Writing novels at the starting point. Character, plot and environment are the three elements of a novel. Plots generally include four parts: beginning, development, climax and ending, and some include prologue and ending. Environment includes natural environment and social environment. Novels can be divided into novels, novellas, short stories and mini-novels (short stories) according to their length and capacity.

According to the content of the performance, it can be divided into myths, Xianxia, martial arts, science fiction, suspense, ancient biography, contemporary novels and so on. According to the system, it can be divided into chapter novels, diary novels, epistolary novels and autobiographical novels. According to the language form, it can be divided into classical Chinese novels and vernacular novels.