coobybook Chapter 589 The Novel Girl's Moment of Collapse
Chapter 589 The Novel Girl's Moment of Collapse
[The Novel Girl's Moment of Collapse]
[I finally found a good novel to read tonight, and then suddenly there was a scene where "the male lead covered his mouth and chuckled".]
[My brain's warning radar suddenly went off: This description by the author sounds so familiar, something's not right.]
But I still comfort myself: it's quite common to feel happy writing like this, isn't it?
Then, the male lead's father covered his mouth and chuckled.
Ugh, why is he chuckling again? I'm starting to lose interest in watching.
[But I've already read halfway through, and I don't know what happens next. It wouldn't be good to give up halfway through.]
[I hesitated, and felt a bit disgusted, but I had no choice but to bear with it and keep watching. It's just a matter of a few words anyway.]
[Read on]
[The female lead, male lead, second female lead, second male lead, seventh maternal uncle, eldest uncle, aunt, third aunt, and everyone else covered their mouths and chuckled.]
[That's it, I really can't watch this anymore]
Wait, this scene looks familiar, like I've seen it somewhere before.
Ah! In the end, I remembered everything. It turns out that this was the reason I abandoned the story before.
"The last novel I read was really good. I haven't read such an exciting novel in a long time. It was an older woman/younger man story, but in order to highlight the elegance of the older woman, the author kept describing her as 'like an old cat,' 'like an old cat,' 'like a lazy old cat.' It was so frustrating, but I really loved the author's writing style."
"I read a novel with a lot of tension [confused]. The premise was quite intriguing, but maybe the author wanted to emphasize the male lead's roguish charm, so he kept licking his back teeth. He licked his back teeth when he was on a date with the female lead, he licked his back teeth while looking at her under a streetlamp, he licked his back teeth before kissing her, and he even licked his back teeth when closing the car door [confused]. I was wondering if he had food stuck in his back teeth? His teeth must be loose from licking them so much [smiling]"
"The most common phrases in novels: 'pupils suddenly contract'—'a moment of breathlessness'—'a scarlet cigarette butt'—'a scarlet tongue'—'reddened eyes'—'a smirk'—'gripping back teeth'—'a soft laugh'—'a hormonal aura'—'brows furrowed into a deep frown'—'slowly exhaling a breath of stale air'—'a sharp gasp'—'Adam's apple bobbing'—'eyes darkening'—'twitching her tie'—'biting her lower lip'—'talking casually'—'playfully sticking out her tongue'—'cedarwood scent', 'sandalwood scent', 'rose scent'... [dark face] I've read enough novels; these are all I can think of for now."
The female protagonist slowly exhaled a breath of stale air.
The male protagonist gently exhaled a breath of stale air.
She silently let out a sigh of relief.
He let out a deep sigh...
I was about to suffocate from the male and female leads' toxic odor [hugs][hugs][hugs] The worst part is I actually endured and finished watching it [hugs]
"And his throat moved a little. When the male lead saw the female lead, his throat moved a little; when he saw the enemy, he moved a little; when he was nervous lying to the female lead, his throat moved a little. In short, his throat was constantly moving up and down like it was on a drop tower."
"There's an author whose male protagonists all sit with their legs spread wide and powerful [crying emoji]. I've read several of her books, and it's always the same description [crying emoji]. I'm getting PTSD from all that [crying emoji] now [crying emoji]. But her other descriptions are all excellent, the writing and plot are great, it's just that the male protagonists are too obsessed with the 'wide and powerful' style [money emoji]."
"There was a novel assignment where the protagonist had a small mole, but the author misspelled 'mole' as 'hemorrhoid,' and the entire story was filled with 'hemorrhoids.' Every time there was a suggestive scene, the author would write about hemorrhoids on the face, like a code. I couldn't bear to read it just imagining the hemorrhoids slowly blooming on the face. [Nine Turns Intestine]"
"I was reading a novel where the female lead transmigrated from modern times to ancient times. She was a great chef in the modern world, and in ancient times, she could make delicious food with a limited amount of ingredients. Every time she cooked, to highlight how good her food was, her child would eat until he was stuffed, the male lead would eat until he was stuffed, the servants would eat until they were stuffed, basically everyone would get stuffed. When I read that, my stomach started to hurt too, and I was so angry [hugs]"
"In a novel I read before, every time the male and female protagonists kissed, the male protagonist did so with a punitive intent, no matter the situation. I just can't take it anymore."
"I'm dying of laughter! I'm dying of laughter! I'm dying of laughter! Hahahaha! There's no obligation not to punish! [Laughing emoji]"
"I read a book before where the female lead was supposed to be a cool and aloof character, but the author kept writing that she would pause, freeze, and then pause for a while. The cool and aloof female lead ended up looking like a complete airhead. [facepalm][facepalm][facepalm]"
"You all step aside [bitterly] I'm reading a novel on Tomato, where the female protagonist travels back to the 80s. In her previous life, she was a top French fashion designer who only knew how to cook pasta. So, in Shaanxi, she mixed noodles with tomato sauce (as tomato pasta), and everyone who tried it was amazed by how incredibly delicious it was."
So the female protagonist used this to repeatedly smooth things over with various leaders and neighbors, leaving the male protagonist speechless with astonishment. "Is this tomato sauce noodles really that delicious?! I was so anxious I was practically running around in circles, and in the end I bought some spaghetti hanging in the author's shop window."
"I don't know why, but I find the character '柔荑' (rouyi) very offensive. It's because some authors I've read before have written it as '柔蹄' (routi) instead of '柔蹄' (routi) [black face]. I've also read stories where male protagonists in male-oriented novels hold the hands of their older or younger sisters and write things like 'pulling up her small, soft hooves' or 'taking her slightly cool, soft hooves' [black face]."
The people reading under the canopy: Yes, yes, that makes sense. We often read books, and when we're really engrossed in them, a nonsensical description suddenly pops up, ruining the reading experience.
For example, I recently read a great article about martial arts. The protagonist's entire family was massacred because they obtained a mysterious martial arts manual, and he was the only one who survived. He took the manual, studied the martial arts, and secretly vowed to avenge himself when he returned with unparalleled martial arts skills.
However, in order to depict the hardships the protagonist endured while practicing, the author repeatedly wrote that the protagonist gritted his teeth in pain, gritted his teeth with difficulty, gritted his teeth with tears in his eyes... I don't know about the rest of the novel, but the most frequent part I saw was the scene of the protagonist gritting his teeth.
That very night, I unconsciously gritted my teeth and forgot about my dental problems and toothaches. As a result, I was in excruciating pain and couldn't sleep well all night.
These are actions that everyone uses very often, but why do they seem so strange when they're written in a book for us to see? It's annoying to see the same thing over and over again after reading a few chapters. Now someone has finally voiced this opinion.
The author blushed and said: "Is that so? How come I didn't know about it?"
It's probably just a common verbal tic. Sometimes when we're engrossed in writing, we unconsciously slip in a phrase or two. Besides, our own writing is so wonderful and beautiful, so having a verbal tic or two shouldn't be a big deal... right?
Even with just one or two of those catchphrases, there are still plenty of people who love reading my books who will buy them (??w?｀).
Aunt Wang, who likes to chat with people on the street, started gossiping: "That's right, and it's not just that. One of the students in our village, I don't know if he went crazy from studying or what."
Every time someone says a few words to him, he suddenly blurts out, "The sage said, the sage said this and that, the sage said to do this and that..." Then he shakes his head, puts his hands behind his back, and spouts a bunch of incomprehensible platitudes.
To make the conversation more lively, he even imitated the scholar's usual head-shaking and swaying manner when he spoke to people, which made the people around him burst into laughter.
Then he sat down, poured himself a bowl of tea to quench his thirst, and continued: "Especially a few days ago, when someone was talking to him about serious matters, he would suddenly blurt out something completely irrelevant. If someone was good-tempered, he would be stunned for a few moments, then laugh it off and let it go. But if someone was bad-tempered and impatient, they would beat him up and scold him harshly, and he would behave himself."
Grandma Zhang, who was enjoying her melon next to her, chimed in: "No way! I'm an old woman who's lived a long life and seen a lot. People like them are so proud and concerned about their image!"
Even if he is beaten or scolded, he will just pretend nothing happened and continue to maintain his strange, self-important attitude.