58. Chapter 58 Release Preview (Some Thoughts)

Chapter 58 Preview (Some Thoughts)

It will be available on the shelves at 12 noon on Wednesday, and I have some things in my heart that I want to talk to you about.

Let’s talk about the book writing process first.

I still remember that was when the sign-in style of “I have been in xxx for how many years” just became popular. My manuscript was rejected by the editor several times, so after imitating “I have been in xxx for how many years”, I officially started my road to failure.

At that time, I happened to meet an author on Tieba. We both failed, had similar word counts, and were in the same period.

As he was writing, he took off, with the first order reaching 1,700.

I still remember that he said to me very proudly at that time: I didn’t expect that I would succeed in the second book!

I was very envious at that time. I thought that we were both at the same starting point, and things might change over time. Don't worry, I will invest more money and surpass you.

Then he gradually produced high-quality works, his royalties skyrocketed, and he received rewards from the Silver Alliance.

I had one flop after another, and my royalties were over 2,000, 3,000, and 4,000 yuan. The highest reward I received was 200 yuan for my last book. I was quite happy at the time and posted it in the group, thinking that I would post it on my Moments to show off when I received the reward from the leader.

The continuous failures have made me lose all hope. When I invest next time to surpass you, it gradually becomes that - you just do this for a living, I can’t compare with you.

During the countless years of failure, I read online teaching and editor space...

I recently browsed my QQ space and saw a row of editors’ avatars. Sometimes I would click in to check it out once every half a day. I wanted to read some editing tutorials and was eager to make progress.

At that time, I was eager to have an editor who could help me improve myself. After reading other people’s comments after their books were put on the shelves, the editor talked to me for several hours and read the book throughout.

I look at mine and send a message once every half a day, a day, or even several days.

I would like to thank the editors who were very important to my writing.

The first editor is, [Cheese].

Cheese made me feel warm.

He was the first editor who contacted me on QQ and told me that I should change this or that it should be written like this, and that I should control negative reviews and not leave them, as they would affect future readers.

Submissions are usually sent via email, but if I have an idea I can send it to him on QQ and he will show it to me as soon as possible. We chatted for more than two hours at most.

Although he has resigned now, I really want to share the book with him after it has achieved success, so that he can know that the failed student he once cultivated has grown up! ! ! The second editor I want to thank is [Ziliang].

Although I have never published a book with him...

At first, it was a rebirth story that was reviewed there, and I added a group and friends to it. However, because the beginning was not revised several times, it was not published.

Later I submitted several more books, but they were all rejected, hahahaha.

From him, I accumulated some theoretical knowledge about online writing.

He often asks questions in the group: How to write "pretentious"? How to write "awesome"? How to write "superiority"? What are the six elements of a character? When I was writing this post, I thought about how to write "pretentious" and I couldn't figure it out. It seems that I need to review the screenshots I took before...

The name of the group is White Rose, and I paid special tribute to the Yellow Rose in my previous book.

I am really grateful to him. Without his theory, I might have taken a lot of detours.

Whenever his authors have a masterpiece that has 10,000 orders, he will congratulate them in the group. At that time, I was wondering when it would be my turn...

However, after repeatedly failing to submit my manuscript, I decided to give it a try.

After the switch, I met the editor Penglai, who was very important to my writing.

Mr. Penglai, I would like to call him "the editor who is best at guiding romance articles on Qidian"!

He has many romance writers under him, and it was precisely because of this that I chose to submit to him even though I would rather wait for him to review the manuscript for a week! I received a lot of guidance from him. The beginning of this book was not like this. I thought I would team up with a strange girl and develop the relationship little by little.

Penglai: It’s too awkward to talk to strangers. It’s best to have a certain level of relationship with them, like a sweetheart falling from the sky.

Me: I know about green plums, what does it mean to have green plums falling from the sky? Penglai: So you are not from the second dimension! If I ask about the follow-up reading, he will reply patiently, and help to unblock the blocked chapters. I used to wait for the application, which is really great.

When there were problems with the plot of this book, he gave me ideas and told me how to write it. He read the whole book and gave me advice. He also chatted with me for a long time on weekends. A large part of the credit for the book being written was due to him.

Neither of us actually expected the success of this book.

Penglai: I think it’s around 2,000.

Me: I will be satisfied if I have 800 orders. My previous book had 300 orders and I wrote 2,100 copies on average. This book needs 800 orders and I will be satisfied if it is a masterpiece.

When I published a book before, I felt that it might go to Sanjiang.

Result: All were eliminated in the first round, and only made it to the second round in the resurrection match, and then they were put on the shelves.

This book: I have never even taken a three-wheeled ride, I will be satisfied if I can take a three-wheeled ride.

Result: Sanjiang.

Maybe it was because he had four failed books that he was blessed by the goddess of luck.

The idea for this book came to me 22 years ago when I saw it in the comments section of a book. At that time, I had saved the manuscript of my previous book but had not yet published it. I thought that if it failed, I would write about this idea.

Later, under the advice of my editor, I had time to think about this story only after I finished writing that book.

I don’t watch variety shows, but I didn’t know until I read this book that this joke was said by Brother Yi himself at the Tucao Conference…

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I cherish every reader.

For my previous books, I even responded to every comment. One book friend was shocked and asked why there were comments from me under every post.

I had to revise the first two chapters of this book more than 20 times. The earliest version was "Help me give birth to a baby". I wonder if any book friends who read it earlier still remember it.

I will make changes to every reader's suggestion that I think is reasonable.

Reader: How a mentor shouldn’t talk.

Me: OK, that makes sense, I’ll change it.

Reader: This is so stupid, how can the protagonist speak like this?

Me: OK, that makes sense, I’ll change it.

etc……

You can look through the table of contents to see how many chapters need to be refreshed. It is because I cherish every reader, and I am willing to listen to everyone's suggestions and make improvements.

But sometimes I have no choice but to delete comments, especially when I don’t want to delete readers who have been following me all the way. But comments are something that lack empathy.

Maybe some readers don’t think there is any problem, but when they see someone say that the water is this or that, they will follow suit and abandon the book.

One comment may drive away 10 readers. How can the author bear it? What I like most after posting every day is sleepless nights. It is difficult to fall asleep when I see that everything has been updated so quickly.

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About updates.

The author is a working man, and I really don't want to update in the early morning, but my writing speed is just that fast and I only finished two chapters. I received the reward and wanted to thank you, but it took me a long time to update because of the deadline.

After posting the chapter, I looked at the comments and it was already 12:30, and I fell asleep at 1:00. I posted it without saving many words, and I used the saved draft when I had more than ten chapters.

Sometimes it may feel like something is missing, but you decide whether to publish it or not. If you don’t publish it, there will be no more recommendations and no one will follow your reading. If you publish it, people will say it’s too lame or something, which is very uncomfortable.

But I personally feel that this book is really solid, as it was criticized as being watered down a few days ago.

Editor: You gave too much feedback, so readers think it’s too superficial.

Me: Huh? Isn’t that just me laying the groundwork? The more I lay the groundwork, the more satisfying it is to get slapped in the face, right? [I didn’t even know it was water]

You may think too highly of me and hope that you will just treat me as an ordinary author. I am still groping in the dark and don’t even know if I am doing the right thing or not in some areas.

Friends who often read entertainment and are familiar with the routines can give me more suggestions. I don’t read many books.

The following example is the one that confuses me.

Reader: Can you please get to the stage sooner? You are always dawdling.

To the stage.

Reader: How many more copies do you want for one song? Please download the next one quickly.

Me: What do you like to watch? Is this something that makes me write like a machine gun, one hundred thousand words after another, about other people's plots that cost two hundred thousand or three hundred thousand words?

You want to retain readers, but you cannot satisfy everyone's taste. I hope that readers who see this can understand the author.

And please stop scolding me, my spiritual heart is about to collapse.

I broke down once in the afternoon. I thought I shouldn't have interrupted yesterday, but I still stayed up late to write. I decided to finish it quickly and post it to improve the reading experience.

As a result, he was scolded for being another provocation and was asked why he posted such a short message.

I obviously meant well...

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The products will be put on the shelves at midnight at the beginning of the month, and at 12 noon for the rest.

This time is twelve hours away from the time I usually send out. I asked my boss for a day off, but he didn't give it to me. He asked me to come first and leave at 10 o'clock, so I left one chapter today.

I will stay up late at night and save more, and try to achieve 10,000 yuan a day on the day of listing to prove that I am not short.

After it is put on the shelves, I will try my best to write more while ensuring the quality, and strive to achieve three updates.

As for the update rules, I looked at other authors' comments and decided to take 5 updates as the average for the Alliance Leader.

Pen name: Hit Three Rods - Hit three rods regardless of whether there are dates or not, what if there are?

When I first started writing online, I didn’t know how I could write, so I came up with this pen name.

This is my fifth book and also the fifth time I have cast the rod. I hope to see the fruits.

At twelve o'clock noon on Wednesday, let's help a dream that has failed.

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I’d like to recommend a few books written by my author friends. If you like them, you can go and take a look.

[Becoming a God from a Water Monkey] Fantasy novel.

[She is so cute but has thousands of tricks] Dog food article.

[In my first year of school, I took my counselor home] Dog food.

【The Female Professor’s Celebrity Boyfriend】The author’s previous work.

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I forgot to mention a very important point.

For a flop book, the author has finished writing it normally, and will not cut the book off as the performance improves. You can subscribe with confidence. It would be even better if you can enable automatic subscription.

Thank you for your company along the way before the product goes on sale. I hope to see you all after the product goes on sale.

——Three hits, written in the night when I was eager for results.

(End of this chapter)

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