Imitation refers to imitating or copying other people's works to improve or enhance one's own creative ability. When writing a novel, one could imitate other people's works to understand the story structure, character creation, plot development, and other writing techniques so as to better create. Here are some imitation techniques you can try when writing a novel: 1. Imitate the plots and characters of classic novels. Learn their narrative skills and language style to provide inspiration for your own works. 2. Imitate the theme and worldview of other novels to understand their setting and background to better understand the story world and characters. 3. Imitate the structure and narrative techniques of other novels. Exploring different writing styles and trying to apply them to your own works. 4. Imitate the endings of other novels and gain inspiration from them to make a better design for the ending of the work. By imitating other novels, one could better understand the writing skills and story structure to improve their own creative level. At the same time, imitation could also help explore different literary styles and topics to provide a wider audience and meaning for the work.