1 Unique perspective, portraying two characters, distinctive personality, spiritual depiction, clever plot arrangement, clever environmental description and "fiction", which is the essence of the novel. "Capturing the emotional experience of characters' lives" is the artistic content that the novel tries to explore. The more fresh, subtle, unique, accurate and profound the feeling experience is, the more novel it is. "Fiction" and "capturing the emotional experience of the characters' lives" are the things that can best reflect the essence of the novel. When portraying characters in novels, a real person can be used as a model, and some other people's stories can be integrated. For example, Lu Xun said, "The model of a character is never dedicated to a person. Often, his mouth is in Zhejiang, his face is in Beijing, and his clothes are in Shanxi. It is a patchwork role. "In any excellent novel, there are always unforgettable typical characters. People can see and understand many people's faces through these typical art mirrors. Stories come from life, and are the refinement of real life, which 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. In a work, the arrangement of the plot depends on the author's artistic conception and does not necessarily follow the natural order of events in real life. Sometimes a part can be omitted, and sometimes it can be reversed or staggered. Fiction, like composition, also pays attention to description and material selection. A good novel is always immersive, not as boring as a scientific report. The author can always impress this story firmly in the reader's mind with beautiful writing, vivid description and incredible imagination. These are some characteristics of traditional novels.