Chapter 138 One Hundred Ways to Shock Editors
What are online articles compared to mainstream literature?
Li Yan thought about this issue, especially when he was struggling with whether to inform Li Ruofei of the good news of the signing.
Why are you confused?
When talking to others, you can also explain that you don’t want to be known about what you wrote, so as not to be subject to the idea of "what will my friends think of me if I write this kind of plot".
But Li Ruofei already knew about the existence of "Nangong Boy" and had many opinions on the story. He should tell him both emotionally and rationally.
"Ruofei, let me tell you something." Li Yan still found Li Ruofei hanging clothes and closed the balcony doorway, "Nangong's book, signed."
"It should be .”
An unexpected reaction.
Seeing that Li Yan was a little surprised, Li Ruofei was puzzled: "You can't even sign a contract for this novel. That's the editor's problem."
"That's not true... There are standards for online writing, and there is no first place in writing."
If you belittle me, I have to prove how awesome I am; if you praise me, I have to be humble. .
I don’t know if it is considered a special product of Huaxia Social.
"The public has their standards, and I have my own standards. As far as my standards, Li Ruofei, your book is wonderful and wonderful, there is no need to be modest."
Li Yanyi At first, I always thought that Li Ruofei was a very emotional young man in literature and art. Unexpectedly, the more we got along with him, the more I discovered that he was a bit grand and heroic, which actually matched his strong body.
"If you don't want others to know, don't worry, I won't say it. I understand that it's the freedom to write."
Li Ruofei didn't consider at all the situation of online literature being inferior to mainstream literature.
Walking back to his seat from the balcony, Li Yan decided not to think about the bullshit topic of online literature compared to mainstream literature.
They are all words and texts.
It is not a product of routine and industrialization, so there is nothing to be modest about. As long as I write well enough, regardless of whether it is serialized online or published in physical books, it will be called a masterpiece.
If you want recognition from "mainstream literature", just write.
Moreover, Li Yan is now recognized by mainstream literature. He keeps submitting articles, publishing, and collecting royalties - although his output has declined due to the preparation for cultural performances and the creation of online articles. , but the submission and publication rate is gradually increasing.
Nothing else but to understand the styles that major newspapers like.
You see, mainstream literature is also following suit. What Li Yan has not yet received is recognition from online readers.
It’s rare for Fatty to hang out with his roommates this weekend. It seems that the relationship repair progress is basically 100%.
Li Yan spent the whole morning writing. After writing all kinds of articles, he finally got the accumulated results. The composition +1 reached 52 points, becoming the second highest-scoring skill at present.
On Sunday afternoon, the editor "Kaiyuan" was finally added through Li Yan's friends.
"You can sign a contract for "Nangong Boy". The backend sent you a questionnaire. Please fill in the information truthfully and read the terms of the contract carefully. I will send you the contract later. After signing, we will send it back. We have received the contract. You can change the contract status."
"What should I call you?"
"Don't talk about you, I am very young and just graduated. Just call me Kaiyuan."
"Hello Brother Yuan, does the editor work on weekends?"
"...I check the information from time to time. I really worked overtime just for you this weekend."
Li Yan was surprised. , "Oh? Is it because the book is so good?"
"You are also interesting." Editor Kaiyuan's typing speed was also extremely fast, "Your article is a bit special, the writing skills are excellent, and the rhythm is also good , it still sounds a bit epic when I read it. My colleague was not sure, but I won it.”
“You are praising me, why are you still not sure?”
"Didn't you read it? Origin has released a super hit book. This is the future route of online literature. If you take the coolness to the extreme, many people will buy it. We all tend to choose fantasy, and martial arts are still relatively restrictive. You're better at writing fairy tales."
"Why did Brother Yuan decide to sign it?"
"It's a gamble. It looks like your plot will be awesome in the future. I originally wanted to add you to ask if you had an outline, but after thinking that it wouldn’t be a big deal to sign a contract, I just mentioned it.”
As soon as it was sent out, the editor of Kaiyuan was stunned, why did the author return it as soon as he came up with it? When you ask about him, you should turn your back on the guest.
"You are very discerning. Let me fill in the information first."
Kaiyuan scratched his head and started typing:
“Signing the contract is just the first step in setting sail. Many authors come up to make a good start and think of a good story, but the real challenge is still behind, writing It is difficult to write a story with several million words. You have updated 40,000 words so far and explained the main line of the story. There is revenge, a male protagonist, and skills. From the looks of it, it can be regarded as a writing method that gradually unfolds the world view. It still has great potential. The story. But what if..."
Writing this, it suddenly appeared that Li Yan had sent him five documents:
"Nangong Boy Twelve Volume Outline", "Main Setting Collection" ", "Chronology", "Open Sky Territory Map", "Plan of the Royal City".
Is this file size serious?
Kaiyuan clicked on each one and looked at the 30,000-word outline, the more than 60,000-word setting collection, the 10,000-word chronology, and the details of each country's territory, royal city, geographical features, special products, etc. The more he looked at the map, the more immersed he became. The concise and powerful words brought him into a world with wild imagination and strict logic, and there were endless settings that stood out before his eyes.
Finding that he had accidentally read it, Kaiyuan silently deleted the paragraph he had just typed.
Changed to: "Are you the vest of an old author?"
However, Li Yan sent a shocking question:
"Underage people cannot sign This contract? ”
"Are you underage? Did you write this?" "I am in the first year of junior high school."
Kaiyuan, who was thousands of miles away, stood up from his chair.
This story, this effort, this setting, this fucking first year of junior high school?
It’s okay to write in the first year of junior high school, and it’s okay to be able to refer to so many ancient materials to perfect the settings, but how can you write about ancient political conspiracies and struggles? How can you write about marching to attack a city in ancient times?
"Can I use my dad's ID card?"
"...Yes, as long as you keep updating."
While Li Yan was busy processing the information, Kaiyuan read it again Outline, and finally came to the conclusion:
This cannot be written by a first-year junior high school student. Maybe when I look at the uploaded information later, I will find that it is a big shot who writes fictional history, just to tease myself.
That’s right, I’m still a new editor, I don’t have what I want, and sometimes I’m forced to sign scraps that others don’t want.
He still remembers what the editor said when he saw him preparing to sign "Nangong Boy": "With the current quality, the author won't last long, so don't waste time."
Fortunately, I didn't make a mistake. If I could borrow it, This brings a great author under his wing, which is also a blessing.
The upload of Li Yan's information was completed, Kaiyuan clicked it happily:
"Li Chun? Who is this?"
After some calculation, Li Chun's age, The child is really almost in the first grade of junior high school.
"Are you really a freshman in junior high school, a new author?" Kaiyuan couldn't explain his feelings.
"Replacement guaranteed if fake."
Forget it... "What a coincidence, I am also a new editor, and I don’t have many good resources at hand."
It seems that only I can take the training route.
“It’s okay, just sign it.”
Just sign it? Is your kid going to have perfect attendance? Then why bother with such an awesome outline setting!
“Leave it to me later.”
Looking at what Li Yan sent, Kaiyuan was stunned.
"How many words do you expect for this book? Keep the quality as it is now, if it's not literary."
"Start at five million."
"That's amazing... How much time do you usually have to write when you study? Many students can't persist after just the beginning." Kaiyuan was still worried.
"Twenty-eight thousand a day if you don't do anything else."
Poof! Kaiyuan almost sprayed the computer screen with a mouthful of water, "I also liked to show off when I was in the first grade of junior high school, but let's be more realistic."
Li Yan curled her lips and smiled at the computer, although she only came back after school. I had to write in the dormitory, but the thinking speed of the third-level skill also reached 24 points after the breakthrough in mathematics, and the typing speed also increased with the intensity of training after writing hundreds of thousands of words for more than half a month, reaching 48 points.
Typing is a very comfortable thing to practice. The faster you type, the faster you type, the faster you type, the faster you type...
His fast enough thinking speed and strong writing ability prevent him from getting stuck at all. His strong memory allows him to transform into a humanoid ancient book library. His concentration and energy can ensure his output power.
As a result, Li Yan had the creative state that many writers dream of. As soon as he returned to the dormitory after school, he turned on the computer and started coding at full speed. He kept outputting at a speed of as little as 5,000 to more than 7,000 an hour, and he also had special features. Not tired at all.
Going to eat, take a shower, or do laundry will not interrupt his state, and he will be in full swing once he returns to his seat.
"I have a lot of other things to do recently, so I can only write at night."
Kaiyuan smiled secretly, and sure enough, he started to make excuses.
"Twelve thousand to eighteen thousand."
"Then you publish four thousand words every day?"
Li Yan took a screenshot, showing the number of manuscripts he had saved, "It's not you Did you say that the new book has 4,000 words a day? I have saved more than 200,000 words."
Kaiyuan almost sent it "Send it to me for a look", but he still couldn't believe that he seemed to have picked up a treasure. .
“Brother Yuan, don’t worry, you are very discerning and deserve to be rewarded.”
Kaiyuan smiled, put his fingers on the keyboard, and typed only a few words for a long time:
"Okay, then I'll wait."
Li Yan smiled and narrowed the chat box, and then I clicked on a word document: "The Silk Thread of the Puppet Carrier".
“There are only four months left until the deadline for Supernova Press’ long-form mystery contest. Looking at it this way, time is indeed the biggest obstacle.”
But Li’s favorite thing is Kick away the obstacles, the more difficult things become, the more motivated you will be.
Pushing the limits is addictive. If you do it once and want to do it a second time, it will be addictive.
“Ayan,” Li Ruofei walked over to Li Yan while packing his things on the way back from night study on Sunday night, “You are doing an art performance and writing an online novel at the same time, can you handle it? ? Maybe we should make a choice and don’t delay our studies.”
“It’s okay, only children make choices. I want them all.”
“Should we be considered children?” Teenager?"
"That's not the point..."
(End of this chapter)