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The novel focuses on portraying characters, and characters, plot and environment are the three elements of the novel. The plot generally includes four parts: beginning, development, climax and ending. The core of a character is thought and character, and the angle of character description includes positive description and side description. The previous description includes appearance, language, movements, expressions, psychology, etc. Profile description usually reflects the relationship between characters and others or things, also called profile contrast.

When portraying characters, novels can take a real person as a model and synthesize some deeds of others. Any excellent novel always has unforgettable typical characters. People can see and understand many people's faces through these typical artistic mirrors, and the storyline refers to the whole process of the development and evolution of the events described in the works.

The story comes from life, is the refinement of real life, and is more concentrated and representative than real life. Events and contradictions in real life have a beginning and an end, ups and downs, and there is a certain development process, so the plot of the novel also has paragraphs and processes. This process is generally divided into four parts: beginning, development, climax and ending. Sometimes there are prologue and epilogue.