live a smooth and happy life.
These two types of readers make both professional writers who are proficient in history and entertainment writers who are good at yy have room for survival, but one thing is certain, no matter what kind of readers, they must be proficient in one and cannot completely give up the other.
History is inseparable from history. Therefore, an entertaining author can't be completely ignorant of history. Even if he can't master it, he should at least look through some historical materials to avoid obvious loopholes in his works. However, for such writers, most of the knowledge related to history can be bypassed. As a layman of history, you can still write through history. To do this, the key is to learn to avoid reality and avoid weakness.
For such an author, it is obvious that the plot involves specific knowledge such as history, geography, culture, military affairs, politics and economy. It should be avoided as much as possible, and the protagonist should not be allowed to upgrade on the spot to describe the temple struggle; Don't let the protagonist upgrade in the battlefield to describe the battlefield competition; Try to avoid describing too specific plots, such as a few pence for a pie, how many people are there in a family, and so on.
Some people may ask, if you can't write this and that, what else can you write? What's left? Quite simply, what remains is the protagonist himself, his modern knowledge and ideas. In China, history is only the background, and the historical environment and historical figures are just to set off the talent of the protagonist. The protagonist shocked the predecessors with the literature of later generations, fooled them with the science of later generations, benefited them with the science of later generations, and persuaded them with the concept of later generations. Everything is developing around the frontier of modern civilization, which is a characteristic selling point across history.
In a sense, historical works are the easiest to write, because its selling point is fixed, and countless predecessors have created countless examples. Future generations can learn from their predecessors' experience and success, and walk on a smooth road that has paved the golden brick, but at the same time, historical works are also the most difficult to write, because their predecessors have developed this selling point quite well, and future generations want to continue to innovate on this basis.
Of course, it is not impossible to think about it. In essence, innovation is indeed quite difficult, which requires the author's flexible and divergent thinking and a flash of light. It can't be done by any small skill, but some superficial changes show a little novelty, but there are still rules to follow. Its main points are good at digging, good at contact, and starting from a young age.
The simplest change is the occupation of the protagonist, or the professional knowledge and skills he has.
Looking back on the past historical works, we can easily see that the protagonists of such works usually start from burning glass, smelting steel and making food after crossing back to ancient times, or rely on solar laptops to become omnipotent protagonists. Obviously, we can work hard at this point and design a relatively unpopular one for the protagonist, but in ancient times, we had practical professional skills so that he could get the first bucket of gold. After that, no matter sticking to the professional line or returning to the old hegemony line, the characteristics of the work already exist, that is to say, the superficial innovation already exists.
Example: Modern advertisements intend to go back to ancient times as shop assistants; Modern traffic police trace back to the ancient development of traffic lights; Modern calligraphers show their unique skills in restoring ancient ways; Modern acrobats return to ancient performances. ...
Because this is an entertainment creation, there is no need to delve into whether this skill can really be enjoyed in ancient times. For example, there is absolutely no need to consider whether the level of ancient acrobatics is higher. It is only necessary to explain in the article that the protagonist is the number one master in modern acrobatics. He was trained in modern systems, used the most advanced equipment and facilities, and spent a lot of money to develop this skill. In this way, he returned to ancient times and was amazed at his skills, which made sense.
In addition to the protagonist's professional expertise, the different things he carries when crossing, the differences in personality, etc., all can be used as novel selling points different from similar works. As long as this specialty is determined before writing, and then amplified and exaggerated in writing, and runs through the whole text, then this work is novel at least on the surface.