I am a literary giant in Japan

Chapter 183 POV Writing Techniques: Two Generations Fifty Years Ago

The more Misa Ochiai read, the more obsessed she became.

She originally wanted to take a quick look first, then buy the magazine and appreciate it in depth when she returned to the hotel.

But soon, she found that after opening the book written by Kitagawa Hide, the words inside seemed to have an indescribable magic that nailed her to the spot.

The entire "Literature and Art" supplement only serialized the novel "Confessions". She roughly estimated that the total text volume was about 10 words. Even with her reading speed, it would take at least 20 minutes to finish reading it.

But she felt a little uncomfortable staying in a crowded bookstore for 20 minutes.

But I really can't put down this magazine!
After a struggle between the conscience and the desire in my mind.

Misa Ochiai said "Private Marseille" to the two readers who were also reading "Confessions" with relish, and then she sat between them, with most of her plump buttocks exposed outside the wooden board, making her very uncomfortable.

But as long as I can continue to enjoy watching "Confessions", this little bit of physical discomfort is not worth mentioning at all!

Talk about it.

This novel also uses the Point of View writing technique which is very rare in Japanese pure literature.

Point of View, abbreviated as POV, is the full name of viewpoint character writing technique.

In layman's terms, this writing technique is like a blockbuster movie, where the director puts the camera on different characters and keeps switching the shots.

The whole story starts with Character A telling a part from his own perspective, then Character B takes over to tell the story, and so on, over and over again.

In Hideo Kitagawa's original history, the most famous POV novel is "A Song of Ice and Fire", which was adapted into a popular American TV series - "Game of Thrones" during its serialization.

Unfortunately, the filming progress of this magnificent masterpiece was too fast and the writing speed was too slow, which led to the subsequent plot being completely earth-shattering and having a bad ending, which is very regrettable.

By the way, "A Song of Ice and Fire" no longer exists in this world.

Therefore, Kitagawa Hide suddenly used such a rare writing technique in his new book, which not only set off a frenzy in the Japanese literary world, but will soon spread to other countries.

"No wonder the novel is called "Confessions."" Misa Ochiai couldn't help but sigh at Kitagawa Hide's "daring to think and write", and Saito Rena's "daring to receive and send."

This pair of editors and authors, who were called "golden boy and jade girl" by people in the industry, actually made her feel envious.

Those readers around me who read books without thinking clearly definitely don’t understand POV!
She really wanted to stand up, take a loud speaker, and explain to them this writing technique which is extremely difficult, but very enjoyable to read when written.

She wanted those people to understand what a great work Kitagawa Hide was writing.

Too bad she can't.

If I did that, I would probably be kicked out as a crazy woman.

Misa Ochiai quickly patted her cheeks.

How did you do it?

Kitagawa Hide and Saito Rena are from rival companies. How could I have the idea of ​​praising them?

The president has already given her a task for this long vacation.

While taking a vacation to downplay its own bad image on the Internet, it found a way to criticize "Confessions" and Kitagawa Hide, and then went on a crazy spree to criticize them online.

Business competition is nothing more than these routines.

If my product is better than yours, I will crush you to the death. If my product is worse than yours, I will slander you to the death.

If stepping on or blackmailing you doesn't work, I'll just take out my own money and buy your shares.

But looking at "Confessions" in her hand, Ochiai Misa felt that she could not think of any flaws in Hidekazu Kitagawa's novel no matter how hard she racked her brains.

Oh no, I'm not going to turn into his shape.
"POV writing technique? This bastard is really brave to use it!"

Takeuchi Osamu lying on the hospital bed coughed a few times, looked at the "Literature and Art" supplement on his legs, and felt angry and amused. After he finished speaking, he couldn't help but let out a few long sighs.

Keiko Kimura, who was busy peeling an apple, glanced at him and said with a smile, "Why are you sighing again? I've also read this book Confessions. In the first half of the series, his writing skills have improved a lot compared to Paradise Lost.

Isn't it a happy thing that young people are striving towards the throne that you can never reach?"

If it were any other literary giant, Keiko Kimura would not dare to say such things.

The waves behind the Yangtze River push the waves in front of them, and the waves in front of them are afraid of dying on the beach.

Kitagawa Hide's road to rise was built on the corpses of countless predecessors.

The "Youth Trilogy" brought Oshima Hikaru to prominence.

The haiku anthology "My Salad Day" brought Mutsuro Takahashi down from the altar.

"Akagi" and "I am a Cat" defeated Sadaji Ichiko.

"Border" and "Paradise Lost" shattered Shintaro Ishihara and Sawako Noma.

Although his current book "Confessions" is directed at the young boy A, I wonder how many literary giants are feeling uneasy.

Not long ago, it was confirmed in their small circle that Arima Yoshiyoshi, who had not written for many years, was preparing to make a comeback and would serialize a new book in "Literary World" in the second half of the year.

This is the first time in nearly ten years that a living "No. 1 in the World" has started writing a book again.

The joint essay contest organized by Bungeishunju and Kodansha was aimed at bringing down Kawaide Shobo and Kitagawa Hide.

The joint essay contest failed, and Literary World also suffered.

At this critical juncture, Arima Yoshiyoshi suddenly made a high-profile comeback, and everyone knew who his target was.

"There is an old saying next door, 'A tree that stands out in the forest will be destroyed by the wind.' He is so high-profile and even put Paradise Lost overseas for awards. With his works and abilities, as long as he takes steady steps, isn't it a foregone conclusion that he will become the 'best in the world' before the age of 50?

asshole! asshole! asshole!

This kid, Mengzi and Xiaoli are all so out of tune, why are they all so out of tune? ! "

Takeuchi coughed a few more times out of anger.

Kimura Keiko quickly put down the apple, handed him a glass of water, and patted his back to help him calm down: "You, you said you didn't care that Kitagawa abducted your two favorite disciples, but I think you want to eat him." "But, Li-chan is Li-chan, and you must not take Yumeko with you. What's wrong with that little girl? She came to intern under my Shizuko, and in a few years, she will marry Kitagawa. She will be a good wife, a good mother, and a manager. Isn't that great?"

Among the several Tokyo University literary girls who were close to Kitagawa Hide, Kimura Keiko's favorite was Agatsuma Yumeko.

She could always see some of her past selves in Mengzi, and therefore loved her very much.

Indeed, Mengzi is also a rough diamond. If she works hard in the literary world patiently, in time, she will surely become a leading figure like her.

But so what?
After all, a woman's career ambition and love are like fish and bear's paw, and she can only choose one.

Keiko Kimura chose her career, so now she can only take care of Takeuchi Osamu as a childhood sweetheart.

What's wrong with choosing love?

However, like Takeuchi Osamu, she was not happy with Jabami Rei's entry into the film and television entertainment industry.

It is a recognized fact among the professors of the Faculty of Literature of the University of Tokyo that Jabami Rei has a high talent for literature.

Her future achievements will be higher than mine, and perhaps she will leave her name in history like Murasaki Shikibu in the Heian period.

This girl actually filmed a few movies with Kitagawa Hide, and then went to be an actress.
"Cough cough cough, let's not mention them, I get angry when I mention them." When Takeuchi Osamu heard the name of Jabami Rei, his face fell.

This bastard little girl didn't even want to be admitted to graduate school or get a doctorate, and she insisted on signing a contract with Toei. It really pissed him off!

But no matter how angry he was, Takeuchi Osamu, who was unmarried and childless, always treated Jabami Rei as his granddaughter and let her do whatever she liked.

In his seventy years of life, the only truth that Takeuchi Osamu realized was that if you want to do something, just do it and don't regret it.

"Come to think of it, do you think this book is a bit 'over the line'?" Takeuchi Osamu, who had just finished reading "Confessions", asked with a frown.

In the novel, the female teacher Yuko Moriguchi lied to her students, saying that she had injected her blood containing the "HIV virus" into their milk. Then, through Yuko Moriguchi's mouth, many true stories were told, but they should not be made public.

For example, a high school girl pretended to commit suicide, and then tricked her divorced male teacher into a love hotel to take secret photos of him. The reason was simply that he punished her for eating in class, and she was dissatisfied, so she wantonly slandered the teacher's reputation.

After the incident broke out, instead of apologizing to the teacher and the school, the parents were aggressive, asking what was wrong with the school for letting a divorced man serve as the class teacher of emotionally unstable teenagers!

The parents never mentioned a word about the wrong things their daughter did, but just kept blaming the school. As a result, the school was really defeated by such parents.

Such content is everywhere in the novel. Kitagawa Hide ruthlessly and cruelly tore off the fig leaf of Japanese schools.

The real thing is completely different from what is shown in movies, TV and animation.

Takeuchi Osamu agrees with this kind of behavior that sounds the alarm for society and the country, as that is what he did back then.

and then.

He paid the price of becoming a bell ringer with his long fifty years of life.

"I think it's hard to say whether it has crossed the line this time."

Because Shizuko Kawaide was a loyal netizen, Keiko Kimura also gradually learned about this new technological product from her.

In the past, information was blocked and public opinion was controlled by some people. The people could neither hear the truth nor speak out.

It's different now.

What did Shizuka say?

"Interactive platform. The Internet is now an interactive platform for everyone, and it is an interactive platform that the national government cannot block or completely control."

Keiko Kimura and Osamu Takeuchi briefly explain the Internet.

This made the classical scholar Osamu Takeuchi curious about the Internet.

Indeed, if what newspapers and magazines say is wrong, you should not allow them to publish them, just shut down their companies.

The TV station's programs are controlled by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology at every level. Only TSB, which is controlled by the Mitsui Group, dares to broadcast things that should not be broadcast.

But that is also based on the interests of the consortium.

Only the Internet.

This emerging new technological product, which has not yet been noticed but has begun to explode with huge energy, is like a giant beast and cannot be easily controlled.

"Draft daddy. This bastard manuscript! It's really to the point, but this is the wording."

After reading the post "Height 1.7 meters, legs 1.2 meters long", Osamu Takeuchi didn't know what expression to use on his face.

He didn't know who was behind this online nickname. If it was his student, he would beat him to death!
However, despite its vulgarity, the content is quite high-quality.

"The Internet is an interesting thing."

Regardless of his illness, Takeuchi Osamu got up, took a pen and paper and began to write a literary review of "Confessions".

This time he plans to post it online for all netizens to see.

In the past, as long as Takeuchi Osamu's name was used when publishing an article, he would always receive praise, and publishing houses and newspapers would not dare to refuse to accept his manuscripts.

Over time, if a person only hears words of praise, his writing skills will decline.

"POV writing technique, let's start with this."

Takeuchi Osamu thought about it for a moment and quickly wrote down the title with a pen.

Seeing that he looked much happier and more cheerful, Keiko Kimura picked up the half-peeled apple again and sat gently beside him, watching him work and write, as if she was back in the little shabby house fifty years ago.

They were like that back then too.

Takeuchi Osamu is like a workaholic. He is either reading or writing books. He is determined to compete with Ichiko Sadajiro and climb the mountain of "the best in the world".

The eighteen-year-old girl accompanied him in writing and did some handicrafts beside him, and the two of them snuggled together.

"So, what's wrong with choosing love?" she thought to herself.

(End of this chapter)