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IDEA 4 : LOOP OF ‘TUTORIAL VILLAGE’

* Protagonist and 'Tutorial Village'

It is always a given that the Protagonist must start his life from a corner of the world, the so called 'Tutorial Village'. This place is a desolate place, with the weakest people and the lowest fighting techniques and treasures.

Eventually the Protagonist powers up and leaves the Tutorial Village and goes to another map. At last, he meets the final BOSS and defeats him, becoming the strongest in the world, and the story ends.

This is the usual template, with a starting point, a number of obstacles, and an ending point.

* Inserting a Loop

A web novel requires a large and extensive plot, which should be sufficient for 1000+ chapters- a difficult task indeed !

So, instead of stretching the story line to fit the lengthy series, another solution is to connect the ending point with the starting point.

By doing this means, when the Protagonist reaches the ending point, he realizes that there is a vast world out there, and this place which he'd known was just a backwater place, a 'Tutorial Village', albeit of high level.

Then the Protagonist goes on another adventure, towards the new ending point.

Of course, the same thing happens when he reaches the ending point – even this higher world was just a backwater place, and there are even higher realms !

Authors can keep on doing this until the readers start swearing and cursing them to finally end their novel.

* How to separate these 'Tutorial Village' ?

01. By territory names.

Ex : Village, Town, City, State, Prefecture, Kingdom, etc.

02. By using Geography.

Ex : In Er Gen's web novel 'A Will Eternal', the spiritual energy is more at the center of the world, and less when one goes far away from the center. Thus, the sects far from the center are weaker compared to those closer to it.

03. By using Realms.

Ex : Mortal Realm, Immortal Realm, Divine Realm, etc.

In short, the Author can bullsh*t anything as long as the concept remains interesting.

* Parts of a 'Tutorial Village'

Every Tutorial Village of any level has following parts :

01. Starting point -

This is the beginning point of the Tutorial Village where the Protagonist appears when he enters.

This part is important to create the status of Protagonist in the new world and make it stable.

Side characters introduced here helps to familiarize and can be used as companions in the journey of this new Tutorial Village.

02. Side Bosses

These are the obstacles the Protagonist has to defeat in the new world.

03. Opportunity

A singular moment which enables the Protagonist to gain boost in strength, after which he gains high status in the new world.

Ex : in every Tutorial Village, this opportunity is Divine blood, or Martial Skill, etc.

04. Emotion Point

This is a very important part, as it binds the Protagonist in the new world.

The drawback of using a loop is that there is no emotional attachment between the Protagonist and the new world. This part fixes this weakness.

There are various methods to execute this part, like death of a side character, or a group facing a disaster together.

The pace of story here is slow and must be used for emotional buildup. As long as you are able to stir the emotions of the reader, you have successfully executed this part.

05. Save Point

This is a very important part, because this is the place the Protagonist returns to from a higher 'Tutorial Village'.

We need this save point so that, when the Protagonist for some reason returns to this lower world, he already has a home to come to with all settings already in place.

Ex : The Protagonist establishes a sect branch in every new world he goes. When he returns to a lower world, he can act as a peerless expert and save damsels in distress by killing hundreds to villains with a single slap.

06. End Boss

The final BOSS of the Tutorial Village, which the Protagonist has to defeat.

07. Hidden Grounds

A place with clues to a higher 'Tutorial Village'. This is introduced so that the readers won't feel cheated when the Protagonist moves to a higher world.

* Things to note

01. This idea requires a decent writing skill because every Tutorial Village needs to be impressive.

02. The Protagonist must be emotionally attached to the world.

03. Side characters must be reminded after a given time so that they are note forgotten. If possible, they should be given a 'wild card entry' into the higher world.

04. The Protagonist must have a higher improvement rate so that he can ascend faster to the next Tutorial Village.

05. The best way to keep the Protagonist emotionally bound to various levels of Tutorial Village is by familial ties.

* Notable Examples

01. The Strongest System

Author Xin Feng made his novel bearable with his nasty jokes.

02. Martial God Ret@rd

This novel is still alive because the readers want to see how far Chu Feng will go.

The Author also was able to make the readers remember Chu Feng's 4 martial skills because of their amazing names : White Tiger Slaughtering Technique, Black Tortoise Armor Technique, Azure Dragon Dashing Technique, and the Vermillion Bird Revival Technique.

The point is, the readers must also be impressed by the fighting techniques of the protagonist. If they remember these fighting techniques, then half of the work is done.

03. Against the Ret@rd

This novel is a good example of application of 'Village Tutorial loop'. The notable thing is how the Author is able to make the fighting abilities of protagonist Yun Che special – readers remember things like Sealing Sun, Locking Cloud, Evil Gate Purgatory, World Ode of Phoenix, and domineering names like Golden Crow's Record of the Burning World, or overbearing characters like Heaven Punishing Divine Emperor, etc.

Although Yun Che has a big harem, the harem characters are not easily forgotten by readers because they have already created an emotional impression.


CREATORS' THOUGHTS
Daoist_Paradox Daoist_Paradox

I recommend the web novel "Eternal Freedom".

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