How to write the old-fashioned plot?
What is a skilful storytelling technique?
Look at "Finding Nemo" and "Monsters University".
Both "Finding Nemo" and "Monsters University" have paragraphs born out of the initiation ceremony of the Brotherhood.
In "Finding Nemo", Nemo comes to the fish tank and has to jump over the set volcano in order to be accepted by the aboriginal people in the fish tank. This is a test. And when he overcomes his fear and really jumps over the volcano, the test becomes a kind of proof—that he can do it, and he can overcome his fear—that he has grown up after leaving his father. .
So he got the nickname.
This paragraph plays a very important role in the structure of the story-setting a test (jumping over the volcano), and giving him a reward (an awesome nickname), which also represents his integration into this small society.
In "Monsters University", this paragraph shows that Big Eyes and Mao Monster came to the residence of the new club ok club, and suddenly the light went out. They followed the sound to the basement. In the gloomy atmosphere, the former members read the guidelines aloud, and from time to time they played the two newcomers. This ritual content is the process of the Brotherhood’s membership itself. If you follow this routine, Mao Wei and Big Eye will swear to abide by the original guidelines, and then they may receive a certain test like Nemo.
But "Monsters University" didn't plan to play like this. You see, my mother came to spoil the atmosphere (I have to think of "The Big Bang Theory" only hears her sturdy mother. There is also a couple in "Smith" Such a role, so the boys who live with my mother have to tolerate her mother's loud voice and untimely penetration...), wringing his hips to the basement to wash clothes.
As a result, the pretending initiation ceremony couldn't go on, and the "veterans" had no choice but to declare that they were in the same group.
Coming to a gathering place for people of the same age in the university, encountering a new group, and being tested in order to integrate into the new group-this is the essence of the initiation ceremony of the American College Brotherhood. Therefore, once you write a story about academy or similar themes, you will encounter this kind of rigid plot that can't be circumvented. Whether it is to make the story in a certain scene appear real, or to evoke the reader's memory, under certain background routines, there will inevitably be content that must be written-such as the fraternity test ceremony when entering the university.
What we can learn from "Monsters University" and "Finding Nemo" is that you can use such plot material according to the needs of the story.
You can let it play a specific role in the story structure like "Finding Nemo", or you can just use a humorous interrupt like in "Monsters University" to explain it to the past.
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